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

Jan 10, 2021 - The administration estimates direct COVID-19 expenditures, which we do not consider discretionary, are higher by $4.4  billion compared to the budget act assumption. (We define direct COVID-19 expenditures to include expenses for testing, contact tracing, and vaccine distribution.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2020 - To relieve state budgetary pressure caused by the impacts of COVID ‑ 19 o n state tax revenues and Medicaid expenditures, Congress enacted legislation that provides for a temporary 6. 2  p ercentage point increase in the federal government ’s share of cost for state Medicaid programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4299

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Health Budget and Policy

Oct 15, 2020 - The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Health Budget and Policy ‑$252 ‑$2,114 a Original proposal refers to the MCO tax as reauthorized and proposed to the federal government for consideration in 2019. b The MCO tax is only authorized for a half year in 2022 ‑23. c Approved tax refers to the MCO tax as modified by the administration and approved by the federal government in April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4281

The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 10, 2023 - New MCO Tax Proposal. The Governor proposes implementing a new MCO tax from January 2024 through December 2026. Similar to previous versions of the tax, a portion of the resulting revenues would help offset Medi ‑Cal General Fund costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4675

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Recently, corporation tax collections have grown faster than anticipated while personal income tax collections have grown somewhat slower. The administration assumes that this pattern will continue. This is because they attribute the pattern to partnerships, which are taxed under the personal income tax, changing to corporations in response to 2017 federal tax changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget [Publication Details] Description: This brief provides an overview of the Governor’s proposed budget for Medi-Cal, assesses the administration’s assumptions on caseload and COVID-19-related policies, and analyzes the Governor’s managed care organization tax proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4675

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health 0.9 16.5 Note: Consists of Department of Health Care Services local assistance expenditures only. Excludes billions of dollars in state and local expenditures that are not directly tracked in Medi ‑Cal budget estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on Home- and Community- Based Services Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2022 - Given that the next quarterly report is due on April 2022, the administration will be required to provide updated funding and expenditure estimates and implementation updates to the federal government prior to the completion of the 2022 ‑23 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Health and Human Services

Oct 17, 2019 - Finally, the 2019 ‑20 spending plan reappropriates the unspent $5  million in General Fund provided to the Council in 2018 ‑19 to the Commission and makes the funding available for expenditure through 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4104

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - (In addition to the amounts shown, the Governor proposes using $1.5  billion of ARP fiscal relief funds to pay for the sate share of direct coronavirus disease 2019 expenditures, resulting in lower General Fund costs by that amount.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432