---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: dental services: utilization rate: report."
description: "Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, 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. Existing law provides coverage for certain dental services, as specified, to Medi-Cal beneficiaries 17 years of age and under through the Denti-Cal program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1098"
citation: "California SB 1098 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: dental services: utilization rate: report."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cannella"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-02-17"
last_action: "2016-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3714417-de46-466d-9705-3b5856191d6b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1098"
source_hash: "2897bba5b3cbeb132942ccf59a1ec3b05b8d2109c9e5a7914081b3f7ca61ef7c"
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 1098 (20152016) — Medi-Cal: dental services: utilization rate: report.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, 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. Existing law provides coverage for certain dental services, as specified, to Medi-Cal beneficiaries 17 years of age and under through the Denti-Cal program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1098&version=20150SB109899INT)
2. **04/11/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1098&version=20150SB109898AMD)
3. **04/21/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1098&version=20150SB109897AMD)
4. **06/01/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1098&version=20150SB109896AMD)
5. **06/30/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1098&version=20150SB109895AMD)
6. **08/15/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1098&version=20150SB109894AMD)
7. **09/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1098&version=20150SB109892CHP)
8. **SB1098** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1098)
9. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1098&version=20150SB109893ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1098 Cannella Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1098 Cannella Senate Third Reading By WOOD — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cannella — primary (person)
- Mayes — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-15** Set for hearing April 20.
- **2016-04-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-27** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2016-05-09** May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27.
- **2016-05-31** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4003.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4140.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-13** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-21** June 21 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-08-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6237.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5449.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 630, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3714417-de46-466d-9705-3b5856191d6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).