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

Mar 6, 2025 - Community Supports are an optional benefit that MCPs may offer to eligible members. When Community Supports first became available in January 2022, only five Community Supports were offered by at least half of all MCPs and only two MCPs offered all Community Supports.
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 - In order to provide individuals appropriate care, the behavioral health system must offer a wide range of services in a variety of settings, commonly referred to as a continuum of care. Ideally, behavioral health services would be provided in the righ t settings and offered in sufficient supply to allow for individuals to move through this continuum as their needs change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - In concept, CalRx aims to offer lower ‑cost drugs to the market, offering less costly alternatives to consumers and creating more competition. According to HCAI, several months after the Naloxone Distribution Project began using CalRx as the primary supplier, the program ’s previous supplier notably reduced its prices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

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

Mar 6, 2025 - Beginning in the mid ‑2010s, the state began to offer full ‑scope (comprehensive) services to all individuals regardless of immigration status. (The  state General Fund fully incurs the costs of services provided beyond the partially federally funded restricted ‑scope services.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Health Care Access and Information

Feb 27, 2024 - Also, one ho spital —Beverly Hospital —declined its loan offer after it was acquired by another private entity. Figure 6 Most Hospital Loans Have Been Fully Executed Loan Awarded in Distressed Hospital Loan Program (In Millions) Hospital
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: Equity Considerations

Mar 12, 2021 - Second, while ILOS offerings would vary regionally depending on which ILOS plans elect to provide, overall, such services offerings are likely to expand relative to today under existing programs. Third, CalAIM would consolidate Whole Person Care and Health Homes within a single suite of programs operated or arranged by managed care plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4402

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: New Directions for Services for Seniors and Persons With Disabilities

Mar 15, 2021 - Today, managed care plans may offer such services but would not be reimbursed for the associated costs. Many of the services that could be offered as ILOS benefits currently are provided through existing LTSS programs, including personal care and home care services, medically tailored meals, and home modifications such as wheelchair accessible ramps.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404

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

Aug 17, 2023 - In order to provide individuals appropriate care, the behavioral health system must offer a wide range of services in a variety of settings, commonly referred to as a continuum of care. Ideally, behavioral health services would be offered in sufficien t supply to allow for individuals to move through this continuum as their needs change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

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

May 21, 2021 - Consequently, in concept, there should not be a gap in the ability of managed care plans to offer these services. The May Revision Medi ‑Cal proposal does not augment other programs or services that correspond to the other 13 ILOS that could begin to be offered in January 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4436

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - Additionally, the current proposal expands the list of nontraditional Medi-Cal benefits that may be offered to enrollees to include asthma remediation services. Resolve Key Outstanding Questions About the Proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309