republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-146.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation: medical treatment: billing."
description: "Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of his or her employment. Existing law requires an employer to provide all medical services reasonably required to cure or relieve the injured worker from the effects of the injury, and generally provides for the reimbursement of medical providers for services rendered in connection with the treatment of a worker's injury. Existing law requires a pharmacy to submit its request for payment with an itemization of services provided and the charge for each service, a copy of all reports showing the services performed, the prescription or referral from the primary treating physician if the services were performed by a person other than the primary treating physician, and any evidence of authorization for the services that may have been received."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 146"
citation: "California SB 146 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation: medical treatment: billing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-01-31"
last_action: "2013-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c678152-7bcf-4058-88f1-70b2fe67130e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB146"
source_hash: "6f9aeead88c11627574982ce451e5bf7ef3857ab79a837c959c655976950afd2"
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 146 (20132014) — Workers' compensation: medical treatment: billing.

Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of his or her employment. Existing law requires an employer to provide all medical services reasonably required to cure or relieve the injured worker from the effects of the injury, and generally provides for the reimbursement of medical providers for services rendered in connection with the treatment of a worker's injury. Existing law requires a pharmacy to submit its request for payment with an itemization of services provided and the charge for each service, a copy of all reports showing the services performed, the prescription or referral from the primary treating physician if the services were performed by a person other than the primary treating physician, and any evidence of authorization for the services that may have been received.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB146&version=20130SB14699INT)
2. **03/06/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB146&version=20130SB14698AMD)
3. **06/13/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB146&version=20130SB14697AMD)
4. **08/19/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB146&version=20130SB14695CHP)
5. **SB146** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB146)
6. **08/02/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB146&version=20130SB14696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB146 Lara Urgency Clause Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 146 Lara Third Reading Urgency By GONZALEZ — **36–30** (fail) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 146 Lara Third Reading Urgency By GONZALEZ — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 146 Lara Motion to Reconsider By GONZALEZ — **65–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-31** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-01** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
- **2013-02-14** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Set for hearing March 13.
- **2013-03-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 291.) (March 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-03-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 308.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-03-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-27** Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 36. Noes 30. Page 2190.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2013-06-27** Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Gonzalez.
- **2013-07-01** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 65. Noes 5. Page 2242.)
- **2013-07-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2243.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-07-01** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-07-03** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2013-07-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1651.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2013-08-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 129, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c678152-7bcf-4058-88f1-70b2fe67130e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).