The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - (That is, in our view, these costs would not have occurred absent legislative action and as a result do not contribute to the budget problem the Legislature faces today.) Comparison to LAO November Outlook.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2025-26 Budget: MCO Tax and Proposition 35

Feb 26, 2025 - For example, were the MCO tax to generate about as much net revenue in 2027 as it does today, we estimate only around one-third of the net revenue (rather than more than half under the Governor ’s budget) would be available for the General Fund offset.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4992

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - As a budget solution in 2006-07, the state implemented a hold in processing fee-for-service provider payments for the last two weeks of the fiscal year —a practice that remains in effect today. Because Medi-Cal is budgeted based on when cash payments are made, the hold generated one-time savings in 2006-07 by shifting payments into the next fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 10, 2023 - As a budget solution in 2006 ‑07, the state implemented a hold in processing fee ‑for ‑service provider payments for the last two weeks of the fiscal year —a practice which remains in effect today. Because Medi ‑Cal is budgeted based on when payments are made, the hold generated one ‑time savings in 2006 ‑07 by shifting payments into the next fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4675

The 2023-24 Budget: Health Workforce Budget Solutions

Feb 21, 2023 - As an alternative to a package of budget solutions focused on delays of funding (that may or may not be restored), the Legislature might take strategic action today to scale back the very broad 2022-23 package of workforce initiatives to focus on policy areas of legislative priority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4691

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The underlying budget dynamics today are particularly challenging for three reasons. First, revenues have not caught up with expenditures. Second, under our estimates, expenditure growth exceeds estimated revenue growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Dec 7, 2023 - On the other hand, the continuous coverage requirement expired at the end of March  2023. This change restarted monthly county eligibility redeterminations beginning April 1, 2023, with the first enrollment terminations beginning July 1, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4820

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of CalAIM Financing Issues

Feb 16, 2021 - CalAIM funding would remain at a similar level as 2023 ‑24. Beginning in 2024 ‑25, funding would be reduced to its ongoing level of $ 423  m illion General Fund ($ 846  m illion total funds). This reduction reflects the expiration of certain limited ‑term spending components, namely, the managed care plan incentive payments related to ECM and ILOS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4374

The 2021-22 Budget: Department of Developmental Services (DDS) May Revision Budget Proposal

May 24, 2021 - DDS System Still Faces Challenges Today That Could Affect the Success of a Performance Incentives Program. While the pandemic demonstrated that the DDS system could be somewhat nimble in responding to consumers ’ needs, some of the same challenges facing the department in 2020 exist today.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4438

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

Feb 27, 2024 - To help address last year ’s budget problem, the 2023 ‑24 budget enacted two key budget solutions to HCAI ’s 2022 ‑23 workforce package. First, it delayed $115  million community health worker funds in the Workforce for a Health California for All initiative from 2023 ‑24 to 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860