The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - Accordingly, as a budget solution, the spending plan elimi nates $45  million unspent carryover construction funds in 2024-25. Supports New Diaper Access Initiative. The spending plan includes General Fund spending of $7.4  million in 2025-26 and $12.5  million in 2026-27 for a new two-year diaper access initiative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - This federal HCBS funding has historically supported about 35  percent to 45  percent of total costs in DDS. Of the DDS consumers enrolled in Medi ‑Cal, the majority (about 60  percent based on the most recent available data) qualify automatically because they receive Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - It recommended maximum Early Start caseloads of 45 per RC service coordinator (but noted additional research may be needed). The  Governor ’s budget in 2020 also proposed caseload ratios of 1:45 for ages 3, 4, and 5, but the proposal was withdrawn once the pandemic hit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577

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 $45  million one-time CFRF (available over multiple years) to DHCS to continue the CalHOPE Student Support Program, which provides free crisis counseling and support services through a centralized resource website.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4439

The 2023-24 Budget: Health Workforce Budget Solutions

Feb 21, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget eliminates all remaining funding planned for five initiatives for the following three years ($45  million across the three years). The five initiatives are focused on various public health workforce issues, such as increasing the number of public laboratory directors at local public health departments under the Lab Aspire Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4691

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - The spending plan provides $4.6  million General Fund ($8  million total funds) to expand the FPACT program to include HPV vaccines for individuals between the ages of 19 through 45. Conforming to Federal Law on Coverage of Clinical Trials.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642

The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion

May 5, 2023 - Moreover, medical equipment providers that were interviewed in the evaluation noted more streamlined and muc h faster authorization of services in the Whole Child Model (for example, from 45 days to 60 days under traditional CCS to around five days under the Whole Child Model).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4767

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services—An Interim Update

Apr 19, 2021 - Of these, about 45  percent (roughly 30,000 individuals) had at least one RC-coordinated service, which could potentially make them eligible for federal reimbursement. Among that group, some are undocumented immigrants, a subset that is not eligible to receive waiver or 1915(i) SPA reimbursements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4415

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - The spending plan includes $45  million General Fund one time in 2021 ‑22 to DHCS to continue the CalHOPE Student Support Program, which provides free crisis counseling and support services through a centralized resource website.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

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

Feb 16, 2021 - We also would assume optional expansion enrollees continue to comprise around 45  p ercent of additional enrollment, rather than nearly 40  p ercent as assumed by the administration. Due to our different assumptions on the case mix of Medi ‑Cal caseload growth, we assume per ‑enrollee General Fund costs will be around 5  p ercent lower than the administration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373