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

Oct 24, 2025 - In part, this is because the new process will more quickly identify beneficiaries whose household income rises above the eligibility threshold. Some eligible beneficiaries also may struggle to demonstrate their eligibility at the higher frequency due to administrative burden.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, however, the state ’s public health systems quickly became overwhelmed. CDPH and LHJs did not have enough staff to respond and the demands placed on information technology (IT) systems and public health lab testing quickly exceeded their capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - One key reason why this initiative was able to move relatively quickly is that it used an existing program to distribute the product. The Naloxone Distribution Project, which is administered by DHCS, provides free naloxone products by request to hospitals, schools, law enforcement, and other public and community‑based organizations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

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

Feb 5, 2025 - The administration is working quickly to allocate the first $3.3  billion of Proposition  1 bond dollars in May 2025, leaving a brief window in which to assess program outcomes achieved with the initial $1.8  billion and consider whether any changes in program administration are merited.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

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

Mar 6, 2025 - Utilization rates across the state were relatively flat until 2023, when ECM utilization began to gradually increase and Community Supports utilization increased much more quickly. Majority of ECM Participants Qualify Under Three POFs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

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

May 22, 2020 - While early and incomplete data on new Medi-Cal applications appear to show that enrollment may not be rising as quickly as expected in the face of unprecedented increases in unemployment, lowering expectations for total growth in the Medi-Cal caseload below around what the administration has assumed would be premature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4245

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - For this reason, the BHBH program focuses specifically on addressing immediate needs in existing facilities (such as assisted living and senior care facilities) or facilities that are relatively inexpensive and quick to build (such as tiny home villages).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 13, 2024 - Specifically, some DDS consumers may not receive services as quickly as could be possible were the full rate reform implemented in 2024 ‑25. Rejecting the administration ’s proposal, however, requires dollar ‑for ‑dollar reductions in other areas of the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4837

Cal Facts 2018 [Publication Details]

Dec 6, 2018 - With a state as big, as populous, and as complex as California, quickly summarizing how its economy or state budget works is impossible. Instead, Cal Facts is a visual guide—using a variety of different charts—to the state's economy, revenues, and major program trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3905

The 2022-23 Budget: Public Health Foundational Support

Feb 16, 2022 - Plan Assumes Nearly One ‑Third of LHJs Can Quickly Develop a CHA and CHIP. Budget  bill language would require LHJs ’ plans to be tied to their CHAs and CHIPs, including evaluation methods and metrics.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4544