The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - According to HCAI, the partnership will produce three generic insulin products, with insulin glargine (also known by the brand name Lantus) most likely to be launched first. HCAI Anticipates Substantial Commercial Savings From Generic Product.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

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 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

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - As the nearby figure shows, there are three key GLP ‑1 agonists, each with different brand names for treating diabetes and obesity. Within the Medi ‑Cal program, semaglutide has comprised most of the utilization of GLP ‑1 agonists, mostly for Ozempic (which primarily treats diabetes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

Mental Health Services Act: Impact of Governor's Proposal on Funding for Children and Youth

Aug 10, 2023 - However, to estimate the amount of Community Services and Supports (CSS) and Innovation expenditur es that go towards children and youth services, we used program names across counties to determine if they might qualify as children and youth services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4786

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

Mar 6, 2025 - In the paragraphs that follow, we provide our analysis that results in ou r estimate of at least 165,000 seniors being added due to eligibility expansions since 2020. (As a consequence of this estimate, it follows naturally that we estimate up to 60,000  seniors being added due to the effects of continuous coverage, the unwinding, and unwinding flexibilities, for a total increase of 225,000 seniors due to policy changes.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

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

Feb 5, 2025 - Strategies to do so have included expanding the behavioral health workforce; adding benefits and increasing rates in Medi ‑Cal; and increasing capacity through managed care plans, schools, and in other  settings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

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

Feb 27, 2024 - The added positions would cover a variety of activities, such as policy analysis, project and program management, and research and data analysis. According to HCAI, the cost of the staffing increase (around $2  million in 2024 ‑25) would be supported by its existing resources rather than new augmentations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

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