An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - This funding included support to CDPH and LHJs for contact tracing, vaccine distribution, increased testing cap acity, and other services. In addition, a share of the funding provided to CDPH and LHJs during this time was ongoing to develop and improve public health capacity more broadly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2025-26 Budget: MCO Tax and Proposition 35

Feb 26, 2025 - The measure itself raises complex issues, owing in large part to its being drafted in fall 2023, prior to subsequent changes made to the MCO tax in 2024. Nonetheless, we follow the department ’s initial spending plan and raise no concerns with it at this time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4992

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The  administration appears to share some of these concerns, noting recent job losses among high ‑wage workers and the risks posed by the inherent volatility of tax receipts tied to stock market gains.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - As part of the agreement, the partner has set a target price for the new product of $30 for each vial or $55 for a pack of five prefilled insulin pens. According to HCAI, these prices are close to the cost of production.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - This is in part because of their relative cost. In particular, a few decades ago, relatively expensive second ‑generation versions of these drugs (known as “atypical antipsychotics ”) entered the market.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

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

Mar 6, 2025 - ECM Recipients MCPs Phased in ECM to Different POFs Over Time. As shown in Figure  2 , MCPs have been required to provide the ECM benefit to members based on a list of eligible POF categories that have grown over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

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

Mar 6, 2025 - During the 18 months in which the asset limit was increased, but not eliminated, first‑time‑enrolling seniors in Medi‑Cal increased by about 60 percent. Once the asset test was fully eliminated, first‑time‑enrolling seniors were more than twice the level as prior to the policy change.
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 - As  a part of addressing those budget problems, a portion of funding for BHCIP was delayed in 2023 ‑24. Later, in the 2024 ‑25 budget, program funding was reduced by $451  million General Fund, leaving $1.8  billion in funding remaining.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954