The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Although the budget does not assume an extension of the MCO tax, it does propose the continued use of General Fund for the 7  p ercent restoration in 2019 ‑20. The cost of the 7  p ercent restoration is estimated to be $342. 3  m illion in 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 7, 2020 - In addition to problems with the Early Start caseload ratios, RC service coordinators also carry large caseloads for consumers age  3 and older enrolled in the Medicaid waiver. While statute and federal agreements require average caseload ratios of 1:62 at each RC, as of March  2019, only one RC was in compliance as shown in Figure  11 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4147

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 25, 2019 - The Governor ’s budget requests $3. 2  m illion ($ 3  m illion General Fund) in 2019 ‑20 and $ 12  m illion ($11. 8  m illion General Fund) in each of 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑ 22 t o complete development of a new IT system to help DDS process and claim federal reimbursements for its Medicaid waiver ‑eligible services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3952

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 13, 2019 - For 2019 ‑20, the proposal would spend just over $ 1  b illion in Proposition  56 funding (more than $ 3  b illion in total funds) on provider payment increases. Below, we outline the Governor ’s proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3935

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - Chapter  3 provided DDS $11  million General Fund annually beginning in 2016 ‑17 to support grants for service providers to modify their programs and services to make them compliant with the final HCBS rule.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577

The 2019-20 Budget: Undoing California’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals

Mar 26, 2019 - In February, our office released a report looking at the overall structure of the Governor ’s budget proposal, including a roughly $11  billion package to repay state debts and liabilities. That report — The 2019‑20 Budget: Structuring the Budget: Reserves, Debt and Liabilities —recommended rejecting the Governor’s proposal to undo two budgetary deferrals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3988

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - (In addition, the Constitution requires the state to set aside $11  billion for reserves and debt payments. We also describe those below.) One-Time Spending The Governor proposes spending $25  billion of General Fund surplus monies on a one-time or temporary basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - The National Center for Health Statistics found that the prevalence of any diagnosed developmental disability in children aged 3 ‑17 years in the United States increased by about a full percentage point (from 7.40  percent to 8.56  percent) between 2019 and 2021 —a significant change in a short period of time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2024-25 Budget: Future of Public Health Budget Solution

May 21, 2024 - This increase was greatest among Latino and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander populations, whose death rates more than doubled between 2019 and 2022. American Indian/Alaskan Native populations had the highest death rate due to drug overdoses prior to the pandemic and this has persisted with the recent rise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4904

The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Department of State Hospitals Budget

Feb 11, 2020 - The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Department of State Hospitals Budget Summary The Governor ’s budget proposes $2. 3  b illion for the Department of State Hospitals (DSH) in 2020 ‑ 21 —an increase of $ 232  m illion ( 11  p ercent) from the revised 2019 ‑ 20 l evel.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4154