The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - If so, how would DDS oversee this effort? How will DDS collaborate with DHCS in the coming months to ensure its planned processes are successful in exempting all eligible DDS consumers from the H.R. 1 eligibility requirements?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - The two measures also include rules around how to structure the taxes and spend their associated revenues. For example, Proposition 35 generally limits the tax rate on commercial enrollment at roughly its current levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

Considering Medi-Cal in the Midst of a Changing Fiscal and Policy Landscape

Oct 24, 2025 - Issues for Legislative Consideration In this section, we raise three key issues for the Legislature to consider: (1) how to implement the changes to Medi‑Cal under H.R. 1, (2) how to consider the Medi‑Cal program in light of these changes and state fiscal constraints, and (3) how disenrollments from Medi‑Cal might affect other sources of health care coverage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - How much of these savings accru e to California, however, is uncertain. California could choose to continue streamlining eligibility policies, even absent federal enforcement of the new rules. Recoupments for Excess Payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

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

Mar 6, 2025 - This may include assistance with searching for housing or completing housing applications, as well as developing an individual housing support plan. Housing deposits Funding for one ‑time services necessary to establish a household, including security deposits to obtain a lease, first month ’s coverage of utilities, or first and last month ’s rent required prior to occupancy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - The state has not required counties to report on most public health spending or how much is provided to public laboratories, which limits the ability of the Legislature to assess how much total funding is used to support laboratory services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - These classifications generally categorize drugs based on how they work, how they are used, and other factors. There are over 1,000 such classifications in the federal directory. Analysis Likely Omits Some Key Kinds of Drug Claims.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2025-26 Budget: MCO Tax and Proposition 35

Feb 26, 2025 - How Has Proposition  56 Impacted General Fund Spending? Enacted by voters in 2016, Proposition 56 increased taxes on tobacco-related products. The measure requires most of the resulting revenue to go to Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4992

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - Whether or not CalRx has broader impacts to consumers, however, will depend on how available these new drugs are to consumers, as well as utilization. How Will the Products Compare to Other Competitors?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - The measure makes the MCO tax permanent under state law and changes how the funds are to be used. The Legislature faces two key issues as a result of these changes, described below. Higher General Fund Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4941