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

Mar 6, 2025 - 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 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - Though initially enacted via executive order , Medi‑Cal Rx later became permanent in state law when voters enacted Proposition 34 (2024) . Net Spending on Drugs Driven by Two Key Components. Medi ‑Cal pharmacy spending generally consists of two key components: Gross Payment for Drugs and Pharmacy Services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

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

Feb 5, 2025 - Statute, however, also provided DHCS discretion in the extent to which some of these conditions are required in order to receive grant funding. In  practice, these conditions of assistance have been applied throughout the program. 2024 ‑25 Budget Package Reduced Funding by $451   Million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - While inflation has slowed, drug prices vary considerably, with some drugs orders of magnitude more expensive than others. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

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

Mar 6, 2025 - In order to support the implementation of ECM and Community Supports, the state implemented the PATH initiative and the Incentive Payment Program (IPP) to help create and expand program infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

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

Feb 16, 2023 - The grants are available to cities, counties, tribes, nonprofits, and corporations. Grant funding can be used to construct, acquire, or renovate facilities, activities that are generally expected to occur over multiple years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4689

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - Individuals who have been tried with a felony but are deemed by a mental health professional to be IST are referred to DSH for treatment, with the goal of restoring them to competency in order to proceed with their felony trials.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

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

Mar 3, 2022 - Specifically, (1)  tribal entities will be required to provide a 5  percent match; (2)  counties, cities, and nonprofits will be required to provide a 10  percent match; and (3)  for ‑profit or private organizations, in partnership with counties, will be required to provide a 25  percent match.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4569

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

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 13, 2024 - Accordingly, throughout this section, we raise key questions for the administration in order for the Legislature to fully consider the merits of the  proposal. State Has Recent Experience With Master Planning Process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4837