republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1869.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of Patient Advocate: federal veterans health benefits."
description: "Existing law requires the Office of Patient Advocate to provide assistance to, and advocate on behalf of, individuals served by health care service plans regulated by the Department of Management Health Care, insureds covered by health insurers regulated by the Department of Insurance, and individuals who receive or are eligible for other health care coverage in California. Under existing law, commencing January 1, 2013, the office is required to provide, and assist in the provision of, outreach and education about health care coverage options, including information and assistance regarding public programs such as Medi-Cal, the Healthy Families Program, and Medicare."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1869"
citation: "California AB 1869 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Office of Patient Advocate: federal veterans health benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Pérez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-22"
last_action: "2012-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa449bd4-f2aa-4431-89ab-f473aff49bc8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1869"
source_hash: "4c9a33b2a56624719d107b0c4e1f16167c7a3a7e50868b2e5441c4eda925773b"
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 1869 (20112012) — Office of Patient Advocate: federal veterans health benefits.

Existing law requires the Office of Patient Advocate to provide assistance to, and advocate on behalf of, individuals served by health care service plans regulated by the Department of Management Health Care, insureds covered by health insurers regulated by the Department of Insurance, and individuals who receive or are eligible for other health care coverage in California. Under existing law, commencing January 1, 2013, the office is required to provide, and assist in the provision of, outreach and education about health care coverage options, including information and assistance regarding public programs such as Medi-Cal, the Healthy Families Program, and Medicare.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1869&version=20110AB186999INT)
2. **07/24/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1869&version=20110AB186997CHP)
3. **AB1869** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1869)
4. **07/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1869&version=20110AB186998ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1869 John A. Pérez — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1869 PÉREZ, J. Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John A. Pérez — primary (person)
- Pan — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2012-03-05** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4568.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-07-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4318.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-06** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-07-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 167, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa449bd4-f2aa-4431-89ab-f473aff49bc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).