--- type: "Bill" title: "Health care programs: provider reimbursement rates." description: "Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care benefits." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20092010" identifier: "AB 896" citation: "California AB 896 (20092010)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Health care programs: provider reimbursement rates."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"] version_count: 6 action_count: 28 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2009-02-26" last_action: "2009-10-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/290ca276-93b4-494c-a81e-99e3ee8656f7" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB896" source_hash: "ff7b3baf55dadfd801ec3a7a26326192421b98dc28f1aac145feb697818050b5" 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 896 (20092010) — Health care programs: provider reimbursement rates. Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care benefits. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/26/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB896&version=20090AB89699INT) 2. **09/08/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB896&version=20090AB89698AMD) 3. **09/10/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB896&version=20090AB89697AMD) 4. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB896&version=20090AB89695CHP) 5. **AB896** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB896) 6. **09/21/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB896&version=20090AB89696ENR) ## Votes - Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower - AB 896 GALGIANI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower - W/O REF. TO FILE AB896 Galgiani By Alquist — **pass** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower - AB 896 GALGIANI Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Galgiani — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2009-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2009-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29. - **2009-03-23** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2009-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2009-04-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2009-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2009-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1851.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2009-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2009-06-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2009-06-29** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file. - **2009-08-27** In committee: Held under submission. - **2009-09-08** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. - **2009-09-08** (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2280.) - **2009-09-08** 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` - **2009-09-09** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file. - **2009-09-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-09-10** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2009-09-10** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. - **2009-09-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2009-09-11** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file. - **2009-09-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 2460.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2009-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2009-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3410.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2009-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m. - **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 260, Statutes of 2009. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/290ca276-93b4-494c-a81e-99e3ee8656f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).