The 2022-23 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - Between 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23, we project the phase out will raise General Fund costs in Medi ‑Cal by $1.7 billion. Then, in 2023 ‑24, the full phase out will raise General Fund costs by another $800 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4474

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

Feb 5, 2025 - (This amount was originally the sum of $1.7  billion General Fund and $530  million in federal funding, but the federal funding was shifted to the General  Fund in December 2024, making the General Fund the sole funding source for BHCIP.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

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

Mar 10, 2022 - The Governor proposes $1.7  billion (across three years) for the Care Economy Workforce Development package. This package consists of a variety of distinct proposed augmentations across several state health and labor entities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Dec 7, 2023 - We estimate costs related to the expansion to be $2.9  billion General Fund in 2024-25, an increase of $1.7  billion over the 2023-24 partial-year level. Reduced Offset From MCO Tax. When the MCO tax package was approved in June 2023, it was assumed that the amount of funds used to offset General Fund spending in Medi-Cal will decrease from $3.5  billion in 2023-24 to $1.9  billion in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4820

The 2023-24 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 16, 2022 - However, we project that about $1.7  billion of this increase will be offset by a reduction in overall Medi ‑Cal costs due to unwinding certain PHE ‑related policies. Most notably, once the continuous coverage requirement ends, caseload will decline over the following 14 months.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4649

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - Annual costs for these eligibility expansions are projected to grow to around $1.7  billion General Fund by 2024 ‑25. Expands Comprehensive Medi-Cal Coverage to Income-Eligible Undocumented Immigrants Ages 50 and Older.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - The spending plan includes $836,000 General Fund ($1.7  million total funds) to restore this rate increase for pediatric subacute facilities effective January 1, 2024. Expands Whole Child Model to Additional Counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Major Behavioral Health Proposals

Feb 16, 2023 - The 2021‑22 budget package included$1.7 billion one‑time General Fund ($2.2 billion total funds) over 2021‑22 and 2022‑23 for grants to develop new behavioral health treatment facilities. The grants are available to cities, counties, tribes, nonprofits, and corporations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4689

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Feb 14, 2024 - For example, the 2021 ‑22 budget provided $1.7  billion General Fund ($2.2  billion total funds) for the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BH ‑CIP), which supports grants for behavioral health ‑related infrastructure projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4838

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 13, 2024 - Of the proposed 2024 ‑25 total, $10  billion is from the General Fund, up $1.7  billion (21  percent) over the revised 2023 ‑24 level ($8.2  billion General Fund). This significant year ‑over ‑year growth in overall DDS spending follows the spending growth trend over the past ten years, as shown in Figure  1 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4837