The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - Under the initiative, the state will provide households with newborn babies a three-month supply of free diapers. The initiative also includes funds to explore other market interventions to reduce the cost of diapers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - The Naloxone Distribution Project, which is administered by DHCS, provides free naloxone products by request to hospitals, schools, law enforcement, and other public and community‑based organizations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - As a result, the new federal subsidies free up most of the General Fund allocated to state subsidies in 2020 ‑21 (due to the timing of when the federal subsidies take effect)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

The 2023-24 Budget: Assessment of Covered California Budget Solution

Feb 13, 2023 - Because the enhanced federal support reduces premium costs as a percent of income below the thresholds established in the California Premium Subsidy Program, the extension of the enhanced federal premium subsidies temporarily supplant the state ’s premium subsidies —freeing up the associated state funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4681

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Health Care Access and Information

Feb 27, 2024 - In the months before receiving federal approval (which happened in late December 2023), the legislation authorized —but did not require —DOF to provide HCAI interest-free loans from the General Fund to enable early implementation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - The spending plan shifts the elimination of the delay in provider payment processing until 2024-25, which frees up $378  million one-time General Fund in 2022-23. Sweeps Medi-Cal Drug Rebate Fund Reserve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

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

Feb 5, 2025 - About one ‑third of the funding has gone to the Naloxone Distribution Project, which aims to reduce opioid overdose deaths through the provision of free naloxone. Other activities funded with the settlements include prevention and harm reduction grants and an education and awareness campaign.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

COVID-19: American Rescue Plan’s Major Health-Related Funding Provisions

May 6, 2021 - The funding also may be used to offset lost revenues resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak, such as those associated with hospitals cancelling elective procedures to free up capacity to address the COVID-19 outbreak.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

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 $45  million one-time CFRF (available over multiple years) to DHCS to continue the CalHOPE Student Support Program, which provides free crisis counseling and support services through a centralized resource website.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4439

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

Feb 10, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget proposes to shift the elimination of the delay in provider payment processing until 2024 ‑25, which frees up $378  million one ‑time General Fund in  2022 ‑23. Partial Delay of Funding for Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4675