republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2608.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: local educational agency billing option."
description: "Existing law provides for 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 benefits. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law provides that specified services provided by local educational agencies (LEAs) are covered Medi-Cal benefits, and requires the department to perform various activities with respect to the billing option for services provided by LEAs. Existing law establishes the Local Educational Agency Medi-Cal Recovery Fund, which consists of proportionately reduced federal Medicaid funds allocable to LEAs, to be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, only to support the department, until January 1, 2013, to meet the requirements relating to the LEA billing option, the annual amount of which may not exceed $1,500,000. Existing law requires, as of January 1, 2013, that all moneys in the fund be returned proportionally to all LEAs whose federal Medicaid funds were used to create the fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2608"
citation: "California AB 2608 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: local educational agency billing option."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonilla"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f6bd97f-8ad2-4125-9b5c-76a5482d3650"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2608"
source_hash: "9a97ebd2ab35942cfe5a8bf651a7e12e5955cbc4498bffbf0a6b64076ff07479"
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 2608 (20112012) — Medi-Cal: local educational agency billing option.

Existing law provides for 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 benefits. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law provides that specified services provided by local educational agencies (LEAs) are covered Medi-Cal benefits, and requires the department to perform various activities with respect to the billing option for services provided by LEAs. Existing law establishes the Local Educational Agency Medi-Cal Recovery Fund, which consists of proportionately reduced federal Medicaid funds allocable to LEAs, to be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, only to support the department, until January 1, 2013, to meet the requirements relating to the LEA billing option, the annual amount of which may not exceed $1,500,000. Existing law requires, as of January 1, 2013, that all moneys in the fund be returned proportionally to all LEAs whose federal Medicaid funds were used to create the fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2608&version=20110AB260899INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2608&version=20110AB260898AMD)
3. **05/25/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2608&version=20110AB260897AMD)
4. **06/28/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2608&version=20110AB260896AMD)
5. **08/23/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2608&version=20110AB260895AMD)
6. **09/29/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2608&version=20110AB260893CHP)
7. **AB2608** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2608)
8. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2608&version=20110AB260894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2608 Bonilla By Hernandez — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2608 BONILLA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2608 BONILLA Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonilla — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5137.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4892.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
- **2012-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6565.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 755, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f6bd97f-8ad2-4125-9b5c-76a5482d3650`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).