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Bill	Medi-Cal: eligibility.	(1) 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 Program provisions. Existing law requires, with some exceptions, a Medi-Cal applicant's or beneficiary's income and resources be determined based on modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) , as specified. Existing law requires the department to establish income eligibility thresholds for those eligibility groups whose eligibility will be determined using MAGI-based financial methods.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 508	California SB 508 (20132014)	bill	Medi-Cal: eligibility.	enacted	Hernandez	7	26	7	2013-02-21	2014-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/07642e39-fdd5-4222-ab19-604e30490959	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB508	5aa6803de1578aaf79ed11fbc1569f67dd346f20bac017188f3628e74ded83ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 508 (20132014) — Medi-Cal: eligibility.

(1) 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 Program provisions. Existing law requires, with some exceptions, a Medi-Cal applicant's or beneficiary's income and resources be determined based on modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) , as specified. Existing law requires the department to establish income eligibility thresholds for those eligibility groups whose eligibility will be determined using MAGI-based financial methods.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/09/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/05/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/18/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/29/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB508 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/28/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 508 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By CHESBRO — 57–22 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 28–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Supp 1 SB508 Hernandez Concurrence — 25–11 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 13–6 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 4–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hernandez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
• 2013-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2013-04-09 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2013-04-09 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2014-01-07 Set for hearing January 15.
• 2014-01-09 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
• 2014-01-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2599.) (January 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-01-17 Set for hearing January 21.
• 2014-01-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 2623.) (January 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-01-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-01-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2655.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-01-27 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2014-04-24 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2014-06-05 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
• 2014-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) (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 5.) (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
• 2014-08-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 22. Page 6415.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2014-08-26 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 4871.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2014-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 831, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07642e39-fdd5-4222-ab19-604e30490959. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).