---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Partnership for Long-Term Care Program."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services. The purpose of the program is to link private long-term care insurance and health care service plan contracts that cover long-term care with the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program and the Medi-Cal program, and to provide IHSS and Medi-Cal program benefits to certain individuals who have income and resources above the eligibility levels for receipt of medical assistance, but who have purchased certified private long-term care insurance policies. Existing law prescribes specified criteria for certification of a long-term care insurance policy under the program, including a requirement that the policy provide levels and durations of benefits that meet minimum standards set by the department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1248"
citation: "California SB 1248 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Partnership for Long-Term Care Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gaines"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f649616-bf4c-48b9-987c-037ee00d848c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1248"
source_hash: "a1bcc24c1a16983758e71ccfd3dc536fd80a0214dfe516a52d3a3b3b887898e1"
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 1248 (20172018) — California Partnership for Long-Term Care Program.

Existing law establishes the California Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services. The purpose of the program is to link private long-term care insurance and health care service plan contracts that cover long-term care with the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program and the Medi-Cal program, and to provide IHSS and Medi-Cal program benefits to certain individuals who have income and resources above the eligibility levels for receipt of medical assistance, but who have purchased certified private long-term care insurance policies. Existing law prescribes specified criteria for certification of a long-term care insurance policy under the program, including a requirement that the policy provide levels and durations of benefits that meet minimum standards set by the department.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1248&version=20170SB124899INT)
2. **04/02/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1248&version=20170SB124898AMD)
3. **04/30/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1248&version=20170SB124897AMD)
4. **06/12/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1248&version=20170SB124896AMD)
5. **09/19/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1248&version=20170SB124894CHP)
6. **SB1248** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1248)
7. **08/28/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1248&version=20170SB124895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1248 Gaines Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1248 Gaines et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB1248 Gaines et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gaines — primary (person)
- Glazer — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and INS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2018-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4746.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on INS. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-20** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2018-04-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 4885.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-05-14** Set for hearing May 22.
- **2018-05-22** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4337.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-11** Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C. and INS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on INS. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2018-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-15** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6516.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5691.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2018-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 565, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f649616-bf4c-48b9-987c-037ee00d848c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).