Issues That Could Impact Californians' Health Care Coverage in 2023 and Beyond

Dec 16, 2022 - The American Rescue Plan Act, which Congress passed in 2021, temporarily increased the level of federal support for premium subsidies for coverage purchased on health benefit exchanges like Covered California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4654

The 2023-24 Budget: Assessment of Covered California Budget Solution

Feb 13, 2023 - Notably, the ACA provided for the establishment of state health benefit exchanges, such as Covered California. The ACA also included provisions intended to encourage individuals to enroll in health coverage and improve affordability.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4681

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Laboratory Data Exchange (LDX) Project. CDPH received a $10  million grant from the CDC for the LDX project, an effort to modernize the state ’s electronic laboratory data exchange systems. The project aims to connect laboratory inventory management, emergency response activities, and laboratory results reporting between state and local public health laboratories.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

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

May 13, 2021 - Non ‑Real ‑Time Exchange. We define non ‑real ‑time exchange as the delivery of health information through an electronic messaging system (such as secure email). Services delivered through non ‑real ‑time exchange are often referred to as “asynchronous ” or “store and forward ” telehealth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4430

The 2022-23 Budget: Health Care Access and Affordability

Feb 23, 2022 - As part of this act, the level of federal support for premium subsidies for coverage purchased on health benefit exchanges have been temporarily increased for the 2021 and 2022 plan enrollment years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4560

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

May 6, 2021 - Temporary Increase in Support for Individual Market and Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Higher Health Insurance Premium Subsidies for Individuals Purchasing Coverage Through Health Benefit Exchange.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - The payments were intended to provide grants to providers supporting various activities, including the implementation of electronic health record systems, improved data collection and exchange, and care management systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - Higher Temporary Federal Health Insurance Subsidies … For calendar years 2021 and 2022, the ARP Act temporarily increases federal subsidies for health insurance coverage purchased through the ACA health benefit exchanges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

The 2025-26 Budget: MCO Tax and Proposition 35

Feb 26, 2025 - Others enter into managed care contracts with certain providers, paying monthly rates in exchange for overseeing the care of beneficiaries. Still in other cases, health plans contract with other plans to arrange for the care of enrollees, creating several levels of different payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4992

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Health

Apr 5, 2022 - Development of New Data Exchange Framework. Chapter 143 of 2021 (AB 133, Committee on Health) requires that the California Health and Human Services Agency create a data exchange framework to facilitate sharing of health and social services information across health care entities (health plans, providers, facilities, and labs) and government agencies over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4580