The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - Provides Funding for Electronic Health Records Project. The spending plan includes $21  million General Fund in 2023-24 and $22  million General Fund in 2024-25 and ongoing for project planning and procurement and activities needed for the transition of the project into implementation of the Continuum Electronic Health Record System.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Specifically, in order to be eligible, providers must (1)  comply with Electronic Visit Verification, (2)  comply with the federal HCBS Settings Rule, and (3)  complete independent audits or reviews if total payments from RCs are above a certain threshold.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

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

Feb 5, 2025 - This platform provides behavioral health services to children and youth aged 25 and younger —regardless of payer source —through (1)  interactive exercises and games, (2)  automated screening and assessment tools, and (3)  direct services delivered by peers and coaches.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

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

Feb 27, 2024 - Funds from the tax increase are continuously appropriated and deposited into the California Electronic Cigarette Excise Tax Fund, of which  10  percent is designated for this program. State Also Recently Established Loan Program for Financially Distressed Hospitals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - The payments were intended to provide grants to providers supporting various activities, including the implementation of electronic health record systems, improved data collection and exchange, and care management systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

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

Oct 24, 2025 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) previously adopted two rules intended to streamline eligibility and enrollment processes, such as by verifying income and assets using electronic data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - (We also include links to Appendix tables at the end of this post and the top left of this page. These appendix tables itemize select proposals by policy area based on our understanding at this time.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - CDPH received a $10  million grant from the CDC for the LDX project, an effort to modernize the state ’s electronic laboratory data exchange systems. The project aims to connect laboratory inventory management, emergency response activities, and laboratory results reporting between state and local public health laboratories.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

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

May 13, 2021 - We define non ‑real ‑time exchange as the delivery of health information through an electronic messaging system (such as secure email). Services delivered through non ‑real ‑time exchange are often referred to as “asynchronous ” or “store and forward ” telehealth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4430

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 other federal
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4439