---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: EPSDT services: informational materials."
description: "Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive medically necessary health care services, through fee-for-service or managed care delivery systems. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Under existing law, early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment (EPSDT) services are covered under Medi-Cal for an individual under 21 years of age in accordance with certain federal provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2340"
citation: "California AB 2340 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EPSDT services", "Medi-Cal", "informational materials"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e3dea50-17f6-410b-8cdf-33dad72ce99d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2340"
source_hash: "41f08ace22d288a7be08744123155c2b213a95819767c1d674fa0eef34402944"
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 2340 (20232024) — Medi-Cal: EPSDT services: informational materials.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive medically necessary health care services, through fee-for-service or managed care delivery systems. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Under existing law, early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment (EPSDT) services are covered under Medi-Cal for an individual under 21 years of age in accordance with certain federal provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2340&version=20230AB234099INT)
2. **04/01/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2340&version=20230AB234098AMD)
3. **04/04/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2340&version=20230AB234097AMD)
4. **08/07/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2340&version=20230AB234096AMD)
5. **09/25/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2340&version=20230AB234094CHP)
6. **AB2340** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2340)
7. **08/28/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2340&version=20230AB234095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2340 Bonta Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2340 Bonta Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2340 Bonta et al. By Rubio — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-07** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5270.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6569.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 564, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e3dea50-17f6-410b-8cdf-33dad72ce99d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).