The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - In 2023, the Legislature codified several efforts to make processes across RCs more consistent in order to improve access to services statewide (Chapter  192 of 2023 [S B  138 , Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2025-26 Budget: MCO Tax and Proposition 35

Feb 26, 2025 - These steps include: (1)  forming the stakeholder advisory committee; (2)  consulting with the newly formed committee; (3)  structuring the new augmentations; and (4)  where necessary, obtaining federal approval (such as by submitting permanent state plan amendments or limited-term waivers).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4992

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

Feb 13, 2023 - Aside from premium subsidies, the program could provide other forms of financial assistance, such as reducing deductibles or other out-of-pocket expenses consumers might incur when receiving health care services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4681

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - The current health plan tax, enacted in 2023 and expanded in 2024, generates more than three times the revenue of previous versions. This higher revenue level is essentially at the maximum of the current federal revenue limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

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

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

Feb 5, 2025 - Beginning in 2023 ‑24, the state was facing General Fund budget shortfalls. As  a part of addressing those budget problems, a portion of funding for BHCIP was delayed in 2023 ‑24. Later, in the 2024 ‑25 budget, program funding was reduced by $451  million General Fund, leaving $1.8  billion in funding remaining.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

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

Oct 24, 2025 - This is because other forms of coverage are likely not available to this population. For example, most disenrolled adults probably lack access to employer ‑sponsored health coverage since their typical work patterns —part ‑time or seasonal —limit their access to such coverage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

Issues That Could Impact Californians' Health Care Coverage in 2023 and Beyond

Dec 16, 2022 - The most common form of health coverage in California is employer ‑sponsored health coverage —either through an individual ’s own job or the job of someone in their household. As a result, some Californians who currently have employer ‑sponsored coverage could lose their current health coverage due to job losses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4654

The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - Largely as a result of these policies, Medi ‑Cal caseload increased by over 3  million enrollees (25  percent) between March  2020 and June 2023, as shown in Figure  5 . Counties resumed eligibility processing in April 2023, which resulted in overall Medi ‑Cal caseload beginning to decline starting in July 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

The 2024-25 Budget: Future of Public Health Budget Solution

May 21, 2024 - In response to the pandemic, CDPH was appropriated $3  million and formed the Future of Public Health Workgroup in 2021 to develop a plan for investment in public health system. The workgroup included state and local officials and stakeholders and established a number of priorities based on data and input collected from across the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4904