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 provides for a schedule of benefits covered by the Medi-Cal program, including the purchase of prescribed drugs subject to the Medi-Cal list of contract drugs and utilization controls. Existing law requires a pharmacy provider under the Medi-Cal program to submit his or her usual and customary charge, as defined, when billing the Medi-Cal program for prescribed drugs. The Pharmacy Law specifies the functions a pharmacist is authorized to perform, including furnishing nicotine replacement products and administering immunizations, as specified.
California AB 1114 (20152016) — Medi-Cal: pharmacist services.
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 provides for a schedule of benefits covered by the Medi-Cal program, including the purchase of prescribed drugs subject to the Medi-Cal list of contract drugs and utilization controls. Existing law requires a pharmacy provider under the Medi-Cal program to submit his or her usual and customary charge, as defined, when billing the Medi-Cal program for prescribed drugs. The Pharmacy Law specifies the functions a pharmacist is authorized to perform, including furnishing nicotine replacement products and administering immunizations, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Eggman — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2015-04-16 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2015-04-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1723.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-06-11 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and APPR. referral-committee
2015-06-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-06-25 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-06-29 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-29 From Consent Calendar.
2015-06-29 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2015-07-13 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2015-08-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-03 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Beall.
2016-08-08 From inactive file.
2016-08-08 Ordered to second reading.
2016-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-15 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-16 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). referral-committee
2016-08-18 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2016-08-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage