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

Mar 10, 2022 - In addition, the 2021 ‑22 budget provided HCAI  with $60  million General Fund to support the Song ‑Brown Program, intended to increase the number of primary care providers statewide by funding primary care residency training slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - The contract also grants other specific oversight mechanisms, such as giving HCAI representation on the partner’s governing board. The agreement extends for a ten‑year period after the first commercial sale of the new product.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

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

Mar 15, 2021 - They also may find that some LTSS programs they are attempting to access are not available in their regions, or have a limited number of slots available. Fragmentation Erodes Financial Incentives to Provide More Cost ‑Effective Care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404

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

Feb 5, 2025 - One key reason seems to be limited data on the existing capacity —in terms of inpatient beds or outpatient slots —in most behavioral health facility types. While the quantitative estimates of shortages of other facility types may be limited, alternative evidence of the need for more behavioral health facilities comes from the survey data described earlier indicating that more Californians need behavioral health services than are receiving them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

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

Feb 10, 2022 - Eliminate Assisted Living Waiver waitlist by increasing waiver slots by 7,000. 255 Services: Enhancing HCBS Capacity and Models of Care Developmental Services Rate Model Implementation. Implement rate models recommended by the 2019 Rate Study. $1,260 b Social Recreation and Camp Services for Regional Center Consumers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - The Governor’s proposed bond uses an appropriate funding mechanism to address a well-documented need for behavioral health facilities and veterans housing—priority areas for the Legislature. These elements of the Governor’s proposal are broadly reasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

Mental Health Services Act: Revenue Volatility and the Governor’s Proposal to Reduce Allowable County Reserves

Jul 13, 2023 - The Legislature also could consider a mechanism that would automatically set aside spikes above a specified threshold. The Legislature could then consider providing counties a set period of time in which to right-size their reserves following a spike.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4780

The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 10, 2023 - Without any clear policy mechanism or external factors indicating a reversal in this trend, we expect this caseload will continue to decline. As such, we estimate the persons with disabilities caseload to be about 12,000  enrollees (1  percent) lower than the administration ’s estimate in 2022 ‑23 and about 26,000 enrollees (2.5  percent) lower than the administration ’s estimate in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4675

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: The Overarching Issues

Feb 9, 2021 - Standard mechanisms for legislative oversight, such as the budget hearing process, may not be sufficient for ensuring enhanced oversight of initial implementation of CalAIM. Moreover, to date, the administration has not released a plan for how CalAIM will be evaluated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4357