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

Mar 6, 2025 - Having the estimate for the total senior caseload added by eligibility expansions allows us to estimate the caseload impact of the asset test elimination —an impact that is very challenging to estimate on its own without consideration of the impact of all the other policy changes affecting the senior caseload being implemented at the  same time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

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

Apr 19, 2021 - Finally, the Supplemental Report requires us to include an estimate of potential General Fund savings resulting from increased FFP as well as an estimate of potential costs resulting from additional administrative activities and increased utilization of Medi-Cal benefits outside th e DDS system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4415

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Restructuring of the MHSA Funding Categories and Impacts on County Spending

Jul 13, 2023 - Below, we outline the data limitations that prevent us from precisely measuring (1)  the extent to which current spending aligns with the proposed new funding categories and the associated spending targets/limits and thus (2)  how county spending could change under the Governor ’s proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4782

Mental Health Services Act: Impact of Governor's Proposal on Funding for Children and Youth

Aug 10, 2023 - This allows us to develop a fairly accurate measure of how much PEI expenditures are used on children and youth mental health services in any given year of data. However, to estimate the amount of Community Services and Supports (CSS) and Innovation expenditur es that go towards children and youth services, we used program names across counties to determine if they might qualify as children and youth services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4786

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: Analysis of the Governor’s Medi-Cal Telehealth Proposal

May 13, 2021 - However, as noted above, data in the academic literature that would allow us to assess the likelihood of this potential are limited. At What Level Should Telehealth Reimbursement Rates Be Set Relative to In ‑Person Services to Encourage Widespread Provider Participation?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4430

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - To date, the administration has not provided us with the details of this proposal. Early Action Proposals. The Governor proposes over a dozen proposals costing $7.8  billion that he is asking the Legislature to pass in the early spring.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

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

Nov 9, 2021 - Finally, the Supplemental Report requires us to include an estimate of potential General Fund savings resulting from increased federal financial participation as well as an estimate of potential costs resulting from additional administrative activities and increased utilization of Medi‑Cal benefits outside the DDS system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4471