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Department of Developmental Services requests $19 billion as rate reform and provider directory proceed
Summary
DDS director told the Senate subcommittee the governor's January budget proposes roughly $19 billion for developmental services in 2025–26, led by $2.6 billion for caseload growth and $410 million to annualize provider rate reform; LAO and senators pressed DDS on quality incentives, the statewide provider directory and IT modernization.
Pete Chervinko, Director of the California Department of Developmental Services, told Senate Budget Subcommittee 3 that the administration's proposed 2025'26 budget for developmental services is "just about $19,000,000,000," an increase of roughly $3.2 billion from the current year. Chervinko said the proposal includes about $2.6 billion to cover an anticipated caseload increase of 40,000 people and about $410 million to annualize the service provider rate reform that took effect Jan. 1.
The Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) raised oversight questions about rate reform's "quality incentive" (QIP) component and the department's large IT project, known as Lowest, which is intended to integrate regional centers' case…
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