The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - Pending federal guidance on issues such as definitions of specific exemptions (for example, medical frailty), acceptable verification methods, and self ‑attestation standards could also materially affect the number of individuals who receive exemptions or who lose coverage for procedural reasons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - H.R. 1 imposes new eligibility requirements on nondisabled childless adults who qualify for Medi ‑Cal via their income (that is, excluding individuals who qualify automatically because they receive SSI/SSP).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

Considering Medi-Cal in the Midst of a Changing Fiscal and Policy Landscape

Oct 24, 2025 - Starting in January 2028, H.R.  1 requires people who qualify for Medicaid under certain rules and use long ‑term care to prove that their home equity is no greater than $1  million to remain eligible.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - At a minimum, the new policy will disenroll affected beneficiaries who possess assets in excess of the new limit. The administrative requirements of demonstrating compliance with the new limit also could discourage participation among those who would otherwise still qua lify.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

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

Feb 5, 2025 - For example, RAND found that the shortage in adult inpatient mental health beds results in occupancy rates that are higher than generally accepted levels, long wait lists, facilities unable to transfer patients to settings of more appropriate levels of care, and excessive patient stays in hospital emergency departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

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

Aug 17, 2023 - Reasons that facilities were removed from the state data included facility closures, an absence of licensed psychiatric beds, or facilities not accepting patients with mental health conditions. Housing and Homelessness Programs for Veterans and Others With Behavioral Health Needs Many Individuals Experiencing Homelessness Also Have Behavioral Health Needs … Although housing
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update

Mar 6, 2025 - Recuperative Services Recuperative care (medical respite) Short ‑term residential care for beneficiaries who no longer require hospitalization, but still need to recover from injury or illness. Respite services Short ‑term relief provided to caregivers of beneficiaries who require intermittent temporary supervision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

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

Mar 6, 2025 - Individuals who are enrolled in share ‑of ‑cost Medi ‑Cal, but who have not met their share of cost in a given month, are not reflected in the caseload data. By eliminating the share ‑of ‑cost requirement for these individuals, we estimate that this expansion brought around 30,000 new Medi ‑Cal members into the program in a single  month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

The 2022-23 Budget: Health Care Access and Affordability

Feb 23, 2022 - Reducing premiums to zero would help reduce health care costs for the impacted populations who are relatively low income. It also could help to improve coverage among people who are otherwise qualified for these programs but are not enrolled.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4560

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

Dec 16, 2022 - As a result, individuals who missed previous enrollment windows will have another opportunity to sign up for Medicare, allowing them to maintain their Medi ‑Cal  eligibility. Undocumented Residents Who Turned 26 After March   2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4654