---
type: "Bill"
title: "Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly."
description: "Existing law establishes the federal Medicaid Program, administered by each state, California's version of which is the Medi-Cal program. The Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services under the direction of the Director of Health Care Services, provides qualified low-income persons with health care services. Existing federal law establishes the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) , which provides specified services for older individuals so that they may continue living in the community. Federal law authorizes states to implement the PACE program as a Medicaid state option."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 574"
citation: "California AB 574 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnie Lowenthal"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/338868f7-2fec-4d15-80b6-fa7f5f4bc3e3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB574"
source_hash: "2bb8919dcc1cf744ff42a90cc94ce793ba98687e1293e96e6063da862ef189f5"
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 574 (20112012) — Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.

Existing law establishes the federal Medicaid Program, administered by each state, California's version of which is the Medi-Cal program. The Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services under the direction of the Director of Health Care Services, provides qualified low-income persons with health care services. Existing federal law establishes the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) , which provides specified services for older individuals so that they may continue living in the community. Federal law authorizes states to implement the PACE program as a Medicaid state option.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB574&version=20110AB57499INT)
2. **03/23/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB574&version=20110AB57498AMD)
3. **06/22/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB574&version=20110AB57497AMD)
4. **08/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB574&version=20110AB57496AMD)
5. **09/30/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB574&version=20110AB57494CHP)
6. **AB574** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB574)
7. **09/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB574&version=20110AB57495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health to Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 574 LOWENTHAL Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB574 Bonnie Lowenthal By Strickland — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 574 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnie Lowenthal — primary (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1670.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-07-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2165.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2853.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2011-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 367, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/338868f7-2fec-4d15-80b6-fa7f5f4bc3e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).