The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - The waiver increases the number of slots available, expands the community transition services, adds pediatric day health centers licensed to operate a transitional health care needs optional services unit, increases the rate paid to personal care agencies, and adds assistive technology and paramedical services as se rvices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - To encourage survey completion, the department offered trainings to providers on the data collection surveys and sent weekly e ‑mail reminders to remind providers to submit their data before the deadline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - Most of the decrease in fee revenu e would result in fewer supplemental payments to private hospitals. There also will be less revenue available to fund existing service levels in Medi ‑Cal, which the administration estimates will cost $652  million General Fund in 2026 ‑27 to backfill.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

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

Mar 15, 2021 - At a high level, the plan should ( 1)  e nsure people have access to certain highly integrated Medi ‑Cal/Medicare health plans, ( 2)  i ncorporate best practices from past state integration efforts, ( 3)  r equire strong consumer protections, ( 4)  e nsure dual eligibles are eligible for all CalAIM services, ( 5)  i mplement a comprehensive set of Medi ‑Cal HCBS,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - In addition, the 2021 ‑22 budget provided HCAI  with $60  million General Fund to support the Song ‑Brown Program, intended to increase the number of primary care providers statewide by funding primary care residency training slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Once local public health laboratories receive test results from commercial laboratories they may perform higher-complexity tests to further characterize the disea se and help inform other public health agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - Under the health trailer bill, pharmacy benefit managers must now receive licenses from th e Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) to operate in California. To maintain licensure, these entities must (1)  act in a payor ’s best interests; (2)  submit financial statements to DMHC; and (3)  submit drug pricing data to HCAI, among other requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - How much of these savings accru e to California, however, is uncertain. California could choose to continue streamlining eligibility policies, even absent federal enforcement of the new rules. Recoupments for Excess Payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Change in Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission’s Role

Jul 13, 2023 - At a recent budget hearing, when asked if there was a problem that the Governor ’s proposal was intended to address with the reorganization, the administration responded that there is not a problem per se, but an opportunity to better coordinate the state ’s multiple behavioral health initiatives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4781

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

Feb 5, 2025 - One key reason seems to be limited data on the existing capacity —in terms of inpatient beds or outpatient slots —in most behavioral health facility types. While the quantitative estimates of shortages of other facility types may be limited, alternative evidence of the need for more behavioral health facilities comes from the survey data described earlier indicating that more Californians need behavioral health services than are receiving them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954