An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - COVID-19 Pandemic Highlighted Testing Gaps Public Health Laboratories Faced Challenges Prior to COVID-19 Pandemic Overall State and Federal Funding for Public Health Remained Flat for Decade Prior to COVID-19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Residential, day programs, and early intervention services have average annual growth rates below or equal to 19  percent, while respite and support and training services have average annual growth rates above 19  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2022-23 budget act included funding position authority to maintain and implement a dozen IT systems involved in —or developed specifically for —the state ’s COVID-19 response. CDPH has worked to adapt a number of these systems for other public health purposes, such as laboratory reporting of other infectious diseases or vaccine management for non-COVID-19 vaccines.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - As a result, as Figure  2 shows, Medi ‑Cal comprises 19  percent of overall General Fund spending by the end of our outlook period —slightly lower than the 20  percent share in the 2025 ‑26 enacted  budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

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

May 13, 2021 - Figure 1 Medi ‑Cal Telehealth Policy Before, During, and Proposed for After COVID ‑19 Pandemic Before COVID ‑19 Proposed for After COVID ‑19 a  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4430

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 16, 2021 - Budget Act Assumed Sharply Rising Caseload Due to COVID ‑19. The budget act assumed that the deteriorating economic conditions caused by the COVID ‑ 19 c risis would cause a surge in the Medi ‑Cal caseload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373

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

May 21, 2024 - Historically, the General Fund —a flexible funding source —has been a very small source of support (3  percent to 5  percent of the department ’s total budget) that actually declined between a pre-Great Recession peak ($361  million) and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic ($167  million in 2018 ‑19).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4904

COVID-19: American Rescue Plan’s Major Health-Related Funding Provisions

May 6, 2021 - Clarifies the Extent of Medicaid Coverage of COVID-19 Vaccines. Previous COVID-19-related federal legislation required state Medicaid programs to cover COVID-19 testing and treatment without imposing a share of cost on Medicaid enrollees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access

May 7, 2021 - Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access Summary This post describes how coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected access to health care in California through the earliest months of 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4426

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - The department received funding during the COVID-19 public health emergency to implement certain infection control protocols to limit the spread of COVID-19 and other communicable diseases. Following the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency in 2023, the department has continued a number of thes e protocols in accordance with federal and state guidance and this funding supports these continued measures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930