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HCAI staff outline budget impacts, BH Connect waiver funding and HPD expansion
Summary
Staff summarized the governor's proposed 2025–26 budget items affecting HCAI: BH Connect Medi‑Cal waiver workforce funding, ongoing funding for the Health Care Payments Data Program (HPD), seismic hospital implementation funding and a diaper program; staff also announced HPD is accepting requests for non‑public data.
HCAI staff briefed the advisory committee on how the governor’s proposed 2025–26 budget could affect the agency’s programs and workstreams. The staff member said the budget, released Jan. 10, proposes ongoing support for HCAI programs, but also reflects a two‑year framework of reductions including elimination of 6,500 state positions and nearly 8% operational cuts; HCAI will be directly affected. The staff member underscored that the budget is a proposal and subject to the legislative process.
Two large items cited by staff were a Medi‑Cal demonstration waiver known as “BH Connect” and proposed ongoing funding for the Health Care Payments Data Program…
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