---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal eligibility: assets."
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. 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 prohibits the use of an assets or resources test for individuals whose income eligibility is determined based on modified adjusted gross income."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1785"
citation: "California AB 1785 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal eligibility: assets."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nazarian"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-08"
last_action: "2018-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10d04671-4ce0-4351-942a-be2e80be631c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1785"
source_hash: "3cb65fe318f4132836510da73a4f0835c3fb6451d898532c8e3a326d42e1492a"
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 1785 (20172018) — Medi-Cal eligibility: assets.

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 prohibits the use of an assets or resources test for individuals whose income eligibility is determined based on modified adjusted gross income.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/08/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1785&version=20170AB178599INT)
2. **04/11/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1785&version=20170AB178598AMD)
3. **07/18/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1785&version=20170AB178596CHP)
4. **AB1785** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1785)
5. **07/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1785&version=20170AB178597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1785 NAZARIAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB1785 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nazarian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-09** From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
- **2018-01-22** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-11** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5004.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5038.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-07-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-07-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 121, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10d04671-4ce0-4351-942a-be2e80be631c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).