Newsom Signs California's 2026-27 Budget, Formalizing the One-Year FQHC UIS-PPS Reprieve
Issue
Governor Gavin Newsom signed California's 2026-27 state budget on June 29, 2026, including the Budget Act bills and the health trailer bill package. For California FQHCs, the signature matters because it converts the June budget deal from a negotiating position into enacted law: the major State-Only / Unsatisfactory-Immigration-Status clinic-payment reduction, UIS adult dental benefit cut, and Proposition 56 dental supplemental-payment cut move out of the July 1, 2026 operating window and into a July 1, 2027 planning horizon.
The Governor's release is the primary citation for the fact of signature; the companion June 11 Assembly floor-report item remains the detailed source for the $1.034B General Fund clinic-PPS appropriation and the 12-month reprieve mechanics.
Key points
- The signature date is June 29, 2026 — the budget is enacted, not merely pending signature.
- For FQHC operators, July 1, 2026 is no longer the UIS-PPS cliff date; it is the start of a one-year board-planning runway toward July 1, 2027.
- Keep the June 11 Assembly floor report paired with this source: the Governor release proves signature; the floor report supports the clinic-specific $1.034B PPS appropriation.
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- California's budget, the MCO tax and Proposition 35
The annual budget
- California's state-only Medi-Cal coverage
PPS reimbursement for state-only patients
FQHC Talent. (2026, June 29). Newsom Signs California's 2026-27 Budget, Formalizing the One-Year FQHC UIS-PPS Reprieve. Source: Governor of California. Retrieved October 6, 2026, from https://www.fqhctalent.com/intel/ca-newsom-signs-2026-27-budget-fqhc-reprieve-june-2026