The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - The spending plan reduces funding for health enrollment navigators by $18  million one-time General Fund ($36  million total funds) in 2024-25. The program provides funding to counties and community-based organizations for outreach, enrollment, and retention activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - The spending plan includes $75  million in 2023-24, $36  million in 2024-25, and $24  million in 2026-27 from the Opioid Settlements Fund for DHCS to expand the Naloxone Distribution Project, which distributes naloxone to first responders, law enforcement, community-based organizations, and county agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

Update on COVID-19 Spending in California

Nov 5, 2020 - Specifically the Legislature added: Control Section 36 to the 2019-20 Budget Act to provide the administration with appropriation authority of up to $1  billion for COVID-19 response. The administration requested authorization for slightly more than $800  million of the $1  billion provided.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4292

The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the Governor’s Major May Revision Behavioral Health Proposals

May 24, 2021 - The Governor ’s May Revision includes $83  million in Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Fund (CFRF) monies (federal funding to the state to use flexibly from the American Rescue Plan Act) for 2021 ‑22, $107  million CFRF in 2022 ‑23, $156  million ($125  million General Fund and $31  million other federal funds) in 2023 ‑24, $180  million ($144  million General Fund and $36  million
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4439

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Health

Apr 5, 2022 - The  2021 ‑22 state budget augmented EMSA ’s funding by $36  million one ‑time across three years and $3.3  million ongoing to increase the authority ’s capacity, including for medical surge staffing, storage and maintenance of emergency equipment and supplies, regional disaster medical health response, and planning for development of a statewide emergency services data resources system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4580

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Additional research suggests that 15 wastewater treatment plants in California will be exposed to flooding with three feet of sea‑level rise, growing to 36 facilities with six feet of sea‑level rise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Health Budget and Policy

Oct 15, 2020 - The augmentation is supported by an increase in the LRC certification fee (from $87 to $135) and new fees for the LRC exam ($70) and LRC course completion ($36). Covered California State Established New Individual Market Insurance Subsidies in 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4281