republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-78.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health: Medi-Cal managed care plan taxes."
description: "Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which health care services are provided to qualified, low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Under existing law, one of the methods by which Medi-Cal services are provided is pursuant to contracts with various types of managed care plans. Existing law imposes a tax on the gross premiums of insurers in lieu of other taxes on insurers, and, until July 1, 2012, imposed a tax on the total operating revenue, of a Medi-Cal managed care plan, as defined. The revenues derived from the tax on Medi-Cal managed care plans are continuously appropriated for specified purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "California SB 78 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public health: Medi-Cal managed care plan taxes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2013-01-10"
last_action: "2013-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fbdc99f-6347-47e2-a727-605ec20974ae"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB78"
source_hash: "72eea0341a4d96428ddec9dcd14f76ba19e033ed305d0af4f9754cf29e241b32"
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 78 (20132014) — Public health: Medi-Cal managed care plan taxes.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which health care services are provided to qualified, low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Under existing law, one of the methods by which Medi-Cal services are provided is pursuant to contracts with various types of managed care plans. Existing law imposes a tax on the gross premiums of insurers in lieu of other taxes on insurers, and, until July 1, 2012, imposed a tax on the total operating revenue, of a Medi-Cal managed care plan, as defined. The revenues derived from the tax on Medi-Cal managed care plans are continuously appropriated for specified purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB78&version=20130SB7899INT)
2. **06/13/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB78&version=20130SB7898AMD)
3. **06/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB78&version=20130SB7896CHP)
4. **SB78** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB78)
5. **06/17/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB78&version=20130SB7897ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB78 Committee on B. & F.R. — **24–9** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Supp 1 SB78 Committee on B. & F.R. (Leno) Urgency Clause Concurrence — **27–10** (pass) · upper
- SB 78 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **54–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-01-10** (Corrected May 9).
- **2013-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2013-01-24** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-05-08** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 893.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-24** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-15** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 53. Noes 24. Page 2032.)
- **2013-06-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-06-15** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 2034.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-06-15** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2013-06-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 10.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-15** (Corrected June 18.)
- **2013-06-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2013-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 33, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fbdc99f-6347-47e2-a727-605ec20974ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).