Major Potential State Fiscal Risk Averted Following Withdrawal of Proposed Federal Medicaid Financing Regulation

Sep 21, 2020 - The state levies a fee on stays in private hospitals. Revenues from this fee are used to increase hospital payments and help fund the Medi-Cal program. Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax. The state imposes a tax on MCOs, revenues from which are used to help fund Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4269

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details]

Nov 9, 2021 - Examines Medi-Cal enrollment of Department of Developmental Services (DDS) consumers and the fiscal effect that additional Medi-Cal enrollment would have on the DDS budget and on state costs overall. Correction 11/19/21: Corrected average annual per person fee-for-service cost in Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4471

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 16, 2021 - Medi ‑Cal Is the State ’s Largest Health Care Program, Covering Over 13   Million Low ‑Income Californians. Medi ‑Cal is the state ’s Medicaid program and provides health care coverage to over 13  m illion Californians with low incomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Medi-Cal Student Services Funding Proposal

Feb 17, 2021 - Both state and local funding is available to support these partnership efforts. Counties can use their local funds to support these relationships, and state grant funding through the Mental Health Stude nt Services Act program also has been made available to counties to support these efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4377

The 2021-22 Budget: Assessment of CalHEERS Dashboard

Mar 25, 2021 - (SAWS is made up of multiple IT systems which support such functions as eligibility and benefit determination, enrollment, and case maintenance at the county level for some of the state ’s major health and human services  programs.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4408

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 18, 2020 - Medi‑Cal costs generally are shared between the federal and state governments. In a typical year, the General Fund covers a little more than 20 percent of total Medi‑Cal costs, with federal funds and other state and local funds respectively covering the remaining 65 percent and 15 percent of total costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4299

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2020 - Medi ‑Cal, the state ’s Medicaid program, provides health care coverage to about 13  m illion of the state ’s low ‑income residents. Medi ‑Cal costs generally are shared between the federal and state governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4299

Federal COVID-19 Response Actions Affecting Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities

Apr 16, 2020 - Under current state law, individuals employed by their child or spouse are ineligible for state unemployment benefits. In the case of IHSS, this means that IHSS providers that provide services to their child or spouse are ineligible for state unemployment benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4221

COVID-19: Federal Health-Related Response

Mar 23, 2020 - Medicaid is an entitlement program whose costs generally are shared between the federal government and states based on a set formula. To relieve state budgetary pressure caused by COVID-19 ’s likely impacts on state Medicaid expenditures and tax revenues, Congress approved a temporary 6.2  percentage point increase in the federal government ’s share of cost for state Medicaid programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4209

The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the Governor’s Major May Revision Behavioral Health Proposals

May 24, 2021 - This approach appears to represent an expansion of the state ’s role in providing for the behavioral health care of children as it, for example, would extend the state ’s role beyond public programs, such as Medi-Cal, for which it is currently responsible.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4439