The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - The current health plan tax, enacted in 2023 and expanded in 2024, generates more than three times the revenue of previous versions. This higher revenue level is essentially at the maximum of the current federal revenue limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - Medi-Cal Dental Policy Evidence-Based Practices. The spending plan includes $12.9  million General Fund ($12  million total funds) to implement a Medi-Cal dental policy that includes evidence-based practices consistent with the American Association of Pediatric Dentists and the American Dental Association.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Dec 7, 2023 - Health care services covered by Medi-Cal include visits to the doctor ’s office, stays at the hospital, prescription drugs, behavioral health services, long-term care, and dental services, among many other areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4820

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 - Eliminates Supplemental Dental Payment. The spending plan eliminates supplemental payments for specific dental services, which were originally established in the 2017-18 Budget Act as part of the Proposition  56 (2016) spending plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2023-24 Budget: Health Workforce Budget Solutions

Feb 21, 2023 - The federal government has designated hundreds of areas in California ( for the most part, small subdivisions of counties) as having shortfalls of primary care, mental health, and dental providers. The state also has designated 38 out of 72 areas in California as having high or medium shortfalls of nurses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4691

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - In 2023, the Legislature codified several efforts to make processes across RCs more consistent in order to improve access to services statewide (Chapter  192 of 2023 [S B  138 , Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of CalAIM Financing Issues

Feb 16, 2021 - Additionally, consistent with last year ’s proposal, the administration proposes funding the continuation of certain dental components from the expiring Dental Transformation Initiative and a new dental benefit, silver diamine fluoride.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4374

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 9, 2022 - (For example, legislation enacted in 2015 exempted dental providers from the 10  percent payment rate reduction.) However, most of the Medi ‑Cal payment rate reductions approved in 2011 remain in place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4522

The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - Largely as a result of these policies, Medi ‑Cal caseload increased by over 3  million enrollees (25  percent) between March  2020 and June 2023, as shown in Figure  5 . Counties resumed eligibility processing in April 2023, which resulted in overall Medi ‑Cal caseload beginning to decline starting in July 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010