---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal managed care plans: mental health benefits."
description: "Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services through various delivery systems, including fee-for-service and managed care. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1019"
citation: "California SB 1019 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal managed care plans: mental health benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-14"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2507627d-d127-4f8e-bdeb-55017f876707"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1019"
source_hash: "c72c74c593eec0bb94d8ec746363c9a4fe1ee52e37d0c9d9f24083c29517967a"
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 1019 (20212022) — Medi-Cal managed care plans: mental health benefits.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services through various delivery systems, including fee-for-service and managed care. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1019&version=20210SB101999INT)
2. **04/18/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1019&version=20210SB101998AMD)
3. **05/19/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1019&version=20210SB101997AMD)
4. **06/13/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1019&version=20210SB101996AMD)
5. **06/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1019&version=20210SB101995AMD)
6. **08/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1019&version=20210SB101994AMD)
7. **08/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1019&version=20210SB101993AMD)
8. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1019&version=20210SB101991CHP)
9. **SB1019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1019)
10. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1019&version=20210SB101992ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1019 Gonzalez Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB1019 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1019 Gonzalez Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gonzalez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-15** From printer.
- **2022-02-23** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2022-04-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3349.) (April 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-19** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2022-04-25** April 25 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2022-05-13** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3779.) (May 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-24** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-05-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3984.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-02** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-07-29** August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-08-10** August 10 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2022-08-11** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5332.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 879, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2507627d-d127-4f8e-bdeb-55017f876707`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).