Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - State Infrastructure Financing Two Ways the State Usually Pays for Infrastructure Projects. The state ’s infrastructure spending relies on various financing approaches and funding sources. Pay-As-You-Go.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

Mental Health Services Act: Impact of Governor's Proposal on Funding for Children and Youth

Aug 10, 2023 - Counties must report to the state the percentage of PEI expenditures that go towards individuals under 25 years of age. This allows us to develop a fairly accurate measure of how much PEI expenditures are used on children and youth mental health services in any given year of data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4786

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Restructuring of the MHSA Funding Categories and Impacts on County Spending

Jul 13, 2023 - While not required by MHSA, state regulations currently require counties to use 50  percent of CSS funding for FSPs. FSPs provide mental health and wraparound services —such as housing and employment support —for individuals with the greatest mental health needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4782

Mental Health Services Act: Revenue Volatility and the Governor’s Proposal to Reduce Allowable County Reserves

Jul 13, 2023 - Up to 5  Percent of Revenue Available for State Purposes. The MHSA allows up to 5  percent of overall revenues to be used for state administration of MHSA. The 5  percent is often referred to as the “state cap. ” Under current legislative practice, funding within the state cap that is not needed for direct MHSA administration is available for the Legislature to appropriate to various mental health programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4780

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Change in Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission’s Role

Jul 13, 2023 - The MHSOAC Oversees MHSA Expenditures and Has a Unique Role in the State ’s Mental Health System. The MHSA established a framework for state oversight of counties ’ MHSA activities, granting oversight authority to two state agencies: the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the MHSOAC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4781

The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion

May 5, 2023 - In 2016, State Established Whole Child Model in Most COHS-Model Counties. The state established the Whole Child Model in Chapter  625 of 2016 (SB  586, Hernandez) in 21 of the state ’s 22 existing COHS-model counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4767

The 2023-24 Budget: Health Workforce Budget Solutions

Feb 21, 2023 - The state departments that play a key role in health workforce development include the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI), the state ’s workforce development departments, and the state ’s higher education segments, among others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4691

The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Major Behavioral Health Proposals

Feb 16, 2023 - Under the new IGT process, in addition to paying providers, counties also are required to submit their nonfederal share of cost to the state prior to receiving federal reimbursement. In other words, counties will be paying both the full cost of services to providers as we ll as their share of cost to the state early in the claims process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4689

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - Background State Recently Began Implementing a Major Overhaul of Service Provider Rates. For  decades, the state paid DDS service providers according to an outdated and overly complicated rate structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2023-24 Budget: Assessment of Covered California Budget Solution [Publication Details]

Feb 13, 2023 - This post provides background on state and federal premium subsidies for Covered California before providing an overview and assessment of the Governor’s proposed budget solution regarding the California Premium Subsidy program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4681