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

Mar 6, 2025 - Some of these flexibilities helped seniors stay enrolled in Medi ‑ Cal —for example, one policy allowed counties to more easily renew eligibility for individuals who derive income from stable sources, such as social security and pensions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Although the state has some insight into federal and state sources of funding for public health laboratories, there are some gaps. Specifically, the state does not collect data on the share of 1991 realignment funds flowing to laboratories, nor does the state collect data on other funding sources —like fees or county funds —laboratories could receive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - State supplemental rebates historically have comprised just a fraction of the overall savings from Medi ‑Cal rebates. State and Federal Government Share Pharmacy Costs and Rebate Savings. As a joint federal‑state program, Medi‑Cal’s costs are shared between federal and state funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2025-26 Budget: MCO Tax and Proposition 35

Feb 26, 2025 - In the fee-for-service system (Medi-Cal ’s traditional delivery system), adjusting rates, which tend to be uniform across the state, is a relatively simple exercise. In the managed care system, however, rates are far more diverse across the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4992

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

Mar 6, 2025 - State Provides Grants to MCPs and Providers to Develop ECM and Community Supports Program Infrastructure. In order to support the implementation of ECM and Community Supports, the state implemented the PATH initiative and the Incentive Payment Program (IPP) to help create and expand program infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - In 2020, State Created CalRx to Expand Access to Generic Drugs. Over the years, the state has taken a number of steps to help reduce the cost of prescription drugs in state programs and to consumers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

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

Feb 5, 2025 - Budget Included State Operations Resources for DHCS to Contract With a Third ‑Party Administrator (TPA). Of the original $2.2 billion total allocated to BHCIP, about $80 million is expected to be allocated for state administration of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

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

Jan 13, 2025 - State Operations Reductions. The 2024 ‑25 budget package assumed that the Department of Finance would reduce state operations expenditures through two unallocated reductions across most state departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2025 - Update (1/16/25): A set of tables detailing various solutions and proposals has been appended to the online version of this report. They are available using the HTML link above. On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom’s administration presented its proposed state budget to the California Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4951

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Update (1/16/25): A set of tables detailing various solutions and proposals has been appended to the online version of this report. They are available using the HTML link above. On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom’s administration presented its proposed state budget to the California Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951/1