---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Partnership for Long-Term Care Program."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Partnership for Long-Term Care Program administered by the State Department of Health Care Services. The purpose of the program is to link private long-term care insurance and health care service plan contracts that cover long-term care with the In-Home Supportive Services program and the Medi-Cal program and to provide Medi-Cal program benefits to certain individuals who have income and resources above the eligibility levels for receipt of medical assistance, but who have purchased certified private long-term care insurance policies. Existing law provides criteria for certification of a long-term care insurance policy, including a requirement that it provide protection against loss of benefits due to inflation. Existing law requires each organization issuing certified policies to contribute a specified amount to a fund to be used for common educational and marketing expenses, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1384"
citation: "California SB 1384 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Partnership for Long-Term Care Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liu"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 38
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/950f0c57-89f2-45bb-948a-966bd47ad1dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1384"
source_hash: "fb0643f0b11928be47ae1c12d34e58cb37697e4c1fdbb22e31f4c230f87d4e09"
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 1384 (20152016) — California Partnership for Long-Term Care Program.

Existing law establishes the California Partnership for Long-Term Care Program administered by the State Department of Health Care Services. The purpose of the program is to link private long-term care insurance and health care service plan contracts that cover long-term care with the In-Home Supportive Services program and the Medi-Cal program and to provide Medi-Cal program benefits to certain individuals who have income and resources above the eligibility levels for receipt of medical assistance, but who have purchased certified private long-term care insurance policies. Existing law provides criteria for certification of a long-term care insurance policy, including a requirement that it provide protection against loss of benefits due to inflation. Existing law requires each organization issuing certified policies to contribute a specified amount to a fund to be used for common educational and marketing expenses, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1384&version=20150SB138499INT)
2. **03/29/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1384&version=20150SB138498AMD)
3. **04/26/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1384&version=20150SB138497AMD)
4. **06/14/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1384&version=20150SB138496AMD)
5. **08/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1384&version=20150SB138495AMD)
6. **08/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1384&version=20150SB138494AMD)
7. **09/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1384&version=20150SB138492CHP)
8. **SB1384** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1384)
9. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1384&version=20150SB138493ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1384 Liu Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1384 Liu Senate Third Reading By ALLEN — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Liu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** Referred to Coms. on ED. and AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-11** Set for hearing March 30.
- **2016-03-14** March 30 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-30** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-04** Re-referred to Coms. on INS. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-06** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2016-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3560.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-15** Set for hearing April 20.
- **2016-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3646.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2016-05-16** May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27.
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4009.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4056.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C. and INS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-13** Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
- **2016-06-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6228.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5490.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 487, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/950f0c57-89f2-45bb-948a-966bd47ad1dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).