The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - There are known problems with DDS meeting federal IDEA time line requirements in its Early Start program and in transitioning children from Part C to Part B. A statutorily required workgroup, including CDE and DDS, recently examined ways to improve Part C to Part B transitions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - Were this flexibility granted, California could have until January 2029, rather than January 2027 (as assumed i n our outlook), to fully implement the requirement. Were California to qualify, the two ‑year extension could shift the associated savings from disenrollments over a longer period of time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - LHJs will often tailor the focus of their public health services to the specifi c needs of their communities. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Is Responsible for a Number of Statewide Public Health Initiatives and Provides Guidance and Funding to LHJs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services

Nov 9, 2021 - Enrolling more DDS consumers under the age of 18 i n Medi ‑Cal and the waiver via institutional deeming would result in net costs to the state. While we estimate that enrolling an additional 7, 000 c hildren in Medi ‑Cal would save about $ 24 m illion General Fund in the DDS system, the other Medi ‑Cal costs for these children would be about $ 70 m illion General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4471

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

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

Feb 5, 2025 - We use the same classification system as the RAND Corporation, due to our reliance on their work in estimating regional shortfalls i n inpatient mental health facility capacity. Acute care facilities provide relatively short ‑term care to those with the highest needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Medi-Cal Student Services Funding Proposal

Feb 17, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Medi-Cal Student Services Funding Proposal The 2021-22 Budget Behavioral Health: Medi-Cal Student Services Funding Proposal This budget series post includes ( 1)  a n overview of the Governor ’s budget proposal in the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) requesting $ 200  m illion General Fund ($ 400  m illion total funds) one time
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4377

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - Other researchers, by contrast, estimate that the c ost to the state could be in the low hundreds of millions of dollars annually. For planning purposes, our outlook assumes an initial cost that falls in between these estimates (around $1  billion) and ramps it up over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4941

The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the May Revision Medi-Cal Budget

May 21, 2021 - Under CalAIM, as part of the suite of 14 i n ‑lieu ‑of ‑services (ILOS) benefits, Medi ‑Cal managed care plans could, for the first time, receive Medi ‑Cal reimbursement for the medically tailored meals delivered to their enrollees beginning in January 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4436

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

Feb 16, 2021 - The Governor ’s Medi ‑Cal budget includes $ 275  m illion General Fund to backfill this expected revenue decline in 2021 ‑ 22 i n order to sustain the provider payment increases Proposition  56 has supported.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373