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

Mar 6, 2025 - Expansion of Full ‑Scope Medi ‑Cal Coverage to Older Adults Regardless of Immigration Status. Historically, federal law has allowed for individuals with unsatisfactory immigration status to receive a restricted set of services, generally pregnancy and emergency services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

Estimated Cost of Expanding Full-Scope Medi-Cal Coverage to All Otherwise-Eligible Californians Regardless of Immigration Status [Publication Details]

May 5, 2021 - Estimated Cost of Expanding Full-Scope Medi-Cal Coverage to All Otherwise-Eligible Californians Regardless of Immigration Status [Publication Details] Estimated Cost of Expanding Full-Scope Medi-Cal Coverage to All Otherwise-Eligible Californians Regardless of Immigration Status Format: HTML Description: This budget and policy post responds to legislative
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4423

The 2022-23 Budget: Public Health Foundational Support

Feb 16, 2022 - This could include reporting on: hiring numbers, status of internal training and educational opportunities, status of the LHJ plans (especially in the counties currently without CHAs and CHIPs), and other implementation challenges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4544

The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget [Publication Details]

Feb 14, 2020 - We then provide analysis and recommendations on a series of key issues: (1) Recently proposed draft federal regulations referred to as the “Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation;” (2) proposals related to the Medi‑Cal pharmacy services benefit; (3) the Governor’s proposal to expand comprehensive Medi‑Cal coverage to otherwise eligible seniors regardless of immigration status;
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4161

Estimated Cost of Expanding Full-Scope Medi-Cal Coverage to All Otherwise-Eligible Californians Regardless of Immigration Status

May 5, 2021 - To project the DHCS Medi-Cal costs of the full-scope expansion, we assume that undocumented immigrants would have similar per-enrollee costs as current full-scope enrollees of a similar health status.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4423

The 2020-21 May Revision: Recommend Reduction to Medi-Cal Caseload Costs

May 22, 2020 - Due to their aged or disabled status, such individuals tend to participate in the labor market to a lesser extent. As a result, these individuals tend to remain on the program regardless of how the economy is performing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4245

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 13, 2024 - (We provided additional background on and assessment of the status of the development of the quality incentive program in a previous analysis .) Department Has Initiated Provider Directory. The department has started the process to create a statewide database containing contact details for all service providers authorized to serve DDS consumers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4837

The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 7, 2020 - Although the safety net plan submitted by DDS includes important status updates and descriptions of programs and changing consumer demographics, it still lacks information about future ‑looking strategies and the methodology DDS uses to determine imminent and future needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4147

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - Notable Adjustments to Medi-Cal In the section below, we provide additional information about notable adjustments made to the Medi-Cal budget as part of the 2022-23 budget package, including (1)  a plan to expand Medi-Cal eligibility to all income-eligible California residents regardless of immigration status, (2)  budget adjustments related to CalAIM, (3)  various
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642

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

Apr 19, 2021 - About 67,000 DDS consumers (or 21  percent) were not enrolled in Medi-Cal, but importantly, not all of these individuals would be eligible to enroll due to immigration status, income levels, or other reasons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4415