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

Feb 5, 2025 - From the three ‑year period of 2008 ‑2010 to three ‑year period of 2017 ‑2019, the share of California adults with SMI increased by around 50  percent, with the share of California young adults with SMI nearly doubling over the period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - This is because h igh-risk populations have greater access to health coverage following federal enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010. With the end of MRMIP, the spending plan reallocates the program ’s funding source —fines and penalties paid by health plans —to help offset General Fund spending in Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Feb 14, 2024 - That said, the analysis also found that annual adjustments to these payments since 2010 have not kept pace with the growth in medical costs, though spending per beneficiary (which accounts for the volume and intensity of services rendered, in addition to costs) kept closer pace with inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4838

Mental Health Services Act: Revenue Volatility and the Governor’s Proposal to Reduce Allowable County Reserves

Jul 13, 2023 - While 2022-23 was the largest single year-over-year decrease in MHSA revenue, the combined decrease over 2010-11 and 2011-12 combined was 39  percent; thus, we would describe the 2022-23 decrease as a large but not unprecedented decrease.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4780

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Enterprise System Modernization Effort

Feb 17, 2021 - To better align some Medi ‑Cal IT systems with MITA and benefit from the available enhanced federal funding, DHCS started a number of Medi ‑Cal IT system modernization initiatives, including CA ‑MMIS Modernization in 2010, the Comprehensive Behavioral Health Data System in 2015, and MEDS Modernization in 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4375

The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion

May 5, 2023 - As part of a series of federal Medicaid authorizations in 2010, the state received approval from the federal government to pilot new approaches to better coordinate CCS and non-CCS services. According to DHCS, these pilots were intended to improve health outcomes and patient and provider satisfaction while also slowing the rate of growth in spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4767

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

Aug 17, 2023 - These debt service costs are about as low as they have been in recent decades, and roughly half of debt service costs at their recent peak of about 6  percent in 2010 ‑11. Several Bond Proposals Currently Under Consideration in the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

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

Nov 9, 2021 - In 2010, 74 p ercent of consumers were enrolled in Medi ‑Cal, whereas today, 79 p ercent are enrolled. Among children, enrollment has increased by more than 10 p ercentage points since 2010, from 59 p ercent to 71 p ercent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4471

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Health

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, data from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) show that from 2010 through 2019, California experienced roughly 600 deaths for which heat was the primary cause of death, and other analyses that attempt to measure impacts on overall mortality estimate an additional 3,300 deaths for which heat was a contributing factor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4580

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, an estimated  172 million trees have died in California’s forests since 2010 due to multiple years of low moisture and drought conditions, high temperatures, and resulting bark beetle infestations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575