---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: quality assurance fee revenue."
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 partially governed and funded as part of the federal Medicaid Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 188"
citation: "California AB 188 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: quality assurance fee revenue."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2009-02-02"
last_action: "2009-11-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baa4a208-61f1-4670-a555-7fe6584a2eb9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB188"
source_hash: "d26a2618479b91ec1bb78610dd73f5338cbe3beae7ae26a9aa100a9bca52cc2e"
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 188 (20092010) — Medi-Cal: quality assurance fee revenue.

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 partially governed and funded as part of the federal Medicaid Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB188&version=20090AB18899INT)
2. **09/04/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB188&version=20090AB18898AMD)
3. **10/14/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB188&version=20090AB18897AMD)
4. **11/05/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB188&version=20090AB18895CHP)
5. **AB188** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB188)
6. **10/26/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB188&version=20090AB18896ENR)

## Votes

- AB 188 Jones Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB188 Committee on BUDGET (Evans) Suspend Joint Rules — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 188 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By EVANS — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB188 Jones Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2009-03-31** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-27** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2009-04-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 0. Page 1226.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-11** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2009-06-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-20** To inactive file on motion of Senator Ducheny.
- **2009-09-03** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2009-09-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-04** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-10-14** Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 2519.)
- **2009-10-14** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-10-14** Joint Rule 10.5 suspended. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2520.)
- **2009-10-14** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2009-10-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 2532.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-10-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after October 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-10-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2009-10-26** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 61. Noes 8. Page 3550.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-10-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2009-11-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-11-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 645, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/baa4a208-61f1-4670-a555-7fe6584a2eb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).