Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions. Existing federal law, with certain exceptions, excludes federal financial participation for medical care provided to any individual who is an inmate in a public institution, and existing state law suspends Medi-Cal benefits, for a specified period of time, to an individual under 21 years of age who is an inmate of a public institution. Existing state law also provides that no person shall be denied benefits, for whom and for which federal financial participation is available, based solely on the individual's incarcerated status in a county or city jail or juvenile detention facility.
California AB 396 (20112012) — Medi-Cal: juvenile inmates.
Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions. Existing federal law, with certain exceptions, excludes federal financial participation for medical care provided to any individual who is an inmate in a public institution, and existing state law suspends Medi-Cal benefits, for a specified period of time, to an individual under 21 years of age who is an inmate of a public institution. Existing state law also provides that no person shall be denied benefits, for whom and for which federal financial participation is available, based solely on the individual's incarcerated status in a county or city jail or juvenile detention facility.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
AB 396 MITCHELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
AB 396 MITCHELL Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health to Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Mitchell — primary (person)
Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
Dickinson — coauthor (person)
Jeffries — coauthor (person)
V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2011-02-24 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and HEALTH. referral-committee
2011-03-22 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2011-03-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-03-31 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2011-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH by unanimous consent. referral-committee
2011-04-25 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
2011-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2011-05-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-05-16 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2011-05-18 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1568.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-06-02 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and PUB. S. referral-committee
2011-06-15 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2011-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-08-15 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2011-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2011-09-01 From Special Consent Calendar pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
2011-09-01 Ordered to third reading.
2011-09-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2357.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2011-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3073.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
2011-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 394, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/28c35216-df36-4f72-9d71-2bd2d46aa4b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).