---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Health Initiative Matching Fund."
description: "Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which health care services are provided to qualified low-income recipients. Existing law also creates the Healthy Families Program, administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) , to arrange for the provision of health care services to children less than 19 years of age who meet certain eligibility requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 36"
citation: "California SB 36 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Health Initiative Matching Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2010-12-06"
last_action: "2011-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9e89b65-0b19-4fc2-aef0-98681ba04126"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB36"
source_hash: "d85bac9248c2a8b913108c9a95d3c7b433dd290f0504678b8c8a9d9a6c22b31f"
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 SB 36 (20112012) — County Health Initiative Matching Fund.

Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which health care services are provided to qualified low-income recipients. Existing law also creates the Healthy Families Program, administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) , to arrange for the provision of health care services to children less than 19 years of age who meet certain eligibility requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/06/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB36&version=20110SB3699INT)
2. **03/29/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB36&version=20110SB3698AMD)
3. **08/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB36&version=20110SB3697AMD)
4. **10/02/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB36&version=20110SB3695CHP)
5. **SB36** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB36)
6. **09/02/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB36&version=20110SB3696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **15–4** (pass) · lower
- SB 36 Simitian Senate Third Reading By MONNING — **56–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB36 Simitian Concurrence — **24–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Gordon — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Leno — principal coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-12-06** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2010-12-07** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 6.
- **2011-01-20** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-04** Set for hearing March 23.
- **2011-03-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 452.) (March 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-01** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2011-04-11** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-20** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 1111.) (May 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 1223.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-13** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 4.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 21. Page 2696.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2229.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
- **2011-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 416, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9e89b65-0b19-4fc2-aef0-98681ba04126`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).