The 2025-26 Budget: MCO Tax and Proposition 35

Feb 26, 2025 - Pursuant to last year ’s trigger language, the Governor ’s budget assumes the remaining augmentations under the state ’s previous spending plan (those scheduled to begin in 2025 and 2026) are no longer in effect.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4992

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - The budget package withdraws the scheduled end of a two-week deferral in fee-for-service payments. The deferral, which was initially enacted to help address a budget problem in the 2006-07 budget, was scheduled to end in 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Feb 14, 2024 - The  Governor proposes to withdraw the scheduled end of a two ‑week deferral in fee ‑for ‑service payments. The deferral, which was initially enacted to help address a budget problem in the 2006 ‑07 budget, was originally scheduled to end in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4838

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

Oct 24, 2025 - The legislation sets out a schedule for the remaining changes to be implemented over the next few years. For many changes, their full effects will depend in part on forthcoming guidance from federal regulators, as well as state implementation decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2021-22 Budget: Assessment of CalHEERS Dashboard

Mar 25, 2021 - While the majority of issues are targeted to be addressed in CalHEERS releases over the next 24 m onths (informing the 24 ‑month CalHEERS roadmap), some issues are scheduled to be addressed in a 2024 r elease once the state migrates from its current SAWS to a single system called the CalSAWS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4408

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Major Behavioral Health Proposals

Mar 3, 2022 - Moreover, there likely wi ll be ongoing needs for bridge housing —as opposed to a one ‑time need. While tiny homes could be more mobile, whether they could be maintained over time to support ongoing transitions to permanent housing is unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4569

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - Reflecting this change, health-related trailer bill legislation (Chapter  42 of 2023 [AB  118, Committee on Budget]) expands the Whole Child Model to 12 of these counties, with the change scheduled to begin January 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

The 2022-23 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - Under current state law, the MCO tax is scheduled to expire in December 2022. Our projections assume the MCO tax expires at the scheduled date and is not reauthorized, resulting in higher annual General Fund costs in Medi ‑Cal that reach nearly $1.7 billion by 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4474

Mental Health Services Act: Impact of Governor's Proposal on Funding for Children and Youth

Aug 10, 2023 - The increased spending associated with the services provided via the fee schedule is unknown but could be significant. Governor ’s Proposal Proposed Funding Categories Shift Mental Health Services Priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4786

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - Much like the state budget solutions, many changes are scheduled to become effective in the near future. As a result, as Figure 1 shows, Medi‑Cal faces a steady flow of major state and federal policy changes over the coming years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092