The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - Historically, a small statewide payroll tax provided funding for ETP grants but, in recent years, the state has supplemented this longstanding funding source with General Fund monies for targeted training grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2022-23 Budget: Public Health Foundational Support

Feb 16, 2022 - (Nonprofit hospitals, in exchange for their tax ‑exempt status, are required to use some of their resources for community benefits, such as charity care, based on a community needs assessment.) Assessment of Spending Plan Providing more sustained, flexible General Fund support for public health was an important priority for the Legislature in reaching the 2021 ‑22 budget agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4544

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

Feb 16, 2021 - This prohibition —slated to implement January 1, 2021 —was expected to substantially reduce Proposition   56 r evenues in both 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22, since it would result in fewer transactions involving tobacco products for the state to tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Continuum Infrastructure Funding Proposal

Feb 17, 2021 - These sources include ( 1)  d edicated vehicle license fee and sales tax revenue streams known as “realignment ” funds, ( 2)  r evenues from the Mental Health Services Fund (MHSF) —funded through a 1  p ercent tax on incomes over $ 1  m illion, and ( 3)  f ederal funding accessed through Medi ‑Cal (California ’s state Medicaid program).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4379

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - Additionally, budget-related language approved alongside the spending plan ensures that the ongoing rates paid to these long-term care facilities include the supplemental payments that have been provided since 2017 with funding from the Proposition  56 (2016) tobacco tax increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

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

Feb 28, 2019 - Associated costs would be covered by a combination of Proposition   56 t obacco tax revenues and federal funding for Medi ‑Cal. Notably, state policy currently requires Medi ‑Cal managed care plans to provide such screenings, and thus, some portion of the proposed one million screenings currently occurs and would occur even absent the Governor ’s proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

COVID-19: Federal Health-Related Response

Mar 23, 2020 - 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 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs [Publication Details]

Feb 28, 2019 - In this report, we evaluate three Governor's budget proposals related to early intervention services for infants and toddlers with special needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3954

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

Feb 22, 2019 - These concerns led to Proposition   56 —which raises state taxes on tobacco products and dedicates the majority of associated revenues to Medi ‑Cal on an ongoing basis —being put on the statewide ballot in November 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3949

The 2019-20 May Revision: Analysis of the Governor’s January and May Mental Health Workforce Proposals

May 16, 2019 - About half of funding for county mental health services is provided by the state through block grants that grow on an annual basis in line with state tax revenues. Federal Medicaid funding makes up most of the remaining funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4049