--- type: "Bill" title: "Federally qualified health centers: rural health clinics." description: "Existing law establishes 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." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 2428" citation: "California AB 2428 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Federally qualified health centers: rural health clinics."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez Fletcher"] version_count: 7 action_count: 27 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2018-02-14" last_action: "2018-09-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fcd37e5-47e8-4a31-8d4a-1d334e64ccda" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2428" source_hash: "d8dad242650aa5f3d07d79718a7a4738381a7c2b4d698055973ec4333d98509b" 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 2428 (20172018) — Federally qualified health centers: rural health clinics. Existing law establishes 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. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2428&version=20170AB242899INT) 2. **06/20/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2428&version=20170AB242898AMD) 3. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2428&version=20170AB242897AMD) 4. **08/28/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2428&version=20170AB242896AMD) 5. **09/26/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2428&version=20170AB242894CHP) 6. **AB2428** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2428) 7. **09/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2428&version=20170AB242895ENR) ## Votes - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - AB 2428 Gonzalez Fletcher Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading AB2428 Gonzalez Fletcher By Hernandez — **39–0** (pass) · upper - AB 2428 GONZALEZ FLETCHER Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Gonzalez Fletcher — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2018-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17. - **2018-03-05** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5215.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2018-05-30** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2018-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2018-07-02** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2018-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-28** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 5853.) - **2018-08-28** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2018-08-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction` - **2018-08-29** Withdrawn from committee. - **2018-08-29** Ordered to third reading. - **2018-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6140.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2018-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m. - **2018-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 762, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fcd37e5-47e8-4a31-8d4a-1d334e64ccda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).