The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the Governor’s Major May Revision Behavioral Health Proposals

May 24, 2021 - The Governor ’s May Revision includes $700  million CFRF in 2021 ‑22, $125  million General Fund in 2022 ‑23, and $75  million General Fund in 2023 ‑24 in funding to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) to (1)  increase the behavioral health workforce and (2)  provide training for existing behavioral health professionals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4439

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - Includes Roughly $125  Million in 2023-24 for Opioid-Related Initiatives. The spending plan includes $75  million in 2023-24, $36  million in 2024-25, and $24  million in 2026-27 from the Opioid Settlements Fund for DHCS to expand the Naloxone Distribution Project, which distributes naloxone to first responders, law enforcement, community-based organizations, and county agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Feb 14, 2024 - Clinics 50 125 b Expand and convert existing supplemental payment program for non ‑hospital 340B providers into utilization and performance ‑based managed care directed payment. Totals $1,915 $4,623 a Excludes proposed MCO tax allocations for behavioral health services and health care workforce initiatives, as the administration has not released detail on these proposals. b Maximum amount estimated by Department of Health Care Services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4838