---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: eligibility."
description: "(1) 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 requires, with some exceptions, a Medi-Cal applicant's or beneficiary's income and resources be determined based on modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) , as specified. Existing law requires the department to establish income eligibility thresholds for those eligibility groups whose eligibility will be determined using MAGI-based financial methods."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 508"
citation: "California SB 508 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: eligibility."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07642e39-fdd5-4222-ab19-604e30490959"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB508"
source_hash: "5aa6803de1578aaf79ed11fbc1569f67dd346f20bac017188f3628e74ded83ea"
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 508 (20132014) — Medi-Cal: eligibility.

(1) 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 requires, with some exceptions, a Medi-Cal applicant's or beneficiary's income and resources be determined based on modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) , as specified. Existing law requires the department to establish income eligibility thresholds for those eligibility groups whose eligibility will be determined using MAGI-based financial methods.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB508&version=20130SB50899INT)
2. **01/09/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB508&version=20130SB50898AMD)
3. **06/05/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB508&version=20130SB50897AMD)
4. **08/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB508&version=20130SB50896AMD)
5. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB508&version=20130SB50894CHP)
6. **SB508** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB508)
7. **08/28/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB508&version=20130SB50895ENR)

## Votes

- SB 508 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By CHESBRO — **57–22** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **28–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Supp 1 SB508 Hernandez Concurrence — **25–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hernandez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2013-04-09** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-01-07** Set for hearing January 15.
- **2014-01-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-01-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2599.) (January 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-17** Set for hearing January 21.
- **2014-01-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 2623.) (January 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2655.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-04-24** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 22. Page 6415.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 4871.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 831, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07642e39-fdd5-4222-ab19-604e30490959`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).