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

Feb 27, 2024 - Figure 2 Overall Spending Varies Year to Year HCAI Funding (In Millions) -58% HCAI = Department of Health Care Access and Information. In Current Year, Deferred One-Time Funds Drive Down General Fund Spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Under the Governor ’s budget, the required deposits in those years increase to nearly $6.7  billion and the state makes an additional $3.1  billion deposit in 2022 ‑23. By 2022 ‑23, the cumulative balance would be more than $9.7   billion —nearly 10  percent of the total Proposition  98 funding allocated to schools and community colleges that year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

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

Feb 5, 2025 - The share of Californians aged 12 and over having an SUD in the past year rose nearly 10  percent between 2015 ‑2017 and 2018 ‑2019. The consequences of these behavioral health challenges have also grown more severe.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - In recent years, the cumulative cost of annual minimum wage increases under S B  3 have represented about 5  percent to 10  percent of General Fund spending on services purchased for DDS consumers. Legislature Has Some Discretion Over Rates, But Faces Trade ‑Offs With Service Access Impacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 13, 2024 - (Prior to the full implementation of the quality incentive payment as 10   percent of the total rate, the state began providing some smaller quality incentive payments on top of providers ’ baseline rates in 2022 ‑23.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4837

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - A  small share of people (less than 10  percent) are not enrolled in a health plan, and instead have their services paid for directly by the Medi ‑Cal program on a fee ‑for ‑service basis. Historically, the state also took this bifurcated approach to pay for prescription drugs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

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

Mar 6, 2025 - About 115,000 of Senior Growth Due to Policy Changes Are First ‑Time Medi ‑Cal Enrollees as a Result of Eligibility Expansions Since the Second Half of 2022. Figure  10 shows the average number of Medi ‑Cal enrollees over 65 who are enrolled in Medi ‑Cal for the first time in their lives in four selected time periods —before the continuous coverage period, during
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

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