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

Feb 27, 2024 - The Governor proposes to eliminate $14  million ($7  million General Fund in 2022 ‑23 and $7  million Mental Health Services Fund in 2023 ‑24) for a loan repayment initiative targeted toward psychiatrists who work at the Department of State Hospitals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

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

Feb 13, 2023 - State Established Three-Year Premium Subsidy Program Beginning in 2020. The subsidy program was designed as a three-year program from 2020 through 2022 that was designed to further reduce premium costs for certain Covered California enrollees beyond the level of support received from the existing federal premium subsidies and expand eligibility to households making up to 600  percent of the federal poverty level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4681

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - Established by legislation in 2020 ( Chapter 207 of 2020 [SB 852, Pan] ), the program aims to reduce the cost of drugs by expanding the availability of low‑cost generics in the market. The program accomplishes this objective by entering into partnerships with private entities to distribute or manufacture generic drugs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - In 2020, around $7  billion in federal health insurance subsidies were provided through Covered California. To improve the affordability of individual health insurance coverage, in 2020, the state began dedicating around $300  million to $400  million in General Fund annually to support state subsidies on top of those from the federal government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

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 2021-22 Budget: Assessment of CalHEERS Dashboard

Mar 25, 2021 - Releases are planned sequentially over a 24 ‑month period by the administration, with input from stakeholders. This 24 ‑month “roadmap ” of releases guides the continued development and operation of CalHEERS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4408

The 2023-24 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 16, 2022 - The current MCO tax has been in place since January 2020 and is scheduled under current law to end in December 2022. We project the end of this tax will increase General Fund spending by $1.5 billion in 2023‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4649

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

Feb 10, 2023 - Current law authorized the most recent MCO tax from January  2020 through December 2022. The  administration projects the end of this version of the MCO tax, unless mitigated by the reauthorization of a new MCO tax, will increase General Fund spending by $1.5  billion in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4675

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Dec 7, 2023 - The national PHE for COVID-19 was in effect from early 2020 through May 11, 2023. Generally during this time, a number of temporary policy and financing rule changes were put in place that significantly impacted General Fund spending on Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4820

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

Nov 9, 2021 - While we estimate that enrolling an additional 7, 000 c hildren in Medi ‑Cal would save about $ 24 m illion General Fund in the DDS system, the other Medi ‑Cal costs for these children would be about $ 70 m illion General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4471