--- type: "Bill" title: "Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly." description: "Existing law establishes the federal Medicaid program, administered by each state, California's version of which is the Medi-Cal program. The Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services under the direction of the Director of Health Care Services, provides qualified low-income persons with health care services." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20092010" identifier: "AB 577" citation: "California AB 577 (20092010)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Bonnie Lowenthal"] version_count: 8 action_count: 31 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2009-02-25" last_action: "2009-10-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/367d6cb3-c8d4-4e6e-a099-0f90ffaa98c8" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB577" source_hash: "f118270f25e5bde29c91f77354581ed91a742c8585133c71534f01d741f55976" 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 577 (20092010) — Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. Existing law establishes the federal Medicaid program, administered by each state, California's version of which is the Medi-Cal program. The Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services under the direction of the Director of Health Care Services, provides qualified low-income persons with health care services. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/25/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB577&version=20090AB57799INT) 2. **04/13/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB577&version=20090AB57798AMD) 3. **05/26/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB577&version=20090AB57797AMD) 4. **06/11/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB577&version=20090AB57796AMD) 5. **08/31/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB577&version=20090AB57795AMD) 6. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB577&version=20090AB57793CHP) 7. **AB577** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB577) 8. **09/10/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB577&version=20090AB57794ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower - AB 577 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower - Assembly 3rd Reading AB577 Bonnie Lowenthal By Leno — **pass** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper - AB 577 LOWENTHAL Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Bonnie Lowenthal — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2009-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2009-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28. - **2009-04-13** Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C. and HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2009-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2009-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. `referral-committee` - **2009-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2009-04-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2009-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2009-05-11** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1468.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2009-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2009-05-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2009-05-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2009-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2009-06-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2009-06-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2009-07-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2009-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-07-15** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. - **2009-07-16** Ordered to third reading. - **2009-07-16** To inactive file on motion of Senator Lowenthal. - **2009-08-31** From inactive file. To second reading. - **2009-08-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-09-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2108.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2009-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2009-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3097.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2009-09-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m. - **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 456, Statutes of 2009. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/367d6cb3-c8d4-4e6e-a099-0f90ffaa98c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).