---
type: "Bill"
title: "Care facilities: referrals: Medi-Cal payment for noncovered services."
description: "Care facilities: referrals: Medi-Cal payment for noncovered services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2821"
citation: "California AB 2821 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Care facilities: referrals: Medi-Cal payment for noncovered services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daucher"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b80ae10e-6d1e-43bd-82f5-012898373cc8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2821"
source_hash: "2e3f332ae56f1eeefded54ee743563d86982547095299df88b978cbe912192cc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2821 (20032004) — Care facilities: referrals: Medi-Cal payment for noncovered services.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2821&version=20030AB282199INT)
2. **04/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2821&version=20030AB282198AMD)
3. **06/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2821&version=20030AB282197AMD)
4. **08/10/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2821&version=20030AB282196AMD)
5. **09/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2821&version=20030AB282194CHP)
6. **AB2821** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2821)
7. **08/27/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2821&version=20030AB282195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2821 daucher by aanestad — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2821 daucher assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2821 daucher by aanestad — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2821 daucher concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Daucher — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2004-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 661, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7909.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 7945.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-26** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage`
- **2004-08-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 7775.). `referral-committee`
- **2004-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5197.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-08-16** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended. (Page 4963.)
- **2004-08-11** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-10** In Senate. Held at Desk. Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2004-07-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4524.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-23** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 7. Page 5619.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b80ae10e-6d1e-43bd-82f5-012898373cc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).