The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - As part of the agreement, the partner has set a target price for the new product of $30 for each vial or $55 for a pack of five prefilled insulin pens. According to HCAI, these prices are close to the cost of production.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - Within these 30 kinds of drugs, the majority treat diabetes (or other related issues, described further below), certain other autoimmune or inflammatory diseases (such as arthritis or psoriasis), and mental illness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - This funding, however, has been concentrated within 11 out of 30 small counties. The remaining 19 small counties did not receive any awards in these rounds. In addition, there has been mixed success in siting behavioral health infrastructure in counti es where it did not exist prior to BHCIP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - The spending plan eliminates General Find for grants to the California Community Colleges ($30  million in 2023-24 and $70  million in 2024-25) and to the California State University and University of California ($50  million in 2024-25).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Restructuring of the MHSA Funding Categories and Impacts on County Spending

Jul 13, 2023 - In addition, under the Governor ’s proposal, 30  percent of MHSA county funding would be used on housing intervention programs for the provision of housing or infrastructure funding to create new housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4782

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

Jul 13, 2023 - The Governor proposes to change the categories of funding to require 35  percent of county funding to be dedicated to FSPs and 30  percent for housing interventions. Of the remaining funding, 30  percent would be used for behavioral health services and supports.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4780

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - The spending plan includes $30  million one-time General Fund for tribal investments, including $15  million to support the construction of a regional wellness center for the Yurok Tribe and another $15  million for the construction of The Village San Francisco.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642

Mental Health Services Act: LAO Update: The Governor's Revised Behavioral Health Modernization Proposal

Aug 21, 2023 - County spending flexibility was reduced in two ways: (1) by creating only one category, Behavioral Health Services and Supports (BHSS), with just 30 percent of MHSA funding that could accommodate flexible program expenditures and (2) by including a wide variety of programs that counties would need to spend funds on in the BHSS category (early intervention, capital facilities,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4792

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - Grant recipients would be required to operate the facilities and units added by the bond for at least 30 years. The proposal is silent on the types of entities that would be eligible to receive grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - In addition, the spending plan includes $30  million in 2023-24 for HCAI to support the development or procurement of a low-cost, generic version of a naloxone nasal product. The spending plan also includes $15  million each year from 2023-24 through 2026-27 for the Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Initiative at the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810