The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - The Legislature could ask the department at budget hearings to share its current thinking on whether it is contemplating providing technical assistance to support providers, and if so, how such effort could be funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - (For example, the proposal to provide fun ding to increase the number of behavioral health providers does not specify what share of funding would be allocated by provider type within the broad category of behavioral health providers.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - Although H.R. 1 does not require states to apply the community engagement requirement and six ‑month renewals to adults with UIS (whose Medi ‑Cal full scope coverage is entirely state ‑funded), the administration proposes to do so.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

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

Oct 24, 2025 - States must also submit enrollees ’ social security numbers to CMS monthly so that the federal administration can check for duplicate enrollment across states. Additionally, states must conduct quarterly reviews to ensure that deceased individuals do not remain enrolled in  Medicaid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2025-26 Budget: MCO Tax and Proposition 35

Feb 26, 2025 - With so many steps to undertake, it is likely that it will take months, or even longer, to begin implementing Proposition  35. Significant implementation delays could limit the measure ’s initial effectiveness on improving access and quality in the Medi-Cal program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4992

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - With so many moving pieces, and with the state ’s overall fiscal situation still heading in the wrong direction, the Legislature may need to continue considering its Medi ‑Cal priorities in the coming years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - Health plans that participate in Covered California must use these accounts so that federal subsidies do not pay for abortion services. The fund is continuously appropriated through the 2028-29 fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

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

Feb 5, 2025 - Strategies to do so have included expanding the behavioral health workforce; adding benefits and increasing rates in Medi ‑Cal; and increasing capacity through managed care plans, schools, and in other  settings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

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

Mar 6, 2025 - This initial gap is somewhat expected as the previous WPC and HHP pilot demonstrations provided services most similar to those i n ECM, so plans were better able to transition to providing the ECM benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 16, 2021 - (The General Fund payment levels that go to private hospitals are tied to federal funding levels that go to public hospitals, so reductions in federal funding lower General Fund payments to participating private hospitals.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373