republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-574.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: overpayment forgiveness."
description: "Medi-Cal: overpayment forgiveness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 574"
citation: "California AB 574 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: overpayment forgiveness."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salinas"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e9eb622-0d79-4d0b-9dfb-b70a688d0bad"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB574"
source_hash: "0d9a99f21a4f0034c211509622d7226b288ed345bd9e80a9a41f9728161d77c0"
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 AB 574 (20012002) — Medi-Cal: overpayment forgiveness.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB574&version=20010AB57499INT)
2. **04/18/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB574&version=20010AB57498AMD)
3. **06/04/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB574&version=20010AB57497AMD)
4. **09/07/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB574&version=20010AB57496AMD)
5. **09/12/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB574&version=20010AB57495AMD)
6. **10/10/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB574&version=20010AB57493CHP)
7. **AB574** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB574)
8. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB574&version=20010AB57494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 574 Salinas Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 574 Salinas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB574 Salinas By McPherson — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salinas — primary (person)
- Ashburn — author (person)
- Costa — coauthor (person)
- Florez — coauthor (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 649, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2001-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 3903.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 5. Page 2867.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-06** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-07-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-14** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2258.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2001-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e9eb622-0d79-4d0b-9dfb-b70a688d0bad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).