The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - To encourage survey completion, the department offered trainings to providers on the data collection surveys and sent weekly e ‑mail reminders to remind providers to submit their data before the deadline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - Most of the decrease in fee revenu e would result in fewer supplemental payments to private hospitals. There also will be less revenue available to fund existing service levels in Medi ‑Cal, which the administration estimates will cost $652  million General Fund in 2026 ‑27 to backfill.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - Under the health trailer bill, pharmacy benefit managers must now receive licenses from th e Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) to operate in California. To maintain licensure, these entities must (1)  act in a payor ’s best interests; (2)  submit financial statements to DMHC; and (3)  submit drug pricing data to HCAI, among other requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - How much of these savings accru e to California, however, is uncertain. California could choose to continue streamlining eligibility policies, even absent federal enforcement of the new rules. Recoupments for Excess Payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

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

May 24, 2021 - In General, Initiative Spending Focused on One-Time Investments. While there are relatively smaller portions of the initiative that fund the ongoing provision of services (such as the proposed new Medi-Cal dyadic services benefit), spending under the initiative would be largely focused on one-time investments for capacity and infrastructure development (such as the Behavioral Health Service Virtual Platform).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4439

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - The notabl e reduction has been attributed to recent federal policy changes around Medicaid drug rebates. …While Newer Blood Sugar ‑Regulating Drugs Have Increased Spending. Though the share of spending on insulin appears to have declined, spending on certain other diabetes ‑related drugs increased considerably.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - The spending plan includes $63.1  million one time from the General Fund available over four years to support phase 2 of the CRDP. CDPH ’s Office of Health Equity administers this program, which began in 2009 with the goal of understanding differing mental health challenges within five specific populations (Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, African American,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

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

Feb 5, 2025 - This platform provides behavioral health services to children and youth aged 25 and younger —regardless of payer source —through (1)  interactive exercises and games, (2)  automated screening and assessment tools, and (3)  direct services delivered by peers and coaches.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Medi-Cal Student Services Funding Proposal

Feb 17, 2021 - Governor ’s Proposal One ‑Time Medi ‑Cal Managed Care Incentive Payment Program to Build Partnerships With Schools and County Behavioral Health. The Governor ’s budget proposes $ 200  m illion General Fund ($ 400  m illion total funds) in one ‑time funding over three years to DHCS to implement an incentive program through Medi ‑Cal managed care to build infrastructure for establishing partnerships with schools and county behavioral health.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4377

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - While we project overall caseload to continue to decline, the senior caseload has been increasing for reasons w e discuss below. Recent Surge in Senior Caseload Driving Increase in Costs. From January 2024 through July 2024, we have observed a sharp increase in Medi-Cal enrollment among the senior population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4941