The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The department also reverts $233  million General Fund from 2022-23 that was available until 2026-27 (the department is reappropriating $3.4  million for the Judicial Council to carry out training related to IST evaluations).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Responses to the RFI closed on January 23, 2026. The department stated that it aims to release a Request for Proposals (RFP) in 2026 ‑27 based upon the findings from the RFI. Additionally, DDS stated that it is working with DHCS to submit a renewed Planning Advanced Planning Document to continue enhanced federal funding beyond September 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Since the passage of the 2022-23 budget, there have been 58 graduates of this program. In the Governor ’s proposed May Revision, approximately $3.4  million for these programs is proposed for reversion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - As Figure  10 shows, we estimate that baseline Medi ‑Cal spending —without the budget solutions in place —would outpace overall General Fund spending, with Medi ‑Cal ’s share of state spending rising to 23  percent in 2029 ‑30, 4  percentage points higher than with the solutions in effect.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - The 2022 ‑23 budget provided $100  million one ‑time General Fund for a partnership to manufacture a biosimilar insulin product. (Diabetics take insulin to help regulate their blood sugar. Insulin is among the costliest drugs for health insurance plans and consumers.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 10, 2023 - The 2022 ‑23 Budget Act included one ‑time General Fund support to eliminate the delay beginning in 2022 ‑23. The Governor ’s budget proposes to shift the elimination of the delay in provider payment processing until 2024 ‑25, which frees up $378  million one ‑time General Fund in  2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4675

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - The 2022-23 budget authorized DHCS to sunset the California Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP) program, which provided early health screening services for children in the fee-for-service delivery system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - The 2022-23 Budget Act included one-time General Fund support to eliminate the delay beginning in 2022-23. The spending plan shifts the elimination of the delay in provider payment processing until 2024-25, which frees up $378  million one-time General Fund in 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

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

Feb 27, 2024 - State Enacted Large Health Workforce Package in 2022 ‑23 Budget. Expanding upon recent health care workforce augmentations, the 2022 ‑23 budget included a multiyear package of limited-term health workforce initiatives at HCAI totaling over $900  million General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

The 2023-24 Budget: Health Workforce Budget Solutions

Feb 21, 2023 - Figure 1 Last Year ’s Health Workforce Package Spanned Several Departments General Fund Adopted in 2022 ‑23 Budget Package (In Millions) 2022 ‑23 Health Care Access and Information $259 $1,420 a Reflects Proposition 98 General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4691