---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: organ transplants: antirejection medication."
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. Under existing law, organ transplants and donor surgeries are covered as reimbursable services under the Medi-Cal program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2352"
citation: "California AB 2352 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: organ transplants: antirejection medication."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Perez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ea7334a-1d35-4a38-9944-c34b1ab2243e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2352"
source_hash: "ba4fc555d65ad6a007d90e625b39e7215356eff144cba701f039f550e07f9b2a"
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 2352 (20092010) — Medi-Cal: organ transplants: antirejection medication.

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. Under existing law, organ transplants and donor surgeries are covered as reimbursable services under the Medi-Cal program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2352&version=20090AB235299INT)
2. **07/15/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2352&version=20090AB235298AMD)
3. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2352&version=20090AB235296CHP)
4. **AB2352** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2352)
5. **09/10/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2352&version=20090AB235297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2352 John A. Perez By Emmerson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2352 PEREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2352 PEREZ, J. Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John A. Perez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-05** 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, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 12. Page 5397.) `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`
- **2010-07-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 23). `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: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-16** Received August 13 pursuant to Joint Rule 61(b)(14)
- **2010-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 4817.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-25** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 6645.)
- **2010-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 66. Noes 11. Page 6834.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 676, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ea7334a-1d35-4a38-9944-c34b1ab2243e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).