--- type: "Bill" title: "Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program: licensed midwives." description: "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, including comprehensive perinatal services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law, to the extent that federal financial participation is available, requires that midwifery services provided by a licensed midwife be covered under the Medi-Cal program." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 407" citation: "California SB 407 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program: licensed midwives."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Morrell"] version_count: 7 action_count: 28 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2015-02-25" last_action: "2015-09-21" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d411b8ce-44a7-49b9-b9a1-2c5ece96cfe7" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB407" source_hash: "4dea35e8baa95a37cf1948141f971b201029e00d48dcc43afc25608b6c428bb9" 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 407 (20152016) — Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program: licensed midwives. 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, including comprehensive perinatal services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law, to the extent that federal financial participation is available, requires that midwifery services provided by a licensed midwife be covered under the Medi-Cal program. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB407&version=20150SB40799INT) 2. **04/21/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB407&version=20150SB40798AMD) 3. **06/17/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB407&version=20150SB40797AMD) 4. **07/07/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB407&version=20150SB40796AMD) 5. **09/21/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB407&version=20150SB40794CHP) 6. **SB407** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB407) 7. **09/01/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB407&version=20150SB40795ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower - Special Consent #1 — **36–0** (pass) · upper - SB 407 Morrell Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower - Special Consent #9 — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Morrell — primary (person) - Mitchell — coauthor (person) - Wolk — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-25** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2015-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28. - **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2015-03-24** Set for hearing April 15. - **2015-04-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 651.) (April 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2015-04-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-24** Set for hearing May 4. - **2015-04-30** May 4 hearing postponed by committee. - **2015-05-01** Set for hearing May 11. - **2015-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 960.) (May 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-05-13** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2015-05-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1030.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-05-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2015-05-28** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B. & P. `referral-committee` - **2015-06-17** 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` - **2015-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-07-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2015-07-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2637.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2015-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2015-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2376.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m. - **2015-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 313, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d411b8ce-44a7-49b9-b9a1-2c5ece96cfe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).