Mental Health Services Act: LAO Update: The Governor's Revised Behavioral Health Modernization Proposal

Aug 21, 2023 - The amendments not only set a statutory minimum level of funding for children and youth mental health services, but also include, unlike the initial proposal, transition-age youth (individuals 16 to 25 years of age) in those services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4792

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

Aug 17, 2023 - The 2023 ‑24 budget delayed the sixth and final round totaling $481  million to 2024 ‑25 ($240  million) and 2025 ‑26 ($240  million). Shortage of Adult Psychiatric and Community Residential Beds Recent Study Estimated Shortage in California.
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 - In particular, DHCS, in collaboration with the Department of Managed Health Care, is developing a statewide fee schedule to facilitate the provision of outpatient mental health and substance use disorder services to students 25 years of age or younger at or near a school site regardless of insurer type.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4786

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

Jul 13, 2023 - This means that the caps are equal to 25  percent of total county MHSA revenues (the product of 33  percent and 76  percent). Second, the caps are based on an average of the previous five years of CSS funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4780

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

Jul 13, 2023 - There may be changes in the types of programs and services funded on a year-to-year basis that are not captured in our analysis and 2021-22 data may not be representative of counties ’ funding priorities over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4782

The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion

May 5, 2023 - Phases Expansion Over Two Years. Under the proposal, the ten smallest counties would transition to the Whole Child Model in January 2024, and the remaining five counties (including the three Single-Plan model counties) would transition in January 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4767

The 2023-24 Budget: Health Workforce Budget Solutions

Feb 21, 2023 - For example, the University of California ’s medical schools rely on a mix of state support, student tuition and fee revenue, and faculty clinical revenue to support their operations. Three Key Issues Regarding California ’s Health Workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4691

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

Feb 16, 2023 - Half of the delayed funds would be provided in 2024‑25 with the remaining amount provided in 2025‑26. In addition, the Governor’s budget proposes to delay $250 million in BHBH funding previously budgeted in 2023‑24 to 2024‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4689

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - The Governor proposes delaying the implementation of this two ‑year program until 2024 ‑25. In last year’s analysis , we raised several issues with the design of these grants—all of these concerns still apply.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2023-24 Budget: Assessment of Covered California Budget Solution

Feb 13, 2023 - State Established Three-Year Premium Subsidy Program Beginning in 2020. The subsidy program was designed as a three-year program from 2020 through 2022 that was designed to further reduce premium costs for certain Covered California enrollees beyond the level of support received from the existing federal premium subsidies and expand eligibility to households making up to 600  percent of the federal poverty level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4681