The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor’s Primary Care Physician Residency Proposals

May 9, 2019 - The Governor proposes making certain limited ‑term funding for these initiatives ongoing. In this brief, we provide background on residency programs, describe the Governor ’s two associated budget proposals, assess those proposals, and make associated recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4034

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

Feb 5, 2025 - In addition to making broad changes to the Mental Health Services Act, Proposition  1 authorized a $6.4  billion general obligation bond, $4.4  billion of which is dedicated to building behavioral health infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor’s Primary Care Physician Residency Proposals [Publication Details]

May 9, 2019 - The Governor proposes making certain limited‑term funding for these initiatives ongoing. In this brief, we provide background on residency programs, describe the Governor’s two associated budget proposals, assess those proposals, and make associated recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4034

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

Nov 28, 2016 - A recent analysis by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found roughly one –third of family members who provided care to seniors were aged 65 or older in 2011. We project that the ratio of seniors without disabilities to seniors with disabilities in California will decrease only 13  percent from 4:1 in 2015 to 3.5:1 in 2060.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3509

Analysis of California’s Physician-Supervision Requirement for Certified Nurse Midwives

Mar 11, 2020 - Moreover, this approach would make the tasks associated with supervision more burdensome, potentially making supervision less attractive to physicians, and thereby further impeding nurse midwives ’ ability to practice.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4197

The 2018-19 Budget: The Administration’s Proposition 55 Estimates

Mar 1, 2018 - In the 2018 ‑ 19 b udget plan, the Governor proposes providing $ 30  m illion for precision medicine, again on a one ‑time basis. The administration includes these 2018 ‑ 19 p roposed costs in the workload budget under the rationale that precision medicine funding was originally provided before 2016 and in ensuing years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3765

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - To better simplify these data, we used each drug ’s classification as identified under the Food and Drug Administration ’s National Drug Code Directory . These classifications generally categorize drugs based on how they work, how they are used, and other factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2018-19 Budget: Meeting Workforce Demand for Certified Nursing Assistants in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Apr 27, 2018 - For all these reasons, we recommend the Legislature first make its CNA-related program decisions, then determine associated staffing levels and the appropriate mix of limited-term versus permanent positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3815

COVID-19: Federal Health-Related Response

Mar 23, 2020 - Under the CCBHC Expansion Grant Program, either the state, individual CCBHCs, or clinics that can obtain CCBHC certification in a short amount of time are eligible to apply for federal grant funding to expand services provided.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4209

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

Mar 6, 2025 - These complex and varying circumstantial eligibility requirements make it difficult to determine the total number of members potentially eligible f or Community Supports services statewide. Similar to ECM, members must agree to receive the benefit and participate in the program to access the  services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003