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

Feb 5, 2025 - In 2021 ‑2022, 17  percent of Californians aged 12 and over had an SUD, but in 2022 fewer than 20  percent of those needing SUD treatment received it. (SUD rates cited here are significantly higher than in prior years due to an updated methodology used by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or SAMHSA.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor's Proposals for CDCR Operations

Feb 8, 2022 - Accordingly, inmates who are part of ISUDTP are assigned to SUD treatment based on whether they are assessed to have a medical need for such treatment. To identify a medical need for SUD treatment, health care staff screen inmates for SUD with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Quick Screen.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4517

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - In contrast, ISUDTP is designed to transform SUD treatment from being structured as a rehabilitation program intended to reduce recidivism into a medical program intended to reduce SUD ‑related deaths, emergencies, and hospitalizations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813

The 2023-24 Budget: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 16, 2023 - This brief provides our analysis of the Governor’s 2023-24 budget proposals related to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686

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

Aug 17, 2023 - Community behavioral health services comprise publicly funded outpatient and inpatient mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and medications provided primarily in community settings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Major Behavioral Health Proposals

Mar 3, 2022 - Department of Housing and Urban Development estimated that 23  percent of people experiencing homelessness in California suffered from severe mental illness and 22  percent suffered from SUD. (There is possible overlap between these two populations, the degree to which is unknown.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4569

Improving Parolee Substance Use Disorder Treatment Through Medi-Cal [Publication Details]

Apr 14, 2021 - This report provides background on the ways parolees access substance use disorder treatment (SUDT) through providers who are typically either funded by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or through Medi-Cal (the state’s Medicaid program).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4411

Improving Parolee Substance Use Disorder Treatment Through Medi-Cal

Apr 14, 2021 - This report provides background on the ways parolees access substance use disorder treatment (SUDT) through providers who are typically either funded by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or through Medi-Cal (the state’s Medicaid program).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4411

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - The spending plan provides $33.7 billion General Fund for health programs. This is an increase of $6.7 billion, or 25 percent, compared to the revised 2020‑21 spending level. This year-over-year increase primarily is due to significant growth in projected General Fund spending in Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465