The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - There is significant variability in the average annual growth rate by individual service (many individual services are captured in “Other ” in the figure), ranging from a low of 3  percent (employment services) to a high of 52  percent (social recreation).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - However, H.R. 1 allows for other potential starting times, ranging from as early as July 2025 to as late as 2028. This timing will affect when the state incurs higher General Fund costs. (Shortly before the release of our outlook, federal administrators issued preliminary guidance suggesting the state would have until July 2026 to adjust the health plan tax and July 2028 for all other provider taxes.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

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

Feb 5, 2025 - Some medications, including buprenorphine, can be prescribed by a wide range of practitioners and used to treat opioid use disorder with relatively little supervision in either a home or outpatient setting.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - (As noted above, a substantial portion of CDPH ’s funding —ranging from 67  percent to 83  percent prior to the pandemic —is distributed to LHJs. In addition, LHJs have local sources of funding, like 1991 realignment.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

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

Mar 6, 2025 - As shown in the figure, between 2015 and 2019, the share of seniors statewide who were enrolled in Medi ‑Cal ranged between about 18  percent and 18.5  percent. We estimate that there were 6.5  million individuals age 65 and over as of January 1, 2025 in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

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

Mar 6, 2025 - Some MCPs indicated that potential eligibility ranged from 3  percent to as high as 7  percent of their  membership. DHCS Implemented a Number of Program Changes to Increase Access to ECM . In 2023, DHCS implemented a number of policy changes intended to make it easier for members to access ECM services, including (1)  preventing MCPs from imposing additional eligibility
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

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

Jan 13, 2025 - These higher costs are more than offset by a range of other areas where the administration’s cost estimates are lower. For example, constitutionally required debt payments are $1.1 billion lower under the administration’s estimates and the administration scores a higher entering fund balance—largely due to over $1 billion in additional revenue accruals—in 2023‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Dec 7, 2023 - We assume that underlying per-enrollee utilization and service costs continue to rise over the outlook period, with the increase each year ranging from about 4  percent to 5  percent. In addition, our outlook anticipates overall per-enrollee costs to increase as seniors —among the costliest population to serve —become a larger share of Medi-Cal caseload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4820

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Feb 14, 2024 - The payments would range from 80  percent to 100  percent of Medicare, depending on the service. In addition, the department proposes to vary rates by geographic area to account for regional differences in costs, another feature of Medicare ’s payment system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4838