The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - Individuals must generally work, study, or volunteer at least 80  hours per month, or meet an earnings threshold (about $580 per month, equivalent to 80 hours at the federal minimum wage) unless they qualify for certain exemptions (such as having young children or being medically frail).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

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

Feb 5, 2025 - The administration is working to allocate the bond funding quickly, with plans to aw ard up to $3.3  billion in May 2025 and a stated commitment to award all funding by 2026. This leaves a brief window in which the Legislature can conduct oversight of the program and influence the administration ’s program administration decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

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

Oct 24, 2025 - Though federal Medicaid law will now require most nondisabled, childless adults to complete 80 hours of community engagement each month, H.R.  1 grants states certain flexibilities to track beneficiary compliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Specifically, H.R.  1 requires these adults to (1)  verify that they have completed at least 80 hours per month of work, education, or community service, and (2)  verify eligibility every six months, rather than every 12  months.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Feb 14, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis $1,075 $2,688 Tie most payments for primary care, obstetric care, non ‑specialty mental health care, specialty care, and emergency physician services to 80 percent to 100 percent of what Medicare pays, depending on the service.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4838

The 2024-25 Budget: Future of Public Health Budget Solution

May 21, 2024 - There are about 400 state positions and 1,300 local positions supported by Future of Public Health funding, and approximately 80  percent of hires have been made to date. Given the limited flexibility of the CDPH ’s funding and the number of state hires made, the state likely would be unable to use existing vacancies in other programs to fully mitigate the elimination of the Future of Public Health funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4904

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - The first is a new community engagement requirement, which conditions Medi ‑Cal eligibility on completing 80 hours of work, school, or community service each month. The second is an increase in the frequency of required eligibility determinations from every 12 months to every 6 months.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Enterprise System Modernization Effort

Feb 17, 2021 - The MES Modernization effort, in contrast, also will include modernization and/or replacement of subsystems that operate the Medi ‑Cal managed care program, which now supports the more than 80  p ercent of enrollees served by Medi ‑Cal managed care plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4375

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Medi-Cal Telehealth Proposal

May 13, 2021 - Another study of a health care provider network found that a telehealth expansion resulted in an increase in total service utilization (including both in ‑person and telehealth services) within that network of 80  p ercent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4430

The 2021-22 Budget: Department of Developmental Services (DDS) May Revision Budget Proposal

May 24, 2021 - This increase is driven in large part by a number of new policy proposals totaling approximately $80  million General Fund. Below, we provide comments on one of the key policy proposals. Performance Incentives Program The May Revision includes $4  million General Fund in 2021 ‑22 ($5.6  million total funds) to establish a performance incentives program at regional centers (RCs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4438