The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - As shown in Figure 11, this growth in first‑time‑enrolling Medi‑Cal enrollees is unique to seniors. From the third quarter of 2022 through the fourth quarter of 2024, we estimate that about 115,000 first‑time‑enrolling seniors enrolled in Medi‑Cal over the historical average new enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - In response, the department released guidance on February 11, 2026 indicating that providers will have the opportunity to earn a partial year of quality payments if they come into compliance after the February 27 deadline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - In 2025, the state also submitted a one ‑year private hospital fee, generating around $11  billion in revenue, for federal approval. The federal government has not yet approved this higher fee. Voters Have Made Largest Provider Taxes Permanent in State Law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - Established by legislation in 2020 ( Chapter 207 of 2020 [SB 852, Pan] ), the program aims to reduce the cost of drugs by expanding the availability of low‑cost generics in the market. The program accomplishes this objective by entering into partnerships with private entities to distribute or manufacture generic drugs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - (In addition, the Constitution requires the state to set aside $11  billion for reserves and debt payments. We also describe those below.) One-Time Spending The Governor proposes spending $25  billion of General Fund surplus monies on a one-time or temporary basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - As Figure  11 shows, however, the trend in spending has been quite volatile. Most of this trend is likely due to federally required changes to the state ’s reporting processes. These recent changes in reporting resulted in much higher estimates compared to past years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

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

Jul 13, 2023 - In 2020, about 109,000 tax filers contributed $2.8  billion in revenue to MHSA. These filers comprised about six-tenths of 1  percent of all PIT filers in 2020. Of Proposition  63 taxpayers, however, about 70  percent of the total tax liability in 2020 was concentrated among about 13,000 filers with taxable income of $5  million and over.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4780

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Community Care Demonstration Project

Feb 19, 2021 - (From March   2020 t o April 2020, referrals declined 63  p ercent.) DSH continued to experience lower numbers of felony IST referrals until August  2020, when COVID ‑19 ‑related restrictions were lifted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4382

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - Chapter  3 provided DDS $11  million General Fund annually beginning in 2016 ‑17 to support grants for service providers to modify their programs and services to make them compliant with the final HCBS rule.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577

Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access

May 7, 2021 - While individual market enrollment had increased by almost 70,000 members between March  2020 and September 2020, enrollment in this coverage type fell by around 100,000 members between September 2020 and December 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4426