The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - Other Policy Changes Elimination of a Medi ‑Cal Share of Cost for Seniors Up to 138   Percent of FPL. Prior to December 2020, seniors and persons with disabilities whose incomes were between roughly 122  percent and 138  percent of the FPL had to pay a share of cost in order to receive Medi ‑Cal coverage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - In 2023, the Legislature codified several efforts to make processes across RCs more consistent in order to improve access to services statewide (Chapter  192 of 2023 [S B  138 , Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The Legislature, however, might consider more targeted initiatives linked with specific goals. For example, it could link any one ‑time workforce funding to helping with a transition to a new child care reimbursement rate system and/or higher minimum program standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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

Apr 27, 2018 - Recommend Linking Additional DPH Positions to Other Decisions and Adding Reporting Requirement. We recommend the Legislature wait to decide on the 15 additional positions at DPH until it has acted on the rest of the administration ’s CNA package of proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3815

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - With regard to income, seniors and persons with disabilities still must have countable income below 138  percent of the federal poverty level. This budget solution provides General Fund savings of $45  million in 2025-26, $ 343  million in 2026-27, and $ 510  million in 2027-28 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

Mental Health Services Act: Impact of Governor's Proposal on Funding for Children and Youth

Aug 10, 2023 - Over two-thirds of the funding —$2.9   billion —is for limited-term programs, such as school-linked behavioral health partnerships and capacity grants that provide schools and institutions of higher education resources as they begin implementing a school-linked Medi-Cal fee schedule.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4786

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Health and Human Services

Oct 17, 2019 - Eliminates Share of Cost for Aged and Disabled Medi-Cal Population up to 138  Percent of FPL. Children and nonelderly adults are generally eligible for free coverage through Medi-Cal if they have income less than 138  percent of FPL.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4104

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

May 9, 2019 - The bulk of the funds ($ 73  m illion) was to support existing residency slots. The remaining funds were for adding slots at existing programs, funding start ‑up costs for new programs, funding loan repayment programs, and funding associated state operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4034

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on Home- and Community- Based Services Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2022 - Create LTSS Data Dashboard linked with statewide nursing home and HCBS utilization, quality, demographics, and cost data. 4 Total $4,649 a Reflects total funding levels as proposed under the HCBS spending plan conditionally approved by the federal government on January 4, 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

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

Mar 10, 2022 - In addition, the 2021 ‑22 budget provided HCAI  with $60  million General Fund to support the Song ‑Brown Program, intended to increase the number of primary care providers statewide by funding primary care residency training slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572