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

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 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

The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Major Behavioral Health Proposals

Feb 16, 2023 - Due to the narrow, statutory definition and professional judgment on the part of the court and behavioral health professionals in determining eligibility and ordering a CARE plan, it is difficult to assess how many individuals would participate in the CARE  program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4689

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

Mar 3, 2022 - These additional details could include, for example, (1)  what requirements counties and tribes would need to meet in order to obtain funding and (2)  how funding would be prioritized for different regions of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4569

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: 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

Update on COVID-19 Spending in California

Nov 5, 2020 - (While not included in this post, cities and counties in California with populations greater than 500,000 also received a combined $5.8  billion in CRF directly from the federal government.) Guidance from the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4292