The 2022-23 Budget: Health Care Access and Affordability [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2022 - This brief focuses on access to health insurance coverage and the affordability of health care costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4560

The 2022-23 Budget: Public Health Foundational Support

Feb 16, 2022 - At a higher level, it also does not address whether there are enough local public health labs around the state or how well the existing local public health labs and the state lab work collaboratively as a network.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4544

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on Home- and Community- Based Services Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2022 - States Required to Spend an Amount of State Funding Equivalent to the Increased FMAP Funding on New HCBS Expansions and Enhancements. The state ’s decision to claim increased FMAP funding reduces its share of cost for existing HCBS services by an equal amount (in California ’s case, $3  billion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on Home- and Community- Based Services Spending Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2022 - This post provides an update on the state's home- and community-based services spending plan, which was conditionally approved by the federal government in January 2022. We describe the quarterly updates the state will need to provide the federal government and ways to ensure legislative oversight over implementation of HCBS spending plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4524

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 9, 2022 - Background Medi ‑Cal Is the State ’s Medicaid Program. Medi ‑Cal provides health care coverage to over 14 million Californians with low incomes. As a joint state ‑federal program, costs are shared between the federal and state as well as local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4522

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2022 - On January 10, 2022, Governor Newsom presented his proposed state budget to the Legislature. In this report, we provide a brief summary of the proposed budget based on our initial review. In the coming weeks, we will analyze the plan in more detail and release several additional budget analyses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4492

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The Legislature could use the funding it frees up from funding fewer proposals to address district cost pressures (such as rising pension costs), or it could set this funding aside in the Proposition  98 Reserve for future allocation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - On January 10, 2022, Governor Newsom presented his proposed state budget to the Legislature. In this report, we provide a brief summary of the proposed budget based on our initial review. In the coming weeks, we will analyze the plan in more detail and release several additional budget analyses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492/1

The 2022-23 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - Background Medi ‑Cal, the state ’s Medicaid program, provides health care coverage to around 14  million 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/4474

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