The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the Governor’s Major May Revision Behavioral Health Proposals

May 24, 2021 - Behavioral Health Workforce Investments What specific outcome measures would be used to evaluate OSHPD ’s new workforce programs under the initiative? How would OSHPD ’s existing workforce programs be refined to provide a clearer picture of the effectiveness of these workforce investments?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4439

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - Recent State Investments in Care Economy Workforce In Recent Years, State Has Made Substantial Investments for Care Economy Workforce Development. Figure  1 shows recent major state funding for care economy workforce development.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Community Care Demonstration Project

Feb 19, 2021 - To do this, counties would need to invest in overall behavioral health service activities (that are targeted at individuals especially likely to be found IST), not just competency restoration. The CCDP does not directly fund investments in overall behavioral health, despite this being a priority of the proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4382

The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Department of State Hospitals Budget

Feb 11, 2020 - Under this pilot, DSH would provide funding to counties for competency restoration treatment in the community, as well as incentive payments for counties to invest in strategies to reduce the level of IST designations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4154

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Continuum Infrastructure Funding Proposal

Feb 17, 2021 - The Investment in Mental Health Wellness Act of 2013 Grant Program was amended in 2016 ‑ 17 t o include additional funding and a specific focus on acquiring facilities for youth mental health crisis facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4379

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

Mar 3, 2022 - Bridge Housing and Recent State Investments. The majority of the state ’s recent major homelessness investments supported programs that are intended to provide permanent housing, rather than temporary bridge housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4569

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - These include reductions to CYBHI, certain information technology investments, and community-based clinical education rotations for dental students. A full list of budget solutions in the health program area can be found in Appendix Figures 1 and 2.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The SNF WQIP provides performance-based directed payments to facilities that satisfied metrics in quality of care, equity in healthcare outcomes, and workforce investments. This budget solution provides General Fund savings of $70  million in 2025-26 and $140  million in 2026-27 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - The spending plan includes $30  million one-time General Fund for tribal investments, including $15  million to support the construction of a regional wellness center for the Yurok Tribe and another $15  million for the construction of The Village San Francisco.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642

The 2024-25 Budget: Future of Public Health Budget Solution

May 21, 2024 - In response to the pandemic, CDPH was appropriated $3  million and formed the Future of Public Health Workgroup in 2021 to develop a plan for investment in public health system. The workgroup included state and local officials and stakeholders and established a number of priorities based on data and input collected from across the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4904