---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health: Early Diagnosis and Preventive Treatment Program."
description: "Existing law, the Bronzan-McCorquodale Act, sets out a system of community mental health care services provided by counties and administered by the State Department of Health Care Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 38"
citation: "California AB 38 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Mental health: Early Diagnosis and Preventive Treatment Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-12-01"
last_action: "2016-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52d67b4a-04cd-4c46-821d-0892743d2ee8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB38"
source_hash: "34eadbe93c9ad22fa22c84711edda07ab37f8f150719c8c87d02ca2af3c15a59"
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 38 (20152016) — Mental health: Early Diagnosis and Preventive Treatment Program.

Existing law, the Bronzan-McCorquodale Act, sets out a system of community mental health care services provided by counties and administered by the State Department of Health Care Services.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/01/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB38&version=20150AB3899INT)
2. **03/23/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB38&version=20150AB3898AMD)
3. **05/18/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB38&version=20150AB3897AMD)
4. **06/13/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB38&version=20150AB3896AMD)
5. **08/19/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB38&version=20150AB3895AMD)
6. **09/24/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB38&version=20150AB3893CHP)
7. **AB38** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB38)
8. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB38&version=20150AB3894ENR)

## Votes

- AB 38 EGGMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB38 Eggman By Lara — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 38 EGGMAN Assembly Third Reading — **70–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-12-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-12-02** From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
- **2015-01-22** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 5. Page 1775.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-26** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-11** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2016-08-16** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-08-16** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-17** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-08-17** Ordered to second reading.
- **2016-08-17** (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 5065.)
- **2016-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5485.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2016-08-30** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6474.)
- **2016-08-30** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6533.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 547, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52d67b4a-04cd-4c46-821d-0892743d2ee8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).