The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - Under these formulas, a dru g ’s initial rebate is between 13  percent and 23  percent of its price, depending on the type of drug. Over time, the initial rebate increases if the drug ’s price rises faster than inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Restructuring of the MHSA Funding Categories and Impacts on County Spending

Jul 13, 2023 - This evaluation criteria may over or underestimate the current spending that would qualify under the Housing Interventions category in the G overnor ’s proposal. We are unable to estimate the current program expenditures that would qualify under the Population-Based Mental Health Substance Use Disorder Prevention category.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4782

The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion

May 5, 2023 - For example, the Legislature could authorize the expansion of the Whole Child Model to the counties transitioning to a COHS model but defer action on the counties transitionin g to a Single-Plan model.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4767

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - For example, researchers have estimated that the prevalence of mental illness and SUD is higher for people experiencin g unsheltered homelessness than sheltered homelessness. Available research also indicates that experiencing homelessness may lead some individuals to develop or exacerbate existing behavioral health issues due to the chronic stress of living without stable housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

Mental Health Services Act: Revenue Volatility and the Governor’s Proposal to Reduce Allowable County Reserves

Jul 13, 2023 - Alternatives exist that could strike a better balance between revenue stability and g rowth. While a carefully designed and robust MHSA reserve policy may be able to encourage consistent spending, funding MHSA services with a stable revenue stream would be a more straightforward way of providing consistent and successful MHSA services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4780