Overview of Major Impacts of H.R. 1 – One Big Beautiful Bill Act [Publication Details]

Aug 20, 2025 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5067

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - The waiver increases the number of slots available, expands the community transition services, adds pediatric day health centers licensed to operate a transitional health care needs optional services unit, increases the rate paid to personal care agencies, and adds assistive technology and paramedical services as se rvices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - In addition, the 2021 ‑22 budget provided HCAI  with $60  million General Fund to support the Song ‑Brown Program, intended to increase the number of primary care providers statewide by funding primary care residency training slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: New Directions for Services for Seniors and Persons With Disabilities

Mar 15, 2021 - They also may find that some LTSS programs they are attempting to access are not available in their regions, or have a limited number of slots available. Fragmentation Erodes Financial Incentives to Provide More Cost ‑Effective Care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - For example, we estimated that a more proportionate tax netting around $7 billion in revenue could cost around $30 per member, per month—about a 5 percent increase on average to commercial health plan premiums.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Health Care Access and Information

Feb 27, 2024 - Also, some previously enacted one-time funds —such as the loan repayment initiative for county psychiatrists ($7  million General Fund and $7  million Mental Health Services Fund) —have not yet been spent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

Mental Health Services Act: LAO Update: The Governor's Revised Behavioral Health Modernization Proposal

Aug 21, 2023 - For example, during the initial three-year planning period a county could shift 7  percentage points from the FSP category and 7  percentage points from the Housing Interventions category, which would result in an increase of 14  percentage points of funding in the BHSS category.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4792

Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - One key reason seems to be limited data on the existing capacity —in terms of inpatient beds or outpatient slots —in most behavioral health facility types. While the quantitative estimates of shortages of other facility types may be limited, alternative evidence of the need for more behavioral health facilities comes from the survey data described earlier indicating that more Californians need behavioral health services than are receiving them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - As shown earlier in Figure  7, during the continuous coverage period, the average monthly increase in the senior caseload was about 6,200. This was during a time in which counties were not conducting any eligibility redeterminations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update

Mar 6, 2025 - Figure  7 shows Community Supports utilization has grown in recent years, though the majority of growth is concentrated in a handful of services. Medically Tailored Meals is the most utilized Community Support by a fairly large margin.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003