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

Feb 5, 2025 - This platform provides behavioral health services to children and youth aged 25 and younger —regardless of payer source —through (1)  interactive exercises and games, (2)  automated screening and assessment tools, and (3)  direct services delivered by peers and coaches.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - The new policy will maintain the rates currently paid for telehealth services, include various changes to protect patient consent and choices, and reduce the use of audio-only visits in favor of in-person or video-only visits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642

The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the Governor’s Major May Revision Behavioral Health Proposals

May 24, 2021 - The Governor ’s May Revision includes $83  million in Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Fund (CFRF) monies (federal funding to the state to use flexibly from the American Rescue Plan Act) for 2021 ‑22, $107  million CFRF in 2022 ‑23, $156  million ($125  million General Fund and $31  million other federal funds) in 2023 ‑24, $180  million ($144  million General Fund and $36  million
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4439

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

May 13, 2021 - Live Video. Services delivered through live video are provided by a health care provider to a patient in real ‑time through a video system. Services delivered through live video can include both ( 1)  s ervices intended to replace an in ‑person health care visit and ( 2)  s ervices that are not intended to replace an in ‑person
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4430

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - The spending plan provides $10  million General Fund in 2021 ‑22 to DHCS to establish —through procurement of a vendor —a virtual platform that would facilitate the provision of behavioral health services to children and youth age 25 and younger regardless of payer source through (1)  interactive exercises and games, (2)  automated screening and assessment tools, and (3)  direct services delivered by peers or coaches.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The department also reverts $233  million General Fund from 2022-23 that was available until 2026-27 (the department is reappropriating $3.4  million for the Judicial Council to carry out training related to IST evaluations).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 10, 2023 - The 2022 ‑23 Budget Act included one ‑time General Fund support to eliminate the delay beginning in 2022 ‑23. The Governor ’s budget proposes to shift the elimination of the delay in provider payment processing until 2024 ‑25, which frees up $378  million one ‑time General Fund in  2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4675

The 2022-23 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - We assume that three major sources of non ‑General Fund funding for Medi ‑Cal expire in 2022 ‑23, together raising year ‑over ‑year General Fund costs by around $2.5 billion. First, we estimate higher General Fund costs of $1.7  billion in 2022 ‑23 due to the assumed expiration of the PHE ’s enhanced federal share of cost at the end of March 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4474

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

Feb 13, 2023 - To support the state subsidy program, the Legislature approved $304  million General Fund annually between 2020 through 2022. Enhanced Federal Premium Subsidies Approved for 2021 and 2022, Supplanting State Subsidies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4681

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 9, 2022 - Accordingly, if the PHE expires in April 2022, the increased federal funding would expire at the end of June 2022 while the continuous coverage requirement would no longer remain in place as of May 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4522