republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1244.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation."
description: "Under existing law, the Director of Health Care Services is authorized, for purposes of administering the Medi-Cal program, to suspend a provider of service from further participation under the program for specified reasons, including conviction of any felony or any misdemeanor involving fraud, abuse of the Medi-Cal program or any patient, or otherwise substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of a provider of service. Existing law requires the director, upon receipt of written notification from the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that a physician or other individual practitioner has been suspended from participation in the Medicare or Medicaid programs, to promptly suspend the practitioner from participation in the Medi-Cal program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1244"
citation: "California AB 1244 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gray"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2016-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90f8b4a4-ee11-4696-92aa-166633f5b3aa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1244"
source_hash: "fdcbefea40e2497cb9083ceab9d709a51a9f573369bfc882cbf18050aeeb39ae"
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 AB 1244 (20152016) — Workers' compensation.

Under existing law, the Director of Health Care Services is authorized, for purposes of administering the Medi-Cal program, to suspend a provider of service from further participation under the program for specified reasons, including conviction of any felony or any misdemeanor involving fraud, abuse of the Medi-Cal program or any patient, or otherwise substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of a provider of service. Existing law requires the director, upon receipt of written notification from the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that a physician or other individual practitioner has been suspended from participation in the Medicare or Medicaid programs, to promptly suspend the practitioner from participation in the Medi-Cal program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1244&version=20150AB124499INT)
2. **01/04/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1244&version=20150AB124498AMD)
3. **01/26/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1244&version=20150AB124497AMD)
4. **05/10/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1244&version=20150AB124496AMD)
5. **06/22/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1244&version=20150AB124495AMD)
6. **08/01/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1244&version=20150AB124494AMD)
7. **08/15/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1244&version=20150AB124493AMD)
8. **08/19/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1244&version=20150AB124492AMD)
9. **09/30/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1244&version=20150AB124490CHP)
10. **AB1244** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1244)
11. **08/31/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1244&version=20150AB124491ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1244 GRAY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1244 Gray By Mendoza — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1244 GRAY Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gray — primary (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Brown — coauthor (person)
- Cooley — coauthor (person)
- Cooper — coauthor (person)
- Daly — author (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Frazier — coauthor (person)
- Irwin — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Medina — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (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`
- **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2016-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (January 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-01-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 21). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-01-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-01-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-01-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3526.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-11** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-05-11** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-19** Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-08-08** Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5292.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-24** Re-referred to Com. on INS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6225.)
- **2016-08-25** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6466.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 852, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90f8b4a4-ee11-4696-92aa-166633f5b3aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).