The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 13, 2024 - Questions could include: How would DDS plan to define success and track progress under the Master Plan? How would DDS plan to record and analyze data under the Master Plan? What  role would stakeholders play in Master Plan implementation?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4837

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

Mar 15, 2021 - Administration ’s Master Plan for Aging Has Components Related to CalAIM. The administration released its Master Plan for Aging in January 2021. The Master Plan for Aging identifies five goals and 23 strategies to help build what it describes as a “California for All Ages ” by 2030.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - If so, how would DDS oversee this effort? How will DDS collaborate with DHCS in the coming months to ensure its planned processes are successful in exempting all eligible DDS consumers from the H.R. 1 eligibility requirements?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - The two measures also include rules around how to structure the taxes and spend their associated revenues. For example, Proposition 35 generally limits the tax rate on commercial enrollment at roughly its current levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

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

Oct 24, 2025 - Issues for Legislative Consideration In this section, we raise three key issues for the Legislature to consider: (1) how to implement the changes to Medi‑Cal under H.R. 1, (2) how to consider the Medi‑Cal program in light of these changes and state fiscal constraints, and (3) how disenrollments from Medi‑Cal might affect other sources of health care coverage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

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

Jan 10, 2021 - For example, how would the administration implement and continue to refine CalAIM in coordination with other major statewide planning initiatives, including the Master Plan for Aging, the Behavioral Health Task Force, and other state efforts related to homelessness?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - The state has not required counties to report on most public health spending or how much is provided to public laboratories, which limits the ability of the Legislature to assess how much total funding is used to support laboratory services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

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

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - These classifications generally categorize drugs based on how they work, how they are used, and other factors. There are over 1,000 such classifications in the federal directory. Analysis Likely Omits Some Key Kinds of Drug Claims.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

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

Feb 27, 2024 - We then describe how the initiatives have been implemented to date. Background California Hospitals Are Operated by Many Different Entities. Hospitals in California are operated by many different entities, such as private entities, counties, health care districts, and the University of California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860