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

Jan 10, 2021 - The Governor proposes to pay down $8.4  billion of this amount, with districts receiving the associated cash in 2021 ‑22. Slightly more than $4  billion would remain deferred from 2021 ‑22 to 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

COVID-19: American Rescue Plan’s Major Health-Related Funding Provisions

May 6, 2021 - The Governor ’s January 2021 budget assumed the cost of providing COVID-19 treatment to the uninsured would be 100  percent state funded. Starting in March  2021, the ARP Act expands Medicaid coverage to treatment of COVID-19, with the federal government paying for the entirety of the costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Additionally, loss of Medi ‑Cal coverage could require RCs to pay for health care services for consumers at full cost to the state if no other source of care is available. Continuing legislative oversight will help ensure that exemptions for DDS consumers are implemented as intended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - Health plans that participate in Covered California must use these accounts so that federal subsidies do not pay for abortion services. The fund is continuously appropriated through the 2028-29 fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

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

Mar 6, 2025 - Prior to December 2020, seniors and persons with disabilities whose incomes were between roughly 122  percent and 138  percent of the FPL had to pay a share of cost in order to receive Medi ‑Cal coverage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - This lower limit indirectly affects certain provider taxes, as some states —including California —use their provider taxes to help pay for these directed  payments. Proposal Assumes Current Version of Health Plan Tax Expires at End of 2026 … The Governor ’s budget assumes the current structure of the health plan tax remains in effect through the end of December  2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - As   Figure  6 shows, while brand drugs represented a small share of commercial health plan fee‑for‑service claims in 2021, they comprised a majority of spending. Costs also are higher for consumers, with average out‑of‑pocket costs more than four times the cost for brand drugs than generics.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

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

Feb 13, 2023 - Enhanced Federal Premium Subsidies Approved for 2021 and 2022, Supplanting State Subsidies. The American Rescue Plan Act was passed by Congress in 2021 in response to COVID-19. A provision of this act temporarily enhanced federal support for premium subsidies for coverage purchased on health benefit exchanges in 2021 and 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4681

Considering Medi-Cal in the Midst of a Changing Fiscal and Policy Landscape

Oct 24, 2025 - As with childless adults who have satisfactory immigration status, the federal government currently pays 90  percent of emergency care costs. Beginning in October 2026, the federal government will only pay the state ’s  regular federal match rate (50  percent in California) for these  services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - Regional Center (RC) Service  Coordination RCs Coordinate and Pay for Individuals ’ Services. DDS contracts with 21 nonprofit RCs, which coordinate and pay for the direct services provided to “consumers ” (the term used in statute).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577