The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - The National Center for Health Statistics found that the prevalence of any diagnosed developmental disability in children aged 3 ‑17 years in the United States increased by about a full percentage point (from 7.40  percent to 8.56  percent) between 2019 and 2021 —a significant change in a short period of time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

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

Oct 24, 2025 - The  2026 ‑27 deficit, projected to be $17  billion as of June  2025, was estimated before Congress passed H.R.  1. While  our  assessment of the state ’s budget condition will be updated in November, recent state tax collections have improved since budget enactment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - (These responsibilities are broad, but are laid out in Sections 101150 - 101165 of the Health and Safety Code and Sections 1075 - 1084, Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations .) This assessment also could look at potential regional capacity differences and the extent to which laboratories can handle novel disease testing or high volumes of testing during an outbreak.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - Based on data on the restricted scope population prior to the expansions to adults and older adults, 17  percent of the individuals in the older adult expansion were aged 65 and older in 2021 ‑22. (See Figure  1 of our May 2021 publication , Estimated Cost of Expanding Full‑Scope Medi‑Cal Coverage to All Otherwise‑Eligible Californians Regardless of Immigration Status.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - Of this amount, $35  billion comes from the General Fund —roughly 17  percent of total General Fund spending. The enacted 2024 ‑25 budget also assumes Medi-Cal enrolls an average of 14.5  million people each month, or more than one-third of Californians.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4941

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

Feb 5, 2025 - In 2021 ‑2022, 17  percent of Californians aged 12 and over had an SUD, but in 2022 fewer than 20  percent of those needing SUD treatment received it. (SUD rates cited here are significantly higher than in prior years due to an updated methodology used by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or SAMHSA.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - A recent communication from DDS to RCs stated that noncompliant provid ers could no longer receive new referrals as of March   17, providing an additional incentive for providers to develop new policies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Dec 7, 2023 - We project Medi-Cal General Fund spending to increase in the remaining years of the outlook period, rising to more than $43  billion in 2027-28 (17  percent of total state General Fund spending). We describe the major drivers of this increase in spending below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4820

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - According to Employment Development Department data presented on DDS’s RC Oversight Dashboard , the employment rate for people with developmental disabilities in California has remained below 17 percent since 2016‑17, and it worsened during the COVID‑19 pandemic, dropping from 16 percent in 2019 to 13.5 percent through the first half of 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577

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

Feb 16, 2021 - Although Proposition   56 r evenues are expected to gradually decline on a year ‑over ‑year basis, the administration ’s projected revenue decrease primarily is attributed to the anticipated implementation of Chapter   34 o f 2020 (S B  793 , Hill et. al) which bars retailers from selling flavored tobacco products.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373