The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion

May 5, 2023 - For example, CCS children in many Whole Child Mo del counties were more likely to have the recommended number of primary care checkups than children in CCS counties. Also, notably smaller proportions of families in the Whole Child Model reported having less unmet behavioral health need than families in traditional CCS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4767

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

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The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - California Recently Pursued Increases to Two Largest Provider Taxes. Federal rules include an overall limit on how much revenue provider taxes can generate. California historically has set its provider taxes and fees well below this revenue limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

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

Feb 27, 2024 - According to the department, applications were evaluated based on a point system, with higher points awarded to hospitals with worse cash situations, lower profit margins, stronger plans to turnaround their financial situation, and greater service de livery to underserved communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - Funding is spread across the California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS), DHCS, and the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC), whereas positions are dedicated to DHCS (10 positions) and DMHC (7.5 positions).
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 - In addition, there has been mixed success in siting behavioral health infrastructure in counti es where it did not exist prior to BHCIP. BHCIP May Not Be Working Well for All Grant Applicants. We identified a few program design details that may be posing barriers for potential applicants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - How much of these savings accru e to California, however, is uncertain. California could choose to continue streamlining eligibility policies, even absent federal enforcement of the new rules. Recoupments for Excess Payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

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

Oct 24, 2025 - Allocating CBO ’s estimates of the eligibility ‑related changes to California (based on California ’s share of national Medicaid enrollment), we estimate that Medi ‑Cal disenrollments across all Medicaid changes in H.R.  1 could be around 1.2  million people.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health 100 100 a The spending plan assumes a portion of funds designated for this service ($88 million) cannot be allocated due to implementation issues and instead will be spent in 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health [Publication Details]

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
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