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

Mar 6, 2025 - The 2019 ‑20 budget package eliminated this share of cost for seniors and persons with disabilities up to 138  percent of FPL, consistent with the eligibility rules for children and adults through age 64.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - For example, one consumer might receive five hours of respite in a given month, while another consumer might receive 20 hours of respite in the same month. Accordingly, using available data to calculate an average cost per consumer ($21,000 General Fund in 2025 ‑26, for example) or a growth rate in the average cost per consumer (8.6  percent between 2021 ‑22 and 2026 ‑27, for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

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

Jul 13, 2023 - Senate Bill 192 established the first prudent reserve caps for the 2019-20 fiscal year. In the first few years of experience, counties received a surge in revenue during 2020-21 (60  percent), followed by healthy growth in 2021-22 (8  percent), and a large decline in revenue in 2022-23 (35  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4780

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

Feb 16, 2021 - From a low of around 12. 5  m illion beneficiaries in March  2020, the budget act projected Medi ‑Cal caseload would increase to roughly 14. 5  m illion enrollees by July  2020, increasing General Fund costs above what they otherwise would be by about $ 3  b illion across 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373

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 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - As a result, as Figure  2 shows, Medi ‑Cal comprises 19  percent of overall General Fund spending by the end of our outlook period —slightly lower than the 20  percent share in the 2025 ‑26 enacted  budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

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

May 17, 2021 - Reflecting very strong cash collections in recent months, the May Revision adjusts 2020 ‑21 revenues (and transfers) up by $26.8  billion to $182  billion. This represents a 27  percent increase over 2019 ‑20, the largest single year increase in over four decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - The spending plan includes $85  million in total funds for EMSA in 2021 ‑22, down from $108.7  million in 2020 ‑21, but still above the $79.1  million provided in 2019 ‑20. The General Fund provides $59.9  million of the 2021 ‑22 funding amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

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

Jan 10, 2021 - Compared with the estimates in the June 2020 budget plan, the administration revises its estimates of the guarantee up $1.9  billion (2.4  percent) in 2019 ‑20 and $11.9  billion (16.8  percent) in 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access

May 7, 2021 - As previously shown in Figure  7, throughout the pandemic, the share of Californians reporting delaying or foregoing health care has remained above 20  percent, and in some months has approached 40  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4426