The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update

Mar 6, 2025 - These complex and varying circumstantial eligibility requirements make it difficult to determine the total number of members potentially eligible f or Community Supports services statewide. Similar to ECM, members must agree to receive the benefit and participate in the program to access the  services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - The budget also required DHCS to develop a transition plan f or certain CHDP services that would continue as stand-alone programs, such as the Health Care Program for Children in Foster Care (HCPCFC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

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

Feb 17, 2021 - Chapter   33 o f 2016 (S B  843 , Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) established the Community Services Infrastructure Grant Program, providing $65. 8  m illion General Fund one ‑time as part of the 2017 ‑ 18 b udget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4379

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

Feb 19, 2021 - There are two ways in which participating counties could have funds left over after treating their felony ISTs: ( 1)  i f the actual number of felony ISTs in participating counties is below what DSH estimated or ( 2)  i f participating counties are able to reduce the rate —through their own actions —at which individuals are found to be IST in felony cases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4382

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

Feb 16, 2021 - Furthermore, the Governor ’s budget recognizes additional savings in 2020 ‑ 21 o f around $ 230  m illion General Fund related to the decline in routine health care utilization due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID ‑1 9) p andemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services

Nov 9, 2021 - Chapter 37 o f 2011 (A B 104 , Committee on Budget) added a new requirement that upon intake and assessment for RC services, the consumer must provide a copy of their health benefit card, in part to allow RCs to maximize federal waiver and 1915(i) SPA reimbursements among those enrolled in Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4471

The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the May Revision Medi-Cal Budget

May 21, 2021 - The Governor ’s January CalAIM proposal included new requirements on Medi ‑Cal managed care plans to operate population health management programs, which represent a bundle of administrative  activities aimed at ( 1)  i dentifying beneficiaries ’ medical and nonmedical risks and needs and ( 2)  f acilitating care coordination and referrals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4436

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - Some of this disparity can be explained by more Latino than white consumers living in the family home rather than in a group home or on their own (which is more costly), but it does not explain all o f the disparity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services—An Interim Update

Apr 19, 2021 - Changing waiver f orm language could take some time and the opportunity to make such changes may be constrained by federal rules. Provide More Education About Medi-Cal to Families. Given that some families may be unaware of Medi-Cal benefits, or unaware of how Medi-Cal enrollment can fiscally benefit the DDS system, added education could assuage some concerns or hesitancy about applying for Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4415

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: New Directions for Services for Seniors and Persons With Disabilities

Mar 15, 2021 - Population health management programs represent a bundle of administrative activities —typically performed by managed care plans —that aim to ( 1)  i dentify beneficiaries ’ medical and nonmedical risks and needs and ( 2)  f acilitate care coordination and referrals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404