An apparatus configured to code video information according to SHVC and/or MV-HEVC, the apparatus comprising: a memory unit configured to store video information associated with a base layer and an enhancement layer, the BL having a BL picture in a first access unit, and the EL having an EL picture in the first access unit, wherein the BL picture is an intra random access point (IRAP) picture and the EL picture is a layer initialization picture that is not an IRAP picture, and wherein the BL picture has a NoClrasOutputFlag associated therewith and wherein the BL picture is associated with a smallest layer ID of all layer IDs used for the video information; and a processor in communication with the memory unit, the processor configured to: determine whether a value of NoClrasOutputFlag is equal to a first value, wherein the NoClrasOutputFlag is indicative of whether a cross-layer random access skip (CL-RAS) picture is to be output, wherein a CL-RAS picture is an EL picture that is not an IRAP picture and is in the same access unit as a BL IRAP picture; set a value of a NoOutputOfPriorPicsFlag associated with the EL picture equal to a second value if the NoClrasOutputFlag is equal to the first value; and remove, when the value of the NoOutputOfPriorPicsFlag is equal to the second value, one or more EL pictures in a decoded picture buffer without outputting the one or more EL pictures before the EL picture is coded. a memory unit configured to store video information associated with a base layer and an enhancement layer, the BL having a BL picture in a first access unit, and the EL having an EL picture in the first access unit, wherein the BL picture is an intra random access point (IRAP) picture and the EL picture is a layer initialization picture that is not an IRAP picture, and wherein the BL picture has a NoClrasOutputFlag associated therewith and wherein the BL picture is associated with a smallest layer ID of all layer IDs used for the video information; and a processor in communication with the memory unit, the processor configured to: determine whether a value of NoClrasOutputFlag is equal to a first value, wherein the NoClrasOutputFlag is indicative of whether a cross-layer random access skip (CL-RAS) picture is to be output, wherein a CL-RAS picture is an EL picture that is not an IRAP picture and is in the same access unit as a BL IRAP picture; set a value of a NoOutputOfPriorPicsFlag associated with the EL picture equal to a second value if the NoClrasOutputFlag is equal to the first value; and remove, when the value of the NoOutputOfPriorPicsFlag is equal to the second value, one or more EL pictures in a decoded picture buffer without outputting the one or more EL pictures before the EL picture is coded. determine whether a value of NoClrasOutputFlag is equal to a first value, wherein the NoClrasOutputFlag is indicative of whether a cross-layer random access skip (CL-RAS) picture is to be output, wherein a CL-RAS picture is an EL picture that is not an IRAP picture and is in the same access unit as a BL IRAP picture; set a value of a NoOutputOfPriorPicsFlag associated with the EL picture equal to a second value if the NoClrasOutputFlag is equal to the first value; and remove, when the value of the NoOutputOfPriorPicsFlag is equal to the second value, one or more EL pictures in a decoded picture buffer without outputting the one or more EL pictures before the EL picture is coded.