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

Jan 14, 2019 - Figure 4 Summary of Governor ’s Disaster ‑Related Proposals for 2019 ‑20 ( In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2019-20 May Revision: Update to Governor's 1991 Realignment Proposals

May 29, 2019 - (Our analysis of the Governor ’s January 1991 realignment proposals can be found in our report, The 2019‑20 Budget: Assessing the Governor’s 1991 Realignment Proposals .) Changes to IHSS Realignment Proposal In January, the Governor proposed (1)  rebasing county In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) costs —known as the IHSS county maintenance-of-effort (MOE) —to a lower amount in
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4077

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2020 - The Medi ‑Cal items subject to suspension are ( 1)  m ost Proposition  56 ‑funded provider payment increases, ( 2)  t he extension of coverage for postpartum mental health, ( 3)  t he restoration of previously eliminated optional benefits, and ( 4)  t he expansion of screening and intervention to drugs other than alcohol.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4299

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - As shown in Figure  4, the operating surplus under the Governor ’s budget is roughly $ 400  m illion in 2023 ‑24. This assumes, however, that the suspensions take effect, reducing General Fund spending by $2. 2  b illion in that year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2020-21 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2019 - Legislation related to the 2019 ‑20 Budget Act reauthorized the state ’s MCO tax for a period of three and a half years, from 2019 ‑20 to halfway through 2022 ‑23. The reauthorized MCO tax will generate a net General Fund benefit in Medi-Cal of up to $2  billion annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4116

Fiscal Outlook: Medi-Cal

Nov 15, 2017 - Starting October 1, 2019, the state would no longer be required to cover these children and, therefore, would no longer receive a 50  percent FMAP for each beneficiary. If the state continued to cover CHIP-eligible children in Medi-Cal without federal funding, the state ’s General Fund exposure would increase by about $2  billion in 2019-20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3715

Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access

May 7, 2021 - These trends are: (1)  changes in how many Californians have health care coverage, (2)  how health care employment has changed, (3)  how health care utilization patterns have changed, and (4)  to what extent Californians have reported delaying or foregoing health care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4426

The 2019-20 May Revision: Governor's May Revision Medi-Cal Budget

May 14, 2019 - Figure  4 shows that the proposed Proposition  56 value-based payment program would provide supplemental payments for many of same measures for which Medi-Cal managed care plans are being held accountable and likely funded through capitation to significantly improve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4046

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Health Budget and Policy

Oct 15, 2020 - These Medi-Cal items are (1)  most Proposition  56-funded provider payment increases, (2)  the extension of coverage for postpartum mental health, (3)  the restoration of previously eliminated optional benefits, and (4)  the expansion of screening and intervention to drugs other than alcohol.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4281

Fiscal Outlook: Medi-Cal

Nov 14, 2018 - Pursuant to Chapter  4  of  2016 (SB  3, Leno), the state ’s minimum wage is scheduled to gradually increase on an annual basis to $15 per hour in 2023. We estimate that the higher minimum wage will result in net savings in Medi-Cal of around $300  million by 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3898