--- type: "Bill" title: "Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics: visits." 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, including federally qualified health center (FQHC) services and rural health clinic (RHC) services. 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 966" citation: "California SB 966 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics: visits."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Limón"] version_count: 6 action_count: 29 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2022-02-09" last_action: "2022-09-27" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d3e974c-094b-4563-a2f2-10268a4f0f4e" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB966" source_hash: "1d2ca17fe5a1fae30e60cd647b6cc12d356161d147c1cf098f767c83bb54bc4a" 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 966 (20212022) — Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics: visits. 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, including federally qualified health center (FQHC) services and rural health clinic (RHC) services. 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. **02/09/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB966&version=20210SB96699INT) 2. **08/18/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB966&version=20210SB96698AMD) 3. **08/25/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB966&version=20210SB96697AMD) 4. **09/27/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB966&version=20210SB96695CHP) 5. **SB966** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB966) 6. **09/08/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB966&version=20210SB96696ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB966 Limón et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Special Consent SB966 — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · lower - SB 966 Limón Senate Third Reading By Salas — **80–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Limón — primary (person) - Salas — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2022-02-09** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement. - **2022-02-10** From printer. - **2022-02-16** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2022-03-11** Set for hearing March 23. - **2022-03-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3204.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-04-05** Set for hearing April 18. - **2022-04-18** April 18 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. - **2022-05-13** Set for hearing May 19. - **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3777.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-05-23** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3931.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-05-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2022-06-02** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. - **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-08-18** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-08-18** Ordered to third reading. - **2022-08-25** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-08-25** Ordered to third reading. - **2022-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2022-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5395.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2022-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 607, 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/1d3e974c-094b-4563-a2f2-10268a4f0f4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).