Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care services. Existing law provides that it is the responsibility of the Medi-Cal beneficiary to provide information and evidence of Medi-Cal eligibility to that person's health care provider if that information is requested by the provider prior to rendering services to that beneficiary.
California AB 1142 (20092010) — Medi-Cal: proof of eligibility.
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care services. Existing law provides that it is the responsibility of the Medi-Cal beneficiary to provide information and evidence of Medi-Cal eligibility to that person's health care provider if that information is requested by the provider prior to rendering services to that beneficiary.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1142 PRICE Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Price — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2009-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
2009-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
2009-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2009-03-26 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2009-04-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2009-04-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2009-04-27 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (April 21). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2009-04-28 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2009-04-29 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2009-05-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-05-18 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-05-26 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 29. Page 1682.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2009-06-11 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2009-06-22 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2009-06-26 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (June 24). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2009-06-28 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1
2009-08-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
2009-08-17 (Corrected August 17.)
2009-08-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2009-08-24 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
2009-08-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2009-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2009-09-03 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-09-04 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-09-08 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 2297.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2009-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 3279.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2009-09-25 Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 511, Statutes of 2009.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4adabf0-a2ea-401c-997d-a2c1a565042f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).