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, including hospice benefits. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions. One of the methods by which Medi-Cal services are provided is pursuant to contracts with various types of managed health care plans.
California SB 1004 (20132014) — Health care: palliative care.
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, including hospice benefits. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions. One of the methods by which Medi-Cal services are provided is pursuant to contracts with various types of managed health care plans.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1004 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By EGGMAN — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB1004 Hernandez Concurrence — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hernandez — primary (person)
Wolk — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2014-02-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
2014-02-27 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2014-04-02 Set for hearing April 30.
2014-04-22 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2014-04-23 Set for hearing May 7.
2014-05-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-05-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3402.) (May 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-05-09 Set for hearing May 19.
2014-05-19 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2014-05-20 Set for hearing May 23.
2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3707.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3599.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2014-06-02 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2014-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-07-02 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2014-08-14 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-08-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-22 Read third time and amended. (Page 6343.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
2014-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6496.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2014-08-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4908.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2014-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 574, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/246c0314-4c19-49fa-9149-155d725816e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).