The 2025-26 Budget: MCO Tax and Proposition 35

Feb 26, 2025 - Recent experience has shown that, once structured and enacted, rate increases can still take time to make their way to providers. This is particularly true for provider payments directed through the managed care system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4992

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

Mar 6, 2025 - With regard to income, seniors and persons with disabilities still must have countable income below 138  percent of the FPL —$20,783 for an individual in 2025. In general, seniors and persons with disabilities with income over this threshold still can be eligible for Medi ‑Cal but must pay a share of cost.
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 - Some medications, including buprenorphine, can be prescribed by a wide range of practitioners and used to treat opioid use disorder with relatively little supervision in either a home or outpatient setting.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - With  key implementation details of the insulin initiative still uncertain, the Legislature likely will want to work with HCAI to better understand the continued need for these funds. If stronger justification is not forthcoming, the Legislature could redirect these funds for other one ‑time budget priorities or further defer them as needed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - The project is still in the early stages of the IT project approval process and no cost estimate exists. Issues for Legislative Consideration What Are the Resource Requirements for Public Health Laboratories?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

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

Mar 6, 2025 - Recuperative Services Recuperative care (medical respite) Short ‑term residential care for beneficiaries who no longer require hospitalization, but still need to recover from injury or illness. Respite services Short ‑term relief provided to caregivers of beneficiaries who require intermittent temporary supervision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003