The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - For the period spanning from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, providers can earn the quality incentive portion of the rate models by completing surveys about workforce capacity and service delivery.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - The 2023 ‑24 budget provided $30  million one ‑time Opioid Settlements Fund for a partnership to produce a generic, over the counter naloxone nasal spray product. (Naloxone is used to alleviate the effects of an opioid overdose.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - For example, we estimated that a more proportionate tax netting around $7 billion in revenue could cost around $30 per member, per month—about a 5 percent increase on average to commercial health plan premiums.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - Our outlook estimates Medi ‑Cal will enroll fewer people over time, with caseload falling from nearly 15  million people in 2024 ‑25 to nearly 12  million people by 2029 ‑30. Monthly per ‑enrollee General Fund spending, by contrast, rises from $298 in 2025 ‑26 to $355 in 2029 ‑30, a $57 (19  percent) increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

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

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - In 2023 ‑24, we estimate these rebates comprised 3  percent of gross spending, up from as low as 1  percent in some years. This increase was expected following the switch to the Medi ‑Cal Rx system in 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

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

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

Feb 5, 2025 - Beginning in 2023 ‑24, the state was facing General Fund budget shortfalls. As  a part of addressing those budget problems, a portion of funding for BHCIP was delayed in 2023 ‑24. Later, in the 2024 ‑25 budget, program funding was reduced by $451  million General Fund, leaving $1.8  billion in funding remaining.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Health Care Access and Information

Feb 27, 2024 - According to HCAI, there were 30 applicants. Of this number, HCAI initially awarded $292.5  million in loans to 17 hospitals, using the point-based system described earlier. (The remaining $7.5  million will be used to cover administrative costs at HCAI and the California Health Facilities Financing Authority over several years.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - (The proposed budget assumes this temporary increase, which was initially tied to the federal public health emergency declaration, ends June 30, resulting in General Fund costs beginning at the start of 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683