Gov. Jerry Brown's May budget revision released on Thursday included about $381 million in health care revenue that wasn't in the previous January budget proposal. Health care advocates wondered which programs might be funded by the new federal money, but the governor has proposed absorbing it into the general fund.
The estimated $381 million comes from the federal Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
The state budget proposal calls this money "$381 million in savings."
"They're not demonstrating where they're spending that money, especially for children's health care. And that's where it's supposed to be spent," said Kathryn Dresslar with The Children's Partnership.
"That's a lot of money. We would like to see the administration make some kind of effort to address the serious questions of access for children, particularly dental access," Dresslar said.