The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - The administration, led by DHCS, has stated that it intends to maximize the use of existing data sources to confirm continuing eligibility of Medi ‑Cal enrollees without burdening enrollees with paperwork.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Continuum Infrastructure Funding Proposal

Feb 17, 2021 - However, counties generally did not have sufficient technical expertise in acquiring health facilities to proceed with grant program requirements effectively, which led to signif icant delays in disbursement of grant funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4379

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, local public health laboratories experienced flat or declining funding levels and workforce challenges that led to a number of laboratory closures. In response to the gaps in the public health infrastructure identified during the COVID-19 pandemic, the state and federal government provided public health laboratories with additional funding and established new initiatives to improve l aboratory capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - These metrics and associated standards are to be determined by a workgroup of stakeholders led by DDS. (Prior to the full implementation of the quality incentive payment as 10  percent of the total rate, the state began providing some smaller quality incentive payments on top of providers ’ typical rates in 2022 ‑23.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the May Revision Medi-Cal Budget

May 21, 2021 - These two factors led us to conclude that the Governor’s January budget overstated costs related to Medi‑Cal caseload growth. Administration Has Lowered Its Caseload Growth Projections Significantly in the May Revision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4436

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Community Care Demonstration Project

Feb 19, 2021 - This, combined with reduced capacity in local court systems due to COVID ‑19 ‑restrictions, led to a decline in the number of felony ISTs referrals as shown in figure  4. (From March   2020 t o April 2020, referrals declined 63  p ercent.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4382

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 13, 2024 - These metrics and associated standards are to be determined by a workgroup of stakeholders led by DDS. (Prior to the full implementation of the quality incentive payment as 10   percent of the total rate, the state began providing some smaller quality incentive payments on top of providers ’ baseline rates in 2022 ‑23.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4837

The 2022-23 Budget: Health Care Access and Affordability

Feb 23, 2022 - Increases in both health care prices and utilization of health care services generally have led to higher health care costs over time. (For example, there was substantial growth in health insurance premiums for employer ‑sponsored health plans of nearly 80   percent —or roughly 4.7  percent per year —between 2000 and 2017.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4560

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

May 13, 2021 - For instance, one study found that state mandates requiring that health insurers cover telehealth services led to reductions in hospitalizations in nonmetropolitan areas (though not in metropoli tan areas).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4430

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services—An Interim Update

Apr 19, 2021 - We currently are working with DDS to learn more about the extent to which these programs (which were implemented in 2005 and 2011, respectively) led to increased enrollment in Medi-Cal (because families wished to avoid paying the fees).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4415