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Bill	Public health: managed care plan taxes.	(1) Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which health care services are provided to qualified, low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Under existing law, one of the methods by which Medi-Cal services are provided is pursuant to contracts with various types of managed care plans. Existing law imposes various taxes, including a tax at a specified rate on the gross premiums of an insurer, as defined, and, until July 1, 2011, on the total operating revenue, as specified, of a Medi-Cal managed care plan, as defined. Existing law continuously appropriates the revenues derived from the tax on Medi-Cal managed care plans for specified purposes.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012 Special Session 1	AB 21	California AB 21 (20112012 Special Session 1)	bill appropriation	Public health: managed care plan taxes.	enacted	Blumenfield	6	26	4	2011-05-19	2011-09-16	openstates	ocd-bill/0513d637-d3a0-49ee-90e2-e10f627dca2d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120121AB21	8861fd4a7a1764243df84d9ed7a3d650432a8de780c7d1fdc17c207df733bef1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 21 (20112012 Special Session 1) — Public health: managed care plan taxes.

(1) Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which health care services are provided to qualified, low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Under existing law, one of the methods by which Medi-Cal services are provided is pursuant to contracts with various types of managed care plans. Existing law imposes various taxes, including a tax at a specified rate on the gross premiums of an insurer, as defined, and, until July 1, 2011, on the total operating revenue, as specified, of a Medi-Cal managed care plan, as defined. Existing law continuously appropriates the revenues derived from the tax on Medi-Cal managed care plans for specified purposes.

Version chain

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

1. 05/19/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/14/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/31/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/16/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB21 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/08/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 21 BLUMENFIELD Assembly Third Reading — 49–21 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB21 Blumenfield By Leno Urgency Clause — 34–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 21 BLUMENFIELD Concurrence - Urgency Added — 53–0 (fail) · lower
• AB 21 BLUMENFIELD Concurrence - Urgency Added — 64–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Blumenfield — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-05-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-05-20 From printer.
• 2011-06-02 Without reference to committee. referral-committee
• 2011-06-02 Ordered to second reading.
• 2011-06-02 (Page 171.)
• 2011-06-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 21. Page 178.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-08 Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee
• 2011-06-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-06-15 Pursuant to Joint Rule 33.1,
• 2011-06-15 Joint Rule 10.5 suspended. (Page 146.)
• 2011-06-15 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2011-06-15 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-08-31 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-09-02 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 2.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2011-09-06 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 48. Noes 26. Page 296.)
• 2011-09-06 Assembly refused to concur in Senate amendments. (Ayes 53. Noes 0. Page 298.) committee-failure
• 2011-09-06 Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Blumenfield.
• 2011-09-08 Reconsideration granted. (Page 320.)
• 2011-09-08 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 14. Page 320.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2011-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 11, Statutes of 2011-12 First Extraordinary Session.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0513d637-d3a0-49ee-90e2-e10f627dca2d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).