The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - Brand Name Drugs Tend to Cost Much More Than Generic Drugs … Companies that develop and patent new drugs have exclusive rights to sell their product for a limited period of time. Once this time expires, other drug makers can produce and sell their own generic versions of the drugs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

Federal Approval of a Reauthorized Managed Care Organization Tax Now Appears More Likely

Dec 21, 2018 - The MCO tax package cut other taxes paid by some MCOs and certain affiliated health insurance companies. Specifically, certain types of income currently subject to the corporation tax is exempted from taxation and certain premium revenue is subject to a 0  percent insurance tax (also known as the gross premiums tax) rate during the period in which the MCO tax is in effect.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3915

Issues That Could Impact Californians' Health Care Coverage in 2023 and Beyond

Dec 16, 2022 - In addition, insurance companies could raise premiums to cover increased costs due to inflation. If this happens, employers would face higher costs to provide employer ‑sponsored insurance and might make changes to the benefits they provide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4654

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

Aug 17, 2023 - Bonds are a way that the state (as well as local governments and private companies) borrows money. The state sells bonds to investors to receive “up-front ” funding for projects and then repays investors, with interest, over a period of time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The  Governor ’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO ‑Biz) would allocate tax credits to companies that are developing green energy technologies. Credit recipients would be required to share future profits with the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Health Budget and Policy

Oct 15, 2020 - CDPH also is party to a new state contract —for up to $1.7  billion —with diagnostics company PerkinElmer. The agreement involves opening a new lab in California to increase the number of diagnostic tests processed each day by 150,000 (which more than doubles the number currently processed each day).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4281

The 2022-23 Budget: Health Care Access and Affordability

Feb 23, 2022 - In addition, the production of insulin is heavily dominated by a handful of companies. Due  to the high prices and market consolidation, a  state partnership to produce and distribute generic insulin has the potential to be an appropriate focus under S B  852 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4560

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 25, 2019 - The company has worked with a number of other states to evaluate rate setting in their developmental services systems, including Arizona, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Virginia.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3952

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 24, 2017 - While DDS is using the same independent monitoring company that it used at Sonoma DC, whose units were decertified, it believes the lessons learned at Sonoma by this monitor can be leveraged at Fairview and Porterville DCs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3581