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

Mar 11, 2020 - For example, we understand that some hospitals require physicians to cosign all inpatient admission orders by nurse midwives, whereas other hospitals grant nurse midwives full authority to admit patients.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4197

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

Feb 5, 2025 - The study was funded by the California Mental Health Services Authority, a county‑level joint powers authority, to assess both the capacity and unmet needs of this key component of the public behavioral health system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending Yes a a Only certain products, subject to prior authorization or other restrictions. State Recently Created New “Medi ‑Cal Rx ” System to Pay for Drugs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

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

Mar 6, 2025 - Beginning in 2025, DHCS has implemented a standardized ECM referral form (including restricting MCPs from requesting additional information) and required MCPs to implement presumptive eligibility for members referred by authorized ECM providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - The 2022-23 budget authorized DHCS to sunset the California Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP) program, which provided early health screening services for children in the fee-for-service delivery system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Change in Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission’s Role

Jul 13, 2023 - Under the Governor ’s proposal, with its restructured MHSA funding categories, the commission would not receive programmatic implementation authority that is equivalent to its current authority. Rather, the commission ’s authority in this regard would be limited mainly to administering grants authorized by the MHSA, such as
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4781

Mental Health Services Act: LAO Update: The Governor's Revised Behavioral Health Modernization Proposal

Aug 21, 2023 - Finally, while the revised proposal would provide the MHSOAC with more authority relative to the initial proposal, we find that it still would reduce the commission’s current authority and role as an independent oversight agency for MHSA implementation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4792

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Health Care Access and Information

Feb 27, 2024 - These expansions have come with additional staffing, with HCAI ’s existing workforce development staffing levels about 60  percent higher in 2023 ‑24 compared to the authorized level when the 2017 ‑18 budget was enacted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Feb 14, 2024 - Proposition  1 on the March  2024 ballot would authorize $4.4  billion in general obligation bond authority for BH ‑ CIP —double the amount that has been appropriated thus far for the program. (The total general obligation bond authority is $6.4  billion.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4838

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - The study was funded by the California Mental Health Services Authority, a county-level joint powers authority, to assess both the capacity and unmet needs of key components of the public behavioral health system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790