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

Mar 15, 2021 - Because the impacts are not borne by the entity taking action, that entity has limited financial incentive to limit overall costs or maximize overall benefits for a particular total level of expenditure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404

The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Feb 28, 2019 - Associated costs would be covered by a combination of Proposition   56 t obacco tax revenues and federal funding for Medi ‑Cal. Notably, state policy currently requires Medi ‑Cal managed care plans to provide such screenings, and thus, some portion of the proposed one million screenings currently occurs and would occur even absent the Governor ’s proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Department of State Hospitals Budget

Feb 11, 2020 - The Governor ’s budget proposes total expenditures of about $2. 3  b illion ($2. 1  b illion from the General Fund) for DSH operations in 2020 ‑21. This represents an increase of $ 232  m illion ( 11  p ercent) from the revised 2019 ‑ 20 l evel.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4154

The 2019-20 Budget: Undoing California’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals

Mar 26, 2019 - As we noted in our report The 2019‑20 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget , in recent years Medi-Cal expenditures have become increasingly difficult to project. Significant, unanticipated changes to the Medi-Cal budget have become routine.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3988

Analysis of California’s Physician-Supervision Requirement for Certified Nurse Midwives

Mar 11, 2020 - In an effort to ensure safety and quality, California state law places occupational licensing restrictions on who may provide childbirth and reproductive-related health care services to women. These restrictions include a requirement that nurse midwives may only practice under the supervision of a licensed physician.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4197

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 25, 2019 - For example, in the current budget proposal, DDS has revised downward —by $144. 2  m illion ($81. 9  m illion General Fund) —its previously estimated costs in 2018 ‑19 associated with the January 1, 2018 and January 1, 2019 m inimum wage increases, based on actual expenditures from 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3952

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Carve Out of Medi-Cal Pharmacy Services From Managed Care

Apr 5, 2019 - Rather, these earnings would largely convert into state savings in the form of lower prescription drug expenditures. Reduction in Funding for Medi ‑Cal Managed Care Plans. Funding for Medi ‑Cal managed care plans would likely be reduced by between 15  p ercent and 20  p ercent under the carve out.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3997

The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs [Publication Details]

Feb 28, 2019 - In this report, we evaluate three Governor's budget proposals related to early intervention services for infants and toddlers with special needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3954

The 2019-20 Budget: Using Proposition 56 Funding in Medi-Cal to Improve Access to Quality Care

Feb 22, 2019 - These concerns led to Proposition   56 —which raises state taxes on tobacco products and dedicates the majority of associated revenues to Medi ‑Cal on an ongoing basis —being put on the statewide ballot in November 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3949