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Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board
Healthy Families Program
CURRENT YEAR
The Healthy Families Program (HFP) is expected to serve a total of 844,283 children by June 30, 2007, an increase of 73,128, or 9.5 percent, from June 30, 2006. The May Revision projects an overall expenditure increase of $1.3 million ($2.5 million General Fund, -$1.2 million other funds), to $1.0 billion ($362.2 million General Fund), from the level anticipated in the Governor's Budget. This primarily is due to an additional caseload of 2,600 children. Other funds are down by $1.2 million due largely to a delay in starting the web-based Health-e-App project. The design and development phase of this project is anticipated to be completed in late 2007, with the roll-out occurring in the spring of 2008. These costs are therefore shifted to 2007-08.
The state has been notified by the federal government that the HFP to Medi-Cal Bridge (Bridge) program will no longer qualify for federal financial participation. The Bridge provides children with two additional months of HFP coverage when HFP has determined that a child's household income is below HFP eligibility requirements at annual eligibility review. Approximately 2,000 new children per month receive coverage through the Bridge. The May Revision proposes to continue the Bridge as a state-only program at a cost of $1.5 million General Fund in the current year.
BUDGET YEAR
The May Revision projects an overall expenditure increase of $23.8 million ($8.2 million General Fund), to $1.1 billion ($400.4 million General Fund), from the level anticipated in the Governor's Budget. The increase in General Fund is primarily due to a 3.1-percent increase in the average monthly capitation payment for health, dental and vision services.
Between June 2007 and June 2008, enrollment in HFP is projected to grow from 844,283 children to 919,516 children, an 8.9 percent increase. Projected caseload as of the May Revision reflects updates to the impact of various proposals included in the Governor's Budget that promote and maximize enrollment in HFP, improve the retention of children already enrolled, and support county-based efforts to enroll eligible children.
The May Revision proposes to convert the Bridge Program to a Medi-Cal presumptive eligibility program starting on July 1, 2007. The state will receive 50 percent federal participation by converting to presumptive eligibility rather than 100 percent General Fund costs as a state-only program.
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Proposed Budget Summary - Health and Human Services (January 2007)
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