The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the May Revision Medi-Cal Budget

May 21, 2021 - Available budget documents do not indicate ( 1)  w hat kinds of agencies would be eligible to receive this funding, ( 2)  h ow the funding would be distributed, ( 3)  w hat capacity ‑building activities would be funded, and ( 4)  w hat the rationale for the proposed funding amount of $ 200  m illion total funds is.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4436

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2020 - Moreover, the budget act assumed that ( 1)  c aseload growth mostly would be concentrated in the families caseload category (which includes parents and children), ( 2)  t hat growth within the ACA optional expansion (which primarily includes childless adults) would be relatively slow, and ( 3)  t hat growth among seniors and persons with disabilities would be fairly robust.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4299

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - The agreement extends for a ten‑year period after the first commercial sale of the new product. According to HCAI, the partnership will produce three generic insulin products, with insulin glargine (also known by the brand name Lantus) most likely to be launched first.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

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

Feb 17, 2021 - The Legislature may wish to ask the administration for further details on ( 1)  h ow the amount in incentive payments proposal was determined and ( 2)  w hat analysis the administration conducted that indicated that this amount would be sufficient to induce the desired behavior from managed care plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4377

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

Feb 5, 2025 - In one area where a robust needs assessment has been performed (inpatient mental health facilities), however, we found that a majority of new capacity is being added in four (out of ten) regions of the state estimated to have the least need.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - The funding also includes transitioning ten limited-term public health nurse positions into permanent positions. Updates to IST Waitlist Solutions Funding. Individuals who have been tried with a felony but are deemed by a mental health professional to be IST are referred to DSH for treatment, with the goal of restoring them to competency in order to proceed with their felony trials.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Continuum Infrastructure Funding Proposal

Feb 17, 2021 - These details would include specifics about ( 1)  t he structure of the grant program (for example, what specific milestones counties will have to meet to receive disbursement of grant awards), ( 2)  h ow funds available to counties through the grant program will be targeted to regions of the state that experience more substantial shortages of behavioral health beds, and ( 3)  w hat oversight and evaluation activities DHCS will conduct for the grant program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4379

Issues That Could Impact Californians' Health Care Coverage in 2023 and Beyond [Publication Details]

Dec 16, 2022 - This brief looks at health care coverage in California; provides background on the drivers of the significant decline in the percentage of Californians without health care coverage over the last ten years; and discusses various issues that could impact the number of Californians with coverage, and how the type of coverage they have may change, in calendar year 2023 and beyond.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4654

Issues That Could Impact Californians' Health Care Coverage in 2023 and Beyond

Dec 16, 2022 - Issues That Could Impact Californians' Health Care Coverage in 2023 and Beyond Summary This brief looks at health care coverage in California; provides background on the drivers of the significant decline in the percent of Californians without health care coverage over the last ten years; and discusses various issues that could impact the number of Californians with coverage, and how the type of coverage they have may change, in calendar year 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4654

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Health

Apr 5, 2022 - Extreme heat and wildfire smoke that make it dangerous to spend time outside during certain tim es also could disproportionately affect people who are institutionalized (such as patients at State Hospitals and individuals in state prisons and county jails).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4580