The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Mental Health Workforce Proposal

May 9, 2019 - As previously noted, earlier this year, OSHPD released a five ‑year plan outlining the state ’s vision and strategies for improving the state ’s mental health workforce. Unlike previous plans, the five ‑year plan did not specifically come with any attached funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4031

The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor’s Primary Care Physician Residency Proposals [Publication Details]

May 9, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor’s Primary Care Physician Residency Proposals [Publication Details] The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor’s Primary Care Physician Residency Proposals Format: HTML Description: To obtain a license to practice medicine, California law requires all medical school graduates to complete three years of postgraduate training.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4034

The 2019-20 Budget: Reorganization of the Division of Juvenile Justice

Apr 10, 2019 - Prior to Chapter  6, the state charged counties a flat monthly fee of $25 for each ward housed in state facilities. Chapter   6 r equired counties to begin paying a sliding scale fee based on the offense committed by the ward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3998

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Carve Out of Medi-Cal Pharmacy Services From Managed Care

Apr 5, 2019 - For more information on the interaction between the 340B program and Medi ‑Cal, see last year ’s report: The 2018 ‑19 Budget: The Governor ’s Medi ‑Cal Proposal for the 340B Drug Pricing Program . Many Medi ‑Cal Providers Are Eligible for Prescription Drug Discounts Through the 340B Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3997

The 2019-20 Budget: Undoing California’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals

Mar 26, 2019 - California ’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals The state has already undone billions of dollars in outstanding budgetary deferrals, most notably, those involving payments to schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3988

The 2019-20 Budget: Undoing California’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals [Publication Details]

Mar 26, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: Undoing California’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals [Publication Details] The 2019-20 Budget: Undoing California’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals Format: HTML Description: When facing budget problems in the past, the state has “deferred” payments from one fiscal year into the next, providing significant one-time budgetary savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3988

The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Feb 28, 2019 - Citing concerns about the number of children eligible for Early Start services failing to receive these services within federally ‑mandated time lines, the Governor proposes adding four full ‑time positions at DDS (at a cost of $446,000 General Fund) to increase monitoring of regional center Early Start programs from once every three years to once every two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 25, 2019 - Currently, the state minimum wage is $ 11 p er hour for businesses with 25 o r fewer employees and $ 12 p er hour for businesses with 26 o r more employees. The state minimum wage is statutorily scheduled to increase each year until it reaches $ 15 p er hour —in 2022 for the larger businesses and in 2023 for the smaller businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3952

The 2019-20 Budget: Using Proposition 56 Funding in Medi-Cal to Improve Access to Quality Care

Feb 22, 2019 - Beginning in 2018, managed care plans are required to certify that their networks meet these standards, or receive approval for an alternative standard, each year. Appointment Availability Requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3949

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 56 Revenues: Reductions in Fixed Allocations

Feb 14, 2019 - Hereafter, we refer to this problematic approach as the “year-over-year method. ” Year-Over-Year Method: an Example. The left-hand side of Figure  3 below illustrates the allocation for graduate medical education under the year-over-year method.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3939