---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: Health Homes for Medi-Cal Enrollees and Section 1115 Waiver Demonstration Populations with Chronic and Complex Conditions."
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 federal law authorizes a state, subject to federal approval of a state plan amendment, to offer health home services, as defined, to eligible individuals with chronic conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 361"
citation: "California AB 361 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: Health Homes for Medi-Cal Enrollees and Section 1115 Waiver Demonstration Populations with Chronic and Complex Conditions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-14"
last_action: "2013-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d983e76-408d-4374-869d-8ffb0497269b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB361"
source_hash: "aa438ff9a6f42ae064769bed0206c4f2b9d8e57995ae6c6606d3ee99ddf80500"
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 361 (20132014) — Medi-Cal: Health Homes for Medi-Cal Enrollees and Section 1115 Waiver Demonstration Populations with Chronic and Complex Conditions.

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 federal law authorizes a state, subject to federal approval of a state plan amendment, to offer health home services, as defined, to eligible individuals with chronic conditions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB361&version=20130AB36199INT)
2. **04/04/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB361&version=20130AB36198AMD)
3. **05/24/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB361&version=20130AB36197AMD)
4. **06/19/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB361&version=20130AB36196AMD)
5. **09/03/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB361&version=20130AB36195AMD)
6. **09/06/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB361&version=20130AB36194AMD)
7. **10/08/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB361&version=20130AB36192CHP)
8. **AB361** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB361)
9. **09/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB361&version=20130AB36193ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **15–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 361 MITCHELL Assembly Third Reading — **54–23** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB361 Mitchell By Monning — **28–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 361 MITCHELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **56–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mitchell — primary (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Atkins — principal coauthor (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Monning — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-04-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 3.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-04** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 1807.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-06-19** 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, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2307.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3195.)
- **2013-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 22. Page 3205.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 642, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d983e76-408d-4374-869d-8ffb0497269b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).