---
type: "Bill"
title: "Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Program: trauma screening."
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 early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment (EPSDT) for any individual under 21 years of age who is covered under Medi-Cal consistent with the requirements under federal law. 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 340"
citation: "California AB 340 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Early and Periodic Screening", "Diagnosis", "and Treatment Program: trauma screening."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arambula"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/570e299c-a276-442c-881a-5bf0896274a6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB340"
source_hash: "42004f8526e7a5571eec4a1b5ea7f17169fad6a0cdbbdf6343ad3a403bcb31f8"
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 340 (20172018) — Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Program: trauma screening.

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 early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment (EPSDT) for any individual under 21 years of age who is covered under Medi-Cal consistent with the requirements under federal law. 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. **02/07/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB340&version=20170AB34099INT)
2. **09/01/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB340&version=20170AB34098AMD)
3. **09/07/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB340&version=20170AB34097AMD)
4. **10/12/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB340&version=20170AB34095CHP)
5. **AB340** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB340)
6. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB340&version=20170AB34096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 340 ARAMBULA Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arambula — primary (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
- **2017-02-21** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Coauthors revised.
- **2017-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1783.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-08-21** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-12** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2017-09-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2909.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2017-09-14** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2017-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3422.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2017-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 700, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/570e299c-a276-442c-881a-5bf0896274a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).