---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental retardation: change of term to intellectual disabilities."
description: "Existing federal Medicaid provisions require a state to describe its Medicaid program in its state plan, which is required by federal law to provide for, among other things, a public process for determination of rates of payment under the plan for hospital services, nursing facility services, and services of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2370"
citation: "California AB 2370 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental retardation: change of term to intellectual disabilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mansoor"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff56d000-df52-4b64-883f-68de3c6c18f0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2370"
source_hash: "f22962f3fef37dfe334f734849a49af7b3aca636ad1ea8820838807dbf8f6bce"
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 2370 (20112012) — Mental retardation: change of term to intellectual disabilities.

Existing federal Medicaid provisions require a state to describe its Medicaid program in its state plan, which is required by federal law to provide for, among other things, a public process for determination of rates of payment under the plan for hospital services, nursing facility services, and services of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2370&version=20110AB237099INT)
2. **04/09/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2370&version=20110AB237098AMD)
3. **06/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2370&version=20110AB237097AMD)
4. **06/20/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2370&version=20110AB237096AMD)
5. **08/15/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2370&version=20110AB237095AMD)
6. **08/29/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2370&version=20110AB237094AMD)
7. **09/22/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2370&version=20110AB237092CHP)
8. **AB2370** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2370)
9. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2370&version=20110AB237093ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2370 Mansoor By Strickland — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2370 MANSOOR Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2370 MANSOOR Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2370 Mansoor By Strickland — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2370 MANSOOR Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mansoor — primary (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Perea — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)
- Valadao — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
- Yamada — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4374.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-26** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-06** 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`
- **2012-06-19** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-21** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-06-21** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-07-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4650.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6246.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-29** Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
- **2012-08-29** Action rescinded whereby the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2012-08-29** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2012-08-29** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2012-08-29** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-08-29** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-29** Pursuant to Joint Rule 33.1,
- **2012-08-29** Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Page 4984.)
- **2012-08-29** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5048.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2012-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 6757.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 448, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff56d000-df52-4b64-883f-68de3c6c18f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).