The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update

Mar 6, 2025 - As plans, providers, and members have learned more about the benefit and DHCS made changes to policies to improve access to the benefit, utilization has increased. Community Supports utilization overall has steadily grown over the course of the demonstration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - …Data to Fully Assess Those Improvements Is Lacking. Although there is evidence that one-time, temporary, and new ongoing support to public health laboratories has improved laboratory operations, the state does not collect systematic data to assess laboratory funding and capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - Specifically, between July 1, 2022, and December 31, 2023, the asset limits were increased to $130,000 for individuals and $195,000 for couples (with an additional $65,000 allowable for each additional household member), and were fully eliminated effect ive January 1, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

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

Feb 5, 2025 - Effective January 1, 2023, this benefit provides, for a five ‑year period, certain community ‑based mobile crisis intervention services to Medi ‑Cal members. Spending on this benefit is estimated to be about $250  million in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

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

Jan 13, 2025 - These gains are not tied to improvements in the state ’s broader economy, which has been lackluster, with elevated unemployment, a stagnant job market outside of government and healthcare, and sluggish consumer spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: MCO Tax and Proposition 35

Feb 26, 2025 - Significant implementation delays could limit the measure ’s initial effectiveness on improving access and quality in the Medi-Cal program. To this end, the Legislature likely will want to keep apprised of the administration ’s progress, ensuring that implementation is both thoughtful and timely.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4992

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - Before entering into these partnerships, HCAI must ensure they result in savings, address market failures, improve patient access, and are viable. Since Inception, Two Key Initiatives Comprise CalRx.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979