On Wednesday, Governor Jerry Brown released his proposed FY 2018-19 State Budget, marking his final budget proposal of his eight year term. The $190.3 billion ($131.7 billion General Fund) budget includes a $6.1 billion surplus in revenues and would dedicate $3.5 billion of the surplus to the state’s rainy day fund, achieving the constitutional target…
Read More »Governor Jerry Brown will release his proposed FY 2018-2019 state budget next week on Wednesday, January 10. Following the release on Wednesday, CHEAC will provide an overview of the Governor’s budget. Stay tuned for more information.
Read More »Today, Senator Richard Pan, on behalf of the Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services, held an oversight hearing to examine provider network adequacy in different managed care models in California. The hearing featured a presentation from Mari Cantwell, Chief Deputy Director of the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), on the…
Read More »This week, the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) released its annual California Spending Plan to summarize the annual state budget that was just passed by the Legislature and signed into law by Governor Brown. This publication is the first preliminary report of the 2017-2018 budget; the LAO will release an updated version of the publication,…
Read More »On Tuesday this week, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a $183 billion ($125 billion General Fund) state budget without issuing any vetoes. The newly-signed budget goes into effect starting July 1, and notably increases spending on Medi-Cal, education, child care, and transportation infrastructure. The budget also provides $1.8 billion to the rainy day fund…
Read More »Despite the bulk of 2017-18 budget trailer bills being passed by the Legislature last week to meet the June 15 Constitutional deadline, both houses resumed work on remaining trailer bills upon Monday’s return to Sacramento. The week began with the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee convening a hearing on bills that did not meet…
Read More »The Legislature worked tirelessly this week to pass the 2017-18 budget package by the June 15 Constitutional deadline. The week began with both houses convening full budget committee hearings on the trailer bills, with the Assembly taking an information-only approach and the Senate taking up a vote. The hearings allowed members of the budget subcommittees…
Read More »Last night, the Budget Conference Committee adjourned shortly after 11:00 pm, concluding their work to reconcile the Senate and Assembly versions of the 2017-18 Budget. The Legislature reached agreements to: Adopt the Governor’s revenue estimates with the exception of using the LAO’s property tax estimates; Increase funding for after-school programs; Restore adult dental and optical…
Read More »The Budget Conference Committee convened hearings this week to reconcile differences in the budget plans adopted by both houses. Senator Mitchell, the chair of the Conference Committee, announced the committee’s intent to cover Education and Health and Human Services issues today. At the time of this writing, Education discussions are in progress and Health and…
Read More »After months of Subcommittee budget hearings, the full Senate and Assembly Budget Committees convened hearings to adopt their respective spending plans. Actions consistent within both spending plans include: Approving $30 million from Proposition 56 (Tobacco Tax) funding for the Oral Health Program. Adopting the Administration’s May Revision proposal to mitigate the impact of shifting In-Home…
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