---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health care: Medi-Cal: demonstration project waivers."
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 services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal Hospital/Uninsured Care Demonstration Project Act, which revises hospital supplemental payment methodologies under the Medi-Cal program in order to maximize the use of federal funds consistent with federal Medicaid law and to stabilize the distribution of funding for hospitals that provide care to Medi-Cal beneficiaries and uninsured patients. This demonstration project provides for funding, in supplementation of Medi-Cal reimbursement, to various hospitals, including designated public hospitals, nondesignated public hospitals, and private hospitals, as defined, in accordance with certain provisions relating to disproportionate share hospitals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1066"
citation: "California AB 1066 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public health care: Medi-Cal: demonstration project waivers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Pérez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d754a31-d7d3-4f4a-9092-b1551d635355"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1066"
source_hash: "af75ae1c675e76c78950a57c709f42653165fc3173dfeb67f95500f0355d9168"
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 1066 (20112012) — Public health care: Medi-Cal: demonstration project waivers.

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 services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal Hospital/Uninsured Care Demonstration Project Act, which revises hospital supplemental payment methodologies under the Medi-Cal program in order to maximize the use of federal funds consistent with federal Medicaid law and to stabilize the distribution of funding for hospitals that provide care to Medi-Cal beneficiaries and uninsured patients. This demonstration project provides for funding, in supplementation of Medi-Cal reimbursement, to various hospitals, including designated public hospitals, nondesignated public hospitals, and private hospitals, as defined, in accordance with certain provisions relating to disproportionate share hospitals.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1066&version=20110AB106699INT)
2. **04/04/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1066&version=20110AB106698AMD)
3. **05/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1066&version=20110AB106697AMD)
4. **06/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1066&version=20110AB106696AMD)
5. **07/15/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1066&version=20110AB106694CHP)
6. **AB1066** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1066)
7. **07/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1066&version=20110AB106695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1066 PÉREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1066 John A. Pérez By Hernandez Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1066 PÉREZ, J. Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John A. Pérez — primary (person)
- Monning — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-14** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1352.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-05** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1713.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-07-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2227.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
- **2011-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 86, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d754a31-d7d3-4f4a-9092-b1551d635355`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).