The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - The department has stated that its goal is to have as many providers as possible earn the quality payments, but it has not yet discussed how it might approach circumstances in which providers do not achieve them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2024-25 Budget: The MCO Tax Package at May Revision

May 22, 2024 - The federal government must approve the MCO tax before it can go into effect. Federal approval is conditioned on a number of rules. For example, one rule limits the total amount of revenue the MCO tax can generate to 6  percent of the total revenue earned by MCOs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4905

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

Oct 24, 2025 - Most notably, states can determine compliance via employment using an income ‑based approach, rather than a work ‑hour approach. Under the income ‑based approach, enrollees will be required to earn at least $580 each month —the federal minimum wage ($7.25 per hour) multiplied by 80 hours.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Medi-Cal Student Services Funding Proposal

Feb 17, 2021 - Schools currently are responsible for providing mental health services for students who receive special education. In addition to this responsibility, schools also can elect to offer behavioral health services to all of their students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4377

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - These closures affected an average of about 950,000 students per year in 2017‑18 through 2019‑20. Schools and child care providers will need to plan for how they can maintain continuity of education and services—particularly for more vulnerable and impacted students—as climate change disruptions become more frequent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

May 17, 2021 - How Can These Monies Be Used? In a normal budget year, General Fund surplus monies are available to use for any public purposes. This is not necessarily the case in this May Revision. That is because the SAL, which limits how the state can use revenues that exceed a specified threshold, is salient to the state budget process this year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - For example, if a segment failed to close a student equity gap as planned, it could be required to report on the strategies it had implemented to date, how it would change those strategies moving forward, and how it would reallocate existing resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - The budget process offers the Legislature an opportunity to consider how the state can best use its resources to help California respond and recover. Appendix Business Assistance: Discretionary Spending Proposals in the 2021 ‑22 Governor ’s Budget (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - In addition to affecting how states can finance Medicaid through provider taxes, H.R. 1 introduces several changes to Medi ‑Cal eligibility and enrollment rules that will affect caseload and administrative workload beginning in 2026 ‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - Several factors can drive changes in federal rebates. For example, increasing use of generic drugs, which come with lower costs and lower rebates than brand name drugs, can drive down rebates. State Supplemental Rebates Appear to Be Increasing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026