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

Mar 10, 2022 - (Latino Californians comprise about 40  percent of the state ’s population, but only make up roughly 5  percent of physicians.) Workforce Development Programs What Is Workforce Development? Workforce development can include the provision of education and training to connect individuals with jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

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

Feb 5, 2025 - The BHSA requires that up to 3  percent of annual revenue (up to about $100  million) is spent on statewide behavioral health workforce initiatives administered by HCAI. BHCIP Created in 2021 ‑22 Budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - As a result, the new federal subsidies free up most of the General Fund allocated to state subsidies in 2020 ‑21 (due to the timing of when the federal subsidies take effect)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

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

Mar 15, 2021 - Another driver of growth in the senior population with disabilities is the increasing racial diversity of the senior population, as seniors of color make up a disproportionate share of seniors with disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404

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

Feb 10, 2022 - Expand the capacity of existing TBI sites and stand up new TBI sites. 5 HCBS Navigation Language Access and Cultural Competencies Orientations and Translations. Provide funds to translate Department of Developmental Services (DDS) documents, coordinate and streamline interpretation and translation services, and ensure culturally appropriate translations. $46 CalBridge Behavioral Health Pilot Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - Under the initiative, the state will provide households with newborn babies a three-month supply of free diapers. The initiative also includes funds to explore other market interventions to reduce the cost of diapers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

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

May 6, 2021 - The funding also may be used to offset lost revenues resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak, such as those associated with hospitals cancelling elective procedures to free up capacity to address the COVID-19 outbreak.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - The Naloxone Distribution Project, which is administered by DHCS, provides free naloxone products by request to hospitals, schools, law enforcement, and other public and community‑based organizations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - The waiver increases the number of slots available, expands the community transition services, adds pediatric day health centers licensed to operate a transitional health care needs optional services unit, increases the rate paid to personal care agencies, and adds assistive technology and paramedical services as se rvices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642

The 2023-24 Budget: Assessment of Covered California Budget Solution

Feb 13, 2023 - Because the enhanced federal support reduces premium costs as a percent of income below the thresholds established in the California Premium Subsidy Program, the extension of the enhanced federal premium subsidies temporarily supplant the state ’s premium subsidies —freeing up the associated state funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4681