Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Medi‑Cal program is partially governed and funded as part of the federal Medicaid Program. Under existing law, the Medi-Cal Hospital/Uninsured Care Demonstration Project Act, specified hospital reimbursement methodologies are applied in order to maximize the use of federal funds consistent with federal Medicaid law and stabilize the distribution of funding for hospitals that provide care to Medi-Cal beneficiaries and uninsured patients.
California AB 1383 (20092010) — Medi-Cal: hospital payments: quality assurance fees.
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Medi‑Cal program is partially governed and funded as part of the federal Medicaid Program. Under existing law, the Medi-Cal Hospital/Uninsured Care Demonstration Project Act, specified hospital reimbursement methodologies are applied in order to maximize the use of federal funds consistent with federal Medicaid law and stabilize the distribution of funding for hospitals that provide care to Medi-Cal beneficiaries and uninsured patients.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Jones — primary (person)
Alquist — principal coauthor (person)
De Leon — coauthor (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
2009-03-31 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2009-04-30 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
2009-05-04 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2009-05-06 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-05-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-05-18 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2009-05-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2009-05-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2009-06-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2009-06-02 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-06-02 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 3. Page 1969.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2009-06-11 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2009-06-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
2009-06-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
2009-06-22 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2009-06-24 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2009-06-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
2009-07-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2009-07-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
2009-07-09 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (July 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-07-09 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
2009-07-15 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
2009-07-23 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2009-07-23 (Page 1804.)
2009-08-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (July 23). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2009-08-18 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
2009-09-04 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-09-08 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-09-08 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
2009-09-09 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
2009-09-09 (Ayes 4. Noes 0.)
2009-09-09 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (September 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-09-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (September 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-09-11 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-09-11 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2009-09-11 Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
2009-09-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
2009-09-11 Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
2009-09-12 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2009-09-12 (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 2452.)
2009-09-12 Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
2009-09-12 (Ayes 21. Noes 10. Page 2461.)
2009-09-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
2009-09-12 Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
2009-09-12 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 5. Page 2462.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2009-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 52. Noes 22. Page 3418.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2009-09-29 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 627, Statutes of 2009.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35f4925c-bd20-40bb-85ce-ab3dcc98a100. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).