--- type: "Bill" title: "Medical services: credit." description: "Existing law prohibits a healing arts licensee, including physicians and surgeons, psychologists, acupuncturists, optometrists, dentists, podiatrists, and chiropractic practitioners, from referring a person for certain health care services if the licensee has a financial interest, as defined, with the person or entity that receives the referral. Existing law provides specified exemptions from this prohibition. Under existing law, a violation of the provisions governing referrals is a crime." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20132014" identifier: "SB 1256" citation: "California SB 1256 (20132014)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Medical services: credit."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"] version_count: 7 action_count: 28 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2014-02-21" last_action: "2014-08-22" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f85bbe2e-3281-48fd-8d6a-b1de028eabfa" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1256" source_hash: "5e8ad5e80fdae58a8ef9f708993d5dd4bc3f4b7a64065b77625b0092d90d971f" 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 1256 (20132014) — Medical services: credit. Existing law prohibits a healing arts licensee, including physicians and surgeons, psychologists, acupuncturists, optometrists, dentists, podiatrists, and chiropractic practitioners, from referring a person for certain health care services if the licensee has a financial interest, as defined, with the person or entity that receives the referral. Existing law provides specified exemptions from this prohibition. Under existing law, a violation of the provisions governing referrals is a crime. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1256&version=20130SB125699INT) 2. **04/29/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1256&version=20130SB125698AMD) 3. **06/11/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1256&version=20130SB125697AMD) 4. **06/25/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1256&version=20130SB125696AMD) 5. **08/22/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1256&version=20130SB125694CHP) 6. **SB1256** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1256) 7. **08/12/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1256&version=20130SB125695ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper - SB 1256 Mitchell Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **8–0** (pass) · upper - Special Consent #14 — **36–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB1256 Mitchell Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Mitchell — primary (person) - Skinner — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2014-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24. - **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2014-03-06** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee` - **2014-03-20** Set for hearing April 7. - **2014-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3078.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2014-04-10** Set for hearing April 22. - **2014-04-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3235.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2014-04-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-05-02** Set for hearing May 12. - **2014-05-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2014-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-05-14** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3468.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-05-15** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2014-05-23** Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee` - **2014-06-10** Hearing postponed by committee. - **2014-06-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2014-06-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-07-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2014-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-08-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5916.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-08-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2014-08-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4403.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2014-08-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. - **2014-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2014-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 256, Statutes of 2014. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f85bbe2e-3281-48fd-8d6a-b1de028eabfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).