The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - In this report, we provide a brief summary of the Governor ’s budget based on our initial review as of January 12. In the coming weeks, we will analyze the plan in more detail and release several additional budget analyses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - Reflecting this change, health-related trailer bill legislation (Chapter  42 of 2023 [AB  118, Committee on Budget]) expands the Whole Child Model to 12 of these counties, with the change scheduled to begin January 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - (Chapter  12 of 2024 [SB  828, Durazo] later delayed the start by one month, to July 2024.) The wage increase is expected to increase state costs, particularly in the Medi-Cal program. This year ’s health trailer bill legislation makes a number of key changes to this law in light of the state ’s budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - Beginning in 2023 ‑24, the state was facing General Fund budget shortfalls. As  a part of addressing those budget problems, a portion of funding for BHCIP was delayed in 2023 ‑24. Later, in the 2024 ‑25 budget, program funding was reduced by $451  million General Fund, leaving $1.8  billion in funding remaining.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2023-24 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 16, 2022 - (Based on the federal government ’s commitment to providing at least a 60 ‑day notice before the end of the PHE, such notice would need to have been provided by November  12,  2022. Since no such notice has been provided as of the time of this publication, we now expect the PHE to be extended beyond January 2023.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4649

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - In this report, we provide a brief summary of the Governor ’s budget based on our initial review as of January 12. In the coming weeks, we will analyze the plan in more detail and release many additional issue ‑specific budget analyses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - Starting in 2011 ‑12, state law requires all RCs to annually publish data on the amount spent on services for consumers disaggregated by the race/ethnicity of these consumers. These data consistently have shown large disparities in the average amounts spent among these groups.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Dec 7, 2023 - Outlook Current Year (2023-24) Estimates Lower Level of Spending in Current Year. We estimate that Medi-Cal General Fund spending will be $37  billion in 2023-24, a decrease of about $500  million (1.3  percent) compared to the enacted level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4820

The 2022-23 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - Between March 2020 and July 2021, total Medi ‑Cal caseload has grown from around 12.5 million enrollees to roughly 14 million enrollees, a 12 percent increase. This increase largely was driven by the continuous coverage requirement and economic factors such as higher unemployment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4474

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Health Care Access and Information

Feb 27, 2024 - To help address last year ’s budget problem, the 2023 ‑24 budget enacted two key budget solutions to HCAI ’s 2022 ‑23 workforce package. First, it delayed $115  million community health worker funds in the Workforce for a Health California for All initiative from 2023 ‑24 to 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860