Health and Human Services
Proposed Workload Budget

The major workload adjustments for 2008-09 include the following:

  • Enrollment, Caseload, and Population Adjustments - $3.1 billion ($1.3 billion General Fund) including:
    • $607.4 million ($427.3 million General Fund) in the Department of Social Services;
    • $1.7 billion ($413.8 million General Fund) in the Department of Health Care Services, which includes federal funds for which the match is provided by other departments;
    • $511.9 million ($337.6 million General Fund) in the Department of Developmental Services; and
    • $190.6 million ($130.5 million General Fund) in the Department of Mental Health.
  • Statutory Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs): $301.4 million General Fund for statutory payment increases in the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) program and $131 million General Fund for statutory grant increases in the CalWORKs program.
  • $258 million General Fund backfill due to a lack of sufficient federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant funds to support the CalWORKs program.
  • $72.7 million ($36.4 million General Fund) to restore funding for savings that were recognized in the 2007 Budget Act for switching the basis used to establish the drug reimbursement component of pharmacy claims in Medi-Cal. Due to federal implementation delays and recent court actions, it is unlikely that these savings will be available in either 2007-08 or 2008-09.
  • An increase of $31.4 million ($18.4 million General Fund) to reflect the full-year cost of foster care rate increases that became effective January 1, 2008 and increased reimbursement rates in the Private Adoption Agency Reimbursement Payments Program that become effective February 1, 2008.
  • Decreases of $187.4 million in 2007-08 and $15.8 million in 2008-09 for baseline adjustments in the State-Local Realignment budget due to changes in projected sales tax and vehicle license fee revenues.
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CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS for Health and Human Services Back to Top

image of black pointing arrowProposed Workload Budget
 Proposed Budget-Balancing Reductions
 Other Special Session Issues
 Program Enhancements and Other Budget Adjustments

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