--- type: "Bill" title: "Medi-Cal: family planning providers." description: "Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services through fee-for-service or managed care delivery systems. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed by, and funded pursuant to, federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law provides that family planning services are a covered Medi-Cal benefit, subject to utilization controls, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 743" citation: "California SB 743 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Medi-Cal: family planning providers."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"] version_count: 6 action_count: 27 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2017-02-17" last_action: "2017-10-07" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36a13ab8-520f-493b-a8dd-275611ad8299" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB743" source_hash: "4692024f5677c99a450297357f27885479f11a27346ec5d8eb1ffad2f32b0079" 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 743 (20172018) — Medi-Cal: family planning providers. Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services through fee-for-service or managed care delivery systems. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed by, and funded pursuant to, federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law provides that family planning services are a covered Medi-Cal benefit, subject to utilization controls, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB743&version=20170SB74399INT) 2. **03/23/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB743&version=20170SB74398AMD) 3. **09/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB743&version=20170SB74397AMD) 4. **10/07/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB743&version=20170SB74395CHP) 5. **SB743** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB743) 6. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB743&version=20170SB74396ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB743 Hernandez et al. Concurrence — **27–12** (pass) · upper - SB 743 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ FLETCHER — **55–21** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Hernandez — primary (person) - Leyva — author (person) - Skinner — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23. - **2017-03-09** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and APPR. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-10** Set for hearing April 19. - **2017-03-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2017-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 808.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-05-01** Set for hearing May 8. - **2017-05-03** May 8 hearing postponed by committee. - **2017-05-04** Set for hearing May 15. - **2017-05-11** May 15 hearing postponed by committee. - **2017-05-16** Set for hearing May 22. - **2017-05-22** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2017-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 1261.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2017-06-12** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and APPR. `referral-committee` - **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-07-19** July 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2017-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 21. Page 3253.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-09-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2017-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2893.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m. - **2017-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 572, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36a13ab8-520f-493b-a8dd-275611ad8299`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).