---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: electronic records."
description: "Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 945"
citation: "California SB 945 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: electronic records."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Health"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-03-31"
last_action: "2011-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbcc4b2e-dc44-4b60-8f09-195b1700c935"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB945"
source_hash: "07d29a5014c2e07fc3bc22081e60cfbc6b2946431d8ff3e6a121c72d6c470c98"
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 SB 945 (20112012) — Medi-Cal: electronic records.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/31/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB945&version=20110SB94599INT)
2. **05/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB945&version=20110SB94598AMD)
3. **10/02/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB945&version=20110SB94596CHP)
4. **SB945** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB945)
5. **09/02/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB945&version=20110SB94597ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #4 SB945 Committee on Health — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 945 HEALTH Third Reading Urgency By PAN — **74–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Health — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-03-31** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-04-01** From printer. May be acted upon on or after May 1.
- **2011-04-07** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-21** Set for hearing May 4.
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 886.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-16** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-20** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1123.) (May 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-06-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1284.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-13** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-18** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 2781.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-01** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2011-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
- **2011-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 433, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbcc4b2e-dc44-4b60-8f09-195b1700c935`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).