republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-90.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health: hospitals: Medi-Cal."
description: "(1) 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, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 90"
citation: "California SB 90 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Health: hospitals: Medi-Cal."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-01-10"
last_action: "2011-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/540bb7f6-30ad-44c5-bec7-6755f698bb01"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB90"
source_hash: "0ee5fb0bdb73ac3765fc45b0839da40dec22a2f60e820b8f703d696ae5d43c94"
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 SB 90 (20112012) — Health: hospitals: Medi-Cal.

(1) 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, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB90&version=20110SB9099INT)
2. **03/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB90&version=20110SB9098AMD)
3. **04/07/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB90&version=20110SB9097AMD)
4. **04/13/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB90&version=20110SB9095CHP)
5. **SB90** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB90)
6. **04/07/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB90&version=20110SB9096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **14–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB90 Committee on B. & F.R. — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 90 Steinberg Third Reading Urgency By MONNING — **64–6** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE (Urgency Clause) — **31–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Hernandez — principal coauthor (person)
- Monning — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2011-01-20** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-10** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-02-10** Ordered to second reading.
- **2011-02-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-02-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 2. Page 169.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-02-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-03-07** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 808.)
- **2011-04-04** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Page 808.)
- **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-07** Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file. (Page 874.)
- **2011-04-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 6. Page 874.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 566.) Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2011-04-07** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 580.) `committee-passage`
- **2011-04-07** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2011-04-07** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 567.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2011-04-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-04-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 19, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/540bb7f6-30ad-44c5-bec7-6755f698bb01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).