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 - DHCS also states that complying with this federal request may qualify California for an up to three ‑year transition period to make the fee more proportionate. Federal Rules Continue to Emerge, Creating Some Uncertainty for Structuring Provider Taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

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

Oct 24, 2025 - How Proposition 35 Interacts With Federal Law Makes Tax Permanent, Conditioned on Federal Approval. California has charged a specific tax on health plans (known as the Managed Care Organization Tax) for more than a decade.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - The state and several local health jurisdictions (LHJs) —mostly counties and a few cities —have laboratories that provide public health laboratory testing services. (When referring to counties and LHJs, we are also referring to these city LHJs.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

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

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Health

Apr 5, 2022 - How Can the State Support Local Health Programs? Since climate impacts will vary by region and community, maintaining a strong role for regional and local decision ‑making will help ensure adaptation activities are addressing the most pressing climate impacts in each area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4580

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - One key question will be what role state programs and policies can and should play in adapting to climate change, including how they interact with local adaptation activities, and how they should be funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Major Behavioral Health Proposals

Mar 3, 2022 - Specifically, (1)  tribal entities will be required to provide a 5  percent match; (2)  counties, cities, and nonprofits will be required to provide a 10  percent match; and (3)  for ‑profit or private organizations, in partnership with counties, will be required to provide a 25  percent match.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4569

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

Mar 6, 2025 - MCPs have flexibility in how they use IPP funds. For  example, this funding can be used to hire and train staff, provide technical assistance to providers, or provide supplemental payments to providers to incentivize participation in ECM and Community Supports.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

The 2025-26 Budget: MCO Tax and Proposition 35

Feb 26, 2025 - Recent experience has shown that, once structured and enacted, rate increases can still take time to make their way to providers. This is particularly true for provider payments directed through the managed care system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4992