The 2022-23 Budget: Update on Home- and Community- Based Services Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2022 - At the time, the federal government only fully approved 13 of the HCBS enhancements and denied one initiative. (The initiative that was denied was a $2  million proposal to improve broadband access and disaster readiness in nursing home facilities and expand the Small Home nursing facility pilot.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - Were the federal government to delay or deny approval of these increases, however, there could be additional Genera l Fund costs to backfill the lost funding. Proposition  35 Raises Two Key Issues. In November 2024, California voters approved Proposition  35.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4941

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

Feb 5, 2025 - The administration is working to allocate the bond funding quickly, with plans to aw ard up to $3.3  billion in May 2025 and a stated commitment to award all funding by 2026. This leaves a brief window in which the Legislature can conduct oversight of the program and influence the administration ’s program administration decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Major Behavioral Health Proposals

Mar 3, 2022 - DSH appealed this ruling to the California Supreme Court, but the department ’s appeal was denied in 2021. DSH is now required to provide competency restoration treatment for felony ISTs according to a phased ‑in schedule of (1)  within 60 days by August 2022, (2)  within 45 days by February 2023, (3)  within 33 days by August 2023, and (4)  within 28 days by February 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4569