---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: hospitals: managed health care plans: mental health plans: quality assurance fee."
description: "Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1653"
citation: "California AB 1653 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: hospitals: managed health care plans: mental health plans: quality assurance fee."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2010-01-14"
last_action: "2010-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/759c7e46-c8fc-4851-b424-9192beeed338"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1653"
source_hash: "8e8fc64762b4736e7e7c8c6bb12a2224f13d202baf672867216d421fce092eb2"
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 1653 (20092010) — Medi-Cal: hospitals: managed health care plans: mental health plans: quality assurance fee.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/14/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1653&version=20090AB165399INT)
2. **07/15/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1653&version=20090AB165398AMD)
3. **08/02/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1653&version=20090AB165397AMD)
4. **08/17/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1653&version=20090AB165396AMD)
5. **08/20/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1653&version=20090AB165395AMD)
6. **08/27/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1653&version=20090AB165394AMD)
7. **09/08/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1653&version=20090AB165392CHP)
8. **AB1653** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1653)
9. **09/03/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1653&version=20090AB165393ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1653 Jones By Alquist — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1653 JONES Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1653 Jones Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)
- Alquist — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-01-15** From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
- **2010-01-27** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (April 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 14. Page 5417.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-10** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 30). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-08-02** 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`
- **2010-08-09** In committee: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2010-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (August 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-27** Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 7. Page 4959.)
- **2010-08-27** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 4960.). `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-27** (Corrected September 2.)
- **2010-08-27** Senate Rule 29.10 suspended.
- **2010-08-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 4961.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2010-08-30** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6819.)
- **2010-08-30** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6872.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2010-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 218, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/759c7e46-c8fc-4851-b424-9192beeed338`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).