The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

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The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 19, 2025 - This brief summarizes our annual outlook for General Fund spending on Medi-Cal.
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The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - For  example, the administration proposes using multiple data sources —including state wage records, Internal Revenue Service data, and third ‑party employment and income data (such as Equifax ’s The Work Number) —to verify income and work activity, and using diagnosis or utilization information to help identify medically frail individuals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis [Publication Details]

Mar 2, 2026 - In this report, we analyze the Governor’s budget for Medi-Cal, with a focus on base spending trends, changes to provider taxes, implementation of new H.R. 1 rules, oversight over enacted budget solutions, and considerations for identifying additional savings in Medi-Cal.
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The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

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The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

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The 2025-26 Budget: MCO Tax and Proposition 35

Feb 26, 2025 - To that end, the Legislature likely will want to work with DHCS, managed care plans, and providers to better track the timing of payments. Fiscal Uncertainties Will the General Fund Have Capacity to Cover More Costs in 2027?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4992

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details]

Mar 13, 2026 - Analyzes the Governor’s budget for the Department of Developmental Services (DDS), with a focus on a budget proposal to continue planning the proposed Life Outcomes Improvement System (LOIS) information technology project, implementation of new H.R.
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The 2024-25 Budget: The MCO Tax Package at May Revision

May 22, 2024 - The administration has not provided further detail on how the proposed payment would work. Backfills Declining Proposition  56 Funds. Proposition  56 (2016) increased taxes on tobacco products. The state uses most of the associated revenue to fund supplemental payments to certain Medi-Cal providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4905

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services

Nov 9, 2021 - A simple hypothetical example is a cash incentive to newly enrolled consumers. A $ 100 i ncentive (as an example) for each of the 7, 000 c onsumers would cost $700,000. There would be trade ‑offs with any incentive design, however.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4471