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

Mar 15, 2021 - As a result, ensuring that Medi ‑Cal beneficiaries are receiving all the services they require, or that beneficiaries ’ care is being effectively coordinated between the various programs they have accessed, without duplication or gaps in services is difficult.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Community Care Demonstration Project

Feb 19, 2021 - This increase predominantly is attributed to ( 1)  D SH suspending admissions of all patients for the first few months of the pandemic and ( 2)  D SH admitting patients in smaller batches once the suspension of admissions was lifted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4382

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

Feb 27, 2024 - As Figure  4 shows, the Governor proposes to delay or reduce spending across several limited-term workforce initiatives. The proposal impacts General Fund and Mental Health Services Fund spending. We describe the proposals further below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - As Figure  4 shows, the top 30 drugs in terms of spending (out of about 950 drug categories) represented less than 20  percent of all prescriptions (left column) but more than 50  percent of gross spending (right column).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Restructuring of the MHSA Funding Categories and Impacts on County Spending

Jul 13, 2023 - Figure  4 shows how we estimate current program expenditure levels would align with the proposed categories. Based on current expenditures, counties would need to increase spending on FSP and Housing Intervention, substantially so in the case of Housing Interventions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4782

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

Mar 6, 2025 - (The ECM program changes made in 2025 will not be reflected in our assessment and coul d increase utilization of the ECM benefit.) Community Supports Services MCPs Have Expanded the Number of Community Supports Available Over Time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - We estimate this reinstatement will result in about 90,000 fewer seniors (4  percent) in Medi ‑Cal by 2029 ‑30 relative to the baseline. Our estimates are informed by previous analyses on the effect of the asset limit elimination .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

Considering Medi-Cal in the Midst of a Changing Fiscal and Policy Landscape

Oct 24, 2025 - With the tax expected to shrink, providers likely will not receive the larger augmentations planne d for 2027. Private Hospital Fee Also Could Decline Over Time … Federal policy changes also likely will result in a smaller private hospital fee, though for different reasons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - To mitigate disenrollment impacts of the H.R. 1 requirements, the administration generally plans to require enrollees to d emonstrate a single month of qualifying activities at application and renewal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The budget includes proposals for two new business tax credit  programs: Climate Change Research and Development (R &D) Credit. This new credit would be available to companies headquartered in California that are spending on R &D activities related to mitigating climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492