The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 24, 2025 - Transition to Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal) System. The budget provides $2.7  million in 2025-26 ($1  million General Fund and $1.6  million various special funds) and $3.2  million ($1.2  million General Fund and $2  million various special funds) to support DOJ ’s initial transition to the state ’s FI$Cal System.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

Improving Parolee Substance Use Disorder Treatment Through Medi-Cal

Apr 14, 2021 - Shifting parolee SUDT costs to Medi ‑Cal would result in an increase in Medi ‑Cal spending. However, utilizing Medi ‑Cal would allow for federal reimbursements for a significant portion of these costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4411

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Some of the largest budget solutions in the June budget package involved the MCO tax, a tax on health plans that supports the Medi ‑Cal program. Last year ’s budget notably increased the size of the MCO tax, generating more revenue for Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 16, 2023 - State Centralizing Financial IT Systems Within Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal). Since 2005, the state has been in the process of replacing its aging and decentralized financia
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - Health and Behavioral Health Budget Reintroduces the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) Proposal. As a part of the January 2020 ‑21 budget, the Governor proposed a large number of Medi-Cal reforms collectively known as CalAIM.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

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

May 17, 2021 - CDPH = California Department of Public Health; COVID ‑19 = coronavirus disease 2019; CHHS = California Health and Human Services Agency; HHS = Health and Human Services; GARE = Government Alliance on Race and Equity; EMSA = Emergency Medical Services Authority; CalAIM = California Advancing and Innovating Medi ‑Cal; ICF ‑DDs = Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/2

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

May 17, 2021 - ADRC = Aging and Disability Resources Centers; Cal ‑OAR = CalWORKs Outcomes and Accountability Review; IT = information technology; FFPSA = Federal Family First Prevention Services Act; DCSD = Department of Community Services and Development; DDS = Department of Developmental Services; DOR = Department of Rehabilitation; DSS = Department of Social Services; HDAP=Housing and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/5

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

Jan 13, 2022 - By not proposing to renew the MCO tax, the Governor ’s budget would allow it to expire, raising General Fund costs in Medi ‑Cal by $1.6  billion or more annually beginning in 2023 ‑24. The administration has shared that the scheduled reprocurement of Medi ‑Cal MCO contracts and anticipated volatility in the Medi ‑Cal caseload present challenges for renewing the MCO tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 26, 2022 - These resources will support increased oversight of Medi-Cal fraud and charities as well as the implementation of various enacted legislation (such as legislation related to criminal resentencing) . This amount includes a $7.8 million augmentation in 2022-23 (decreasing to $7.1 million annually beginning in 2023-24) from the General Fund, the False Claims Act Fund, and federal funds for increased resources for the Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - The  key item in this category is a proposal for the state to reauthorize a tax on managed care organizations that draws down additional federal funds and offsets costs in Medi ‑Cal. While the fiscal impact of this reauthorization would be small in the budget window —an estimated $300  million in 2023 ‑ 24 —the effect would be much larger in future years, rising to roughly $2  billion in General Fund savings as early as 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662