---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal reimbursement: small and rural hospitals."
description: "Medi-Cal reimbursement: small and rural hospitals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2617"
citation: "California AB 2617 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal reimbursement: small and rural hospitals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aanestad"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2000-02-25"
last_action: "2000-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c2c191c-ef4a-41b9-8e3f-20a783539208"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2617"
source_hash: "b2eda2df72a9ed2311e38072ad935b91ae7ce58f7b78cffae48470cc41757bca"
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 2617 (19992000) — Medi-Cal reimbursement: small and rural hospitals.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2617&version=19990AB261799INT)
2. **04/24/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2617&version=19990AB261798AMD)
3. **07/21/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2617&version=19990AB261796CHP)
4. **AB2617** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2617)
5. **07/06/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2617&version=19990AB261797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2617 Aanestad — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2617 AANESTAD THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aanestad — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 158, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-07-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-07-06** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2000-07-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5500.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6715.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2000-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2000-02-25** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c2c191c-ef4a-41b9-8e3f-20a783539208`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).