The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Health Care Access and Information

Feb 27, 2024 - Figure 2 Overall Spending Varies Year to Year HCAI Funding (In Millions) -58% HCAI = Department of Health Care Access and Information. In Current Year, Deferred One-Time Funds Drive Down General Fund Spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Since the passage of the 2022-23 budget, there have been 58 graduates of this program. In the Governor ’s proposed May Revision, approximately $3.4  million for these programs is proposed for reversion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion

May 5, 2023 - Figure 1 More Counties Will Have Medi ‑Cal Managed Care Model With Only One Public Health Plan Number of California Counties in Each Model Counties With … Models With One Public Health Plan COHS model Models with private plans only b 22 58 — a In January 2024, two counties will switch from other models to a Two ‑Plan model, offset by two counties switching from a Two ‑Plan to a Single ‑Plan model. b Consists of the Regional, Geographic, San Benito, and Imperial models.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4767

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - The new methodology is to ensure that the hospital ’s aggregate managed care payment for inpatient services is at least 72  percent of projected costs. The legislation also requires additional annual funding above this minimum threshold to the hospital of $25  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

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

Feb 5, 2025 - As  of December 2024, DHCS estimates the state will provide the TPA $72 million (including $61 million from the General Fund and $12 million from federal funds) for administration of the program. Conditions of Assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: Equity Considerations

Mar 12, 2021 - First, by requiring managed care plans to establish population health management programs and provide ECM on a statewide basis, CalAIM would expand certain service components of Whole Person Care and Health Homes to all 58 c ounties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4402

The 2023-24 Budget: Health Workforce Budget Solutions

Feb 21, 2023 - The state also has designated 38 out of 72 areas in California as having high or medium shortfalls of nurses. Disparate Representation in Certain Occupations. The composition of many health occupations does not match the demographics of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4691

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A  2018   report  by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of sea‑level rise, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches and 58 percent of its marshes. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - Hospitals that receive loans must begin repayment after the first 18 months and fully repay the loans within 72 months. This year ’s budget package provides $300  million over two years for the program, including $150  million General Fund in 2022-23 from the early action legislation and $150  million in 2023-24 from the MCO tax package (described earlier).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The remaining $200  million would be allocated to the state ’s 61 local health jurisdictions (LHJs) (58 counties and 3 cities), with funding allocated based in part on each LHJ ’s population share, level of poverty, and racial/ethnic make ‑up.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492