The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - This action is estimated to s ave $85  million General Fund in 2025-26, with savings rising to $790  million General Fund by 2028-29. In addition, the spending plan assumes Medi-Cal ends coverage of certain kinds of over-the-counter drugs, such as COVID-19 tests, vitamins, and antihistamines.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - Major Spending Choices Figure  2 displays the major budgetary decisions that the Governor made in allocating state and federal money, totaling $85  billion. It includes (1)  the General Fund surplus, (2)  school and community college spending, (3)  the American Rescue Plan (ARP) fiscal relief funds, and (4)  ARP capital projects funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

COVID-19: American Rescue Plan’s Major Health-Related Funding Provisions

May 6, 2021 - The ARP Act makes available an option for states to receive enhanced federal funding —85  percent of costs —through Medicaid for mobile crisis intervention services for beneficiaries experiencing a behavioral health crisis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, the 2018 wildfire season included the Camp Fire in Butte County, which became the single most damaging wildfire in state history with nearly 19,000  structures destroyed and 85 fatalities, including the near ‑total destruction of the town of Paradise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 16, 2021 - The Governor ’s budget proposes net spending of $ 30  m illion General Fund ($ 85  m illion total funds) on three Medi ‑Cal benefit expansions. (Because of technical reasons and the fact that one of the benefit expansions already is in effect temporarily, these benefit expansion increase General Fund spending by $ 38 m illion on a year ‑over ‑year basis.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: New Directions for Services for Seniors and Persons With Disabilities

Mar 15, 2021 - The faster growth of the senior population with disabilities is partially driven by long‑term increases in average life expectancy, as seniors over the age of 85 are more likely to have developed disabilities late in life.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - The spending plan includes $85  million in total funds for EMSA in 2021 ‑22, down from $108.7  million in 2020 ‑21, but still above the $79.1  million provided in 2019 ‑20. The General Fund provides $59.9  million of the 2021 ‑22 funding amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465