The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update

Mar 6, 2025 - The difficulty MCPs have in adding ECM and Community Supports providers may be keeping utilization rates lower than expected. Systemic Constraints Limit Utilization. Lower ‑than ‑expected utilization of certain benefits may be driven more by systemic constraints across different regions of the state rather than a low demand for those benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - The department stated that its budget projections for 2026 ‑27 do not incorporate any potential added costs due to the changes in H.R 1. Will the department be able to determine whether its costs increase in the future due to H.R. 1?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5003

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - One possible reason for our higher estimate is that our model reflects not only disenrollment among current enrollees, but also reduced enrollment flows over time and a persistent risk of disenrollment among eligible individuals due to added administrative burden.
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 - Grants to Support Evidence ‑Based Practices ($380  Million). These grants to plans, providers, and other entities support evidence ‑based behavioral health interventions for children and youth. Provider Rate Augmentations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

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

Oct 24, 2025 - …But Potentially With Added Complexity. Adding more flexibilities also could come with the potential downside of more complexity for beneficiaries and counties. For example, exempting high unemployment counties from work requirements could create more volatility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - Administered by HCAI, the fund is to support abortion services through grants and contracts. To support the fund, the legislation allocates a portion of money from excess balances in health plans ’ special abortion accounts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

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

Jul 13, 2023 - One way to measure the variability in a data series is average deviation (AD). AD summarizes —for a given time period —how many percentage points the data in a series deviate from the average growth rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4780

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 13, 2024 - These rates fund the wide variety of services and supports that service providers deliver to DDS  consumers, including residential services, day programs, employment support, independent and supported living, and personal assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4837

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - The 2025 ‑26 Budget Act provided Medi ‑Cal $44.9  billion General Fund support, an all ‑time high for the program. Under our outlook, this level grows to $51.6  billion by the end of the outlook period in 2029 ‑30 (an increase of $6.7  billion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092