The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Caseload DDS Caseload Determined by Number of Individuals Identified as Eligible for the Lanterman Act ’s Entitlement. The Lanterman Act requires DDS to serve all individuals determined eligible by an RC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - Finally, federal guidance provides states discretion in setting the number of months over which enrollees are required to document compliance with qualifying activities (such as working 80 hours per month) at application and renewal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

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

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - This net reduction in General Fund is primarily due to the end of temporary funding, partially offset by one-time supplemental funding for a number of state public health information technology (IT) systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

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

Oct 24, 2025 - Expanding Flexibilities Could Limit Disenrollments at Relatively Low State Cost … Each of the eligibility flexibilities granted to states could limit the number of people who are disenrolled from Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - Both changes likely will notably reduce the number of childless adults enrolled in Medi ‑Cal. As   Figure  9 shows, we estimate these changes will bring the childless adult caseload to 2.7  million people by 2029 ‑30, a 1.6  million reduction (around 40  percent) from the baseline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - LDX would also help to automate a number of laboratory reporting functions to further reduce staff time spent on submitting and processing test results. CDPH is in the process of developing and t esting a number of components for the project, but a final time line for completion is unknown.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

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

Mar 6, 2025 - As shown in the figure, the quarterly average number of seniors enrolling in Medi‑Cal for the first time during the first 27 months of continuous coverage was virtually identical as it was before the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

A Long-Term Outlook: Disability Among California’s Seniors - A Long-Term Outlook: Disability Among California’s Seniors [Video]

A Long-Term Outlook: Disability Among California’s Seniors - A Long-Term Outlook: Disability Among California’s Seniors [Video] Search LAO Videos A Long-Term Outlook: Disability Among California’s Seniors November 28, 2016 In this short video, Senior Fiscal and Policy Analyst Amber Didier and Fiscal and Policy Analyst Callie Freitag discuss highlights of the report  A Long-Term Outlook: Disability Among California’s Seniors . 
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=106

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - The 2019-20 Budget Act provided a $15  million one-time General Fund to support the Networking California Sickle Cell Care Initiative which established a number of sickle cell disease centers across the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930