The 2025-26 Budget: MCO Tax and Proposition 35

Feb 26, 2025 - As a result, DHCS ultimately gave plans until the end of 2024, requiring retroactive provider payments in 2024. Nonetheless, we understand from stakeholders that some plans had not fully paid out their retroactive rates by the end of last year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4992

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

Mar 6, 2025 - Recent Trends in the Senior Caseload Senior Caseload Began to Increase More Sharply in January 2024. Figure  6 shows the cumulative percentage change for each category of Medi ‑Cal enrollees from April 2020 (when the continuous coverage period began) through December 2024 (a year and a half after the beginning of the unwinding of the continuous coverage requirement).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Legislative Action in June 2024 Addressed Anticipated Budget Problem Proactively. In  June of 2024, the Legislature not only addressed the budget problem for 2024 ‑25, but also made proactive decisions to address the anticipated budget problem for 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - The 2024 ‑25 budget later deferred the facility construction funds to 2025 ‑26. Naloxone. The 2023 ‑24 budget provided $30  million one ‑time Opioid Settlements Fund for a partnership to produce a generic, over the counter naloxone nasal spray product.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

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

Mar 6, 2025 - DHCS later determined that the allowed modifications created barriers to implementation and accordingly required all MCPs to meet the DHCS ‑established service and eligibility definitions by January 1, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

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

Feb 5, 2025 - In December 2024, the federal government approved the state ’s Medicaid waiver request for the BH ‑CONNECT demonstration, which expands the number of federally reimbursable Medi ‑Cal behavioral health services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - Accordingly, we downloaded California’s drug utilization data from the first quarter of 2018 through the second quarter of 2024 (the latest quarter available at the time of our analysis). Rebates —Federal Financial Management Reports.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - The timing of the start of the wage increases had been uncertain, as they depended on certain trigger conditions adopted in trailer bill legislation as part of the 2024 ‑25 budget. The Department of Finance recently determined that one of the conditions had been met, triggering a start date of October 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4941

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - The 2023-24 budget delayed its end to 2024-25. Withdrawing the scheduled end of the deferral in 2024-25, thereby allowing it to continue, provides $5 33  million one-time General Fund savings in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only. The LAO is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information resulting from the translation application tool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942