---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: proof of eligibility."
description: "Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care services. Existing law provides that it is the responsibility of the Medi-Cal beneficiary to provide information and evidence of Medi-Cal eligibility to that person's health care provider if that information is requested by the provider prior to rendering services to that beneficiary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1142"
citation: "California AB 1142 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: proof of eligibility."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Price"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4adabf0-a2ea-401c-997d-a2c1a565042f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1142"
source_hash: "7ea24cfd6d8188209991de6fad1e7b422c6a42882e642f40ce83d8d9e91be089"
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 1142 (20092010) — Medi-Cal: proof of eligibility.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care services. Existing law provides that it is the responsibility of the Medi-Cal beneficiary to provide information and evidence of Medi-Cal eligibility to that person's health care provider if that information is requested by the provider prior to rendering services to that beneficiary.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1142&version=20090AB114299INT)
2. **04/14/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1142&version=20090AB114298AMD)
3. **04/28/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1142&version=20090AB114297AMD)
4. **06/28/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1142&version=20090AB114296AMD)
5. **08/17/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1142&version=20090AB114295AMD)
6. **09/01/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1142&version=20090AB114294AMD)
7. **09/03/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1142&version=20090AB114293AMD)
8. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1142&version=20090AB114291CHP)
9. **AB1142** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1142)
10. **09/16/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1142&version=20090AB114292ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1142 Concurrence in Senate Amendments By HALL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1142 Price — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1142 PRICE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Price — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-27** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (April 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-28** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 29. Page 1682.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-06-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (June 24). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-28** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-08-17** (Corrected August 17.)
- **2009-08-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-08-24** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2009-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (August 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 2297.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2009-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 3279.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 511, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4adabf0-a2ea-401c-997d-a2c1a565042f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).