Conference Committee
The joint Budget Conference Committee commenced hearing health
and human services issues on Monday, June 2. All human services
items were held open. The majority of the health items were also
held open; however the Conference Committee took the following
actions on four items:
Medi-Cal Mandatory Expansion – The Committee adopted the
Assembly’s proposal to reduce the Governor proposed estimates of
Medi-Cal costs for 2014-15 by $342 million, based on the LAO’s
refined estimate.