The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Community Care Demonstration Project

Feb 19, 2021 - Some County Contracts in Place in Regions Where Referral Rates Are Highest. There is significant variation by county in the rate of felony IST referrals for competency restoration, as shown in figure  2 in 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4382

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

Mar 3, 2022 - After Brief Dip Due to COVID ‑19, Monthly Felony IST Referrals Generally Have Risen to Above Pre ‑Pandemic Levels. In prior years, DSH experienced gradually rising felony IST referrals for competency restoration treatment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4569

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services

Nov 9, 2021 - If a family has been referred for institutional deeming, they have 30 days after receiving the Medi ‑Cal application to submit it, along with required documentation, back to the county before the referral expires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4471

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - As of the Governor ’s May Revision, the IST waitlist was 278 individuals, which is less than the average monthly referrals (469 individuals) in 2024-25. The reductions to ongoing IST waitlist solutions funding include savings in early access and stabilization services, community-based restoration and diversion, and the county collaborative workgroup grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: New Directions for Services for Seniors and Persons With Disabilities

Mar 15, 2021 - Additionally, require the state to collect data and report on beneficiary access to services, including data on referrals and receipt of services, transitions, and care coordination. Establish a Statewide Integration Oversight Council.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Medi-Cal Telehealth Proposal

May 13, 2021 - How providers are paid for telehealth services may affect the extent to which those services are offered and, by extension, customer utilization. The concept of covering telehealth services at the same payment rate as health care services provided in ‑person is known as “payment parity. ” A number of states have in place telehealth payment parity policies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4430

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

Mar 6, 2025 - Beginning in 2025, DHCS has implemented a standardized ECM referral form (including restricting MCPs from requesting additional information) and required MCPs to implement presumptive eligibility for members referred by authorized ECM providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - A recent communication from DDS to RCs stated that noncompliant provid ers could no longer receive new referrals as of March   17, providing an additional incentive for providers to develop new policies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - Customized wheelchairs are one example of complex rehabilitation technologies. As with many health care providers, Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for complex rehabilitation technology and other durable medical equipment were reduced by up to 10  percent in the aftermath of the Great Recession.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the May Revision Medi-Cal Budget

May 21, 2021 - The Governor ’s January CalAIM proposal included new requirements on Medi ‑Cal managed care plans to operate population health management programs, which represent a bundle of administrative  activities aimed at ( 1)  i dentifying beneficiaries ’ medical and nonmedical risks and needs and ( 2)  f acilitating care coordination and referrals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4436