The 2026-27 California Spending Plan: Health [Publication Details]

Oct 19, 2026 - This post summarizes the state’s 2026-27 spending package for health. It is part of our Spending Plan series. In this post, we provide an overview of the state’s health spending package, then cover spending for Medi-Cal, the State Hospitals, Public Health, Health Care Access and Information, Health and Human Services Agency, and Covered California.
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The 2026-27 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 19, 2026 - (These amounts include support for state operations.) August budget bill legislation provides another $10  million one-time General Fund in 2026-27 (including $1  million for state operations) for care specifically for children and youth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5210

The 2026-27 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Oct 9, 2026 - State funds are available until June 30, 2032 and require a one-to- one match. The state provided $18.3  million non-Proposition  98 General Fund over three years ($54.9  million total) for similar purposes starting in 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5209

The 2026-27 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 8, 2026 - Of the total 2026-27 DDS budget, $21.1  billion is for the regional center system, $290  million is for the state-operated facilities program, and $190  million is for state operations. The spending plan for DDS does not include significant budget solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5208/1

The 2026-27 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 8, 2026 - This grant increase is provided in line with state law that requires grant increases as dedicated funds in state-local realignment grow. Because the grant increase is paid for with realignment funds, it has no impact on the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5208/2

The 2026-27 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 8, 2026 - For example, every dollar a county spends after October 2026 draws down an additional $2.33 from the state and $1.11 from the federal government. Conversely, for every dollar a county does not spend (for example if county funding is insufficient after other local spending priorities to draw down the full amount of state and federal funding identified in the state budget), it loses $3.44 in state and federal funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5208/3

The 2026-27 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 8, 2026 - Proposal to Remove State ’s Share of Cost in IHSS Hours Per Case Growth. At the time of the Governor ’s January budget, the administration proposed to remove the state ’s share of cost in IHSS hours per case growth, beginning in fiscal year 2027-28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5208/4

The 2026-27 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 8, 2026 - Expiration of one ‑time costs for initial Tiered Rate Structure automation and CalSAWS ‑ CWS ‑CARES interface ‑19 ‑15 One ‑time initial automation funding to prepare the state payment system and the new state child welfare case management system for implementation of the permanent foster care rate structure, and to ensure the two systems can communicate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5208/5

The 2026-27 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 8, 2026 - Without this funding, state support for this program would have ended at some point in 2026-27. Provides One-Time Funding for Additional Immigration-Related Services … The 2026-27 spending plan includes roughly $30  million to continue expanding services to immigrants and noncitizens across the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5208/6

The 2026-27 California Spending Plan: Human Services [Publication Details]

Oct 8, 2026 - The 2026-27 spending plan provides around $41 billion from the General Fund for human services programs across ten state departments, councils, and commissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5208