Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits and services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law provides for a demonstration project, known as California's "Bridge to Reform" Medicaid demonstration project, under the Medi-Cal program until October 31, 2015, to implement specified objectives, including better care coordination for seniors and persons with disabilities and maximization of opportunities to reduce the number of uninsured individuals.
California AB 1568 (20152016) — Medi-Cal: demonstration project.
Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits and services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law provides for a demonstration project, known as California's "Bridge to Reform" Medicaid demonstration project, under the Medi-Cal program until October 31, 2015, to implement specified objectives, including better care coordination for seniors and persons with disabilities and maximization of opportunities to reduce the number of uninsured individuals.
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] — 17–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1568 BONTA Third Reading Urgency — 80–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1568 BONTA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Bonta — primary (person)
Arambula — coauthor (person)
Atkins — author (person)
Dahle — coauthor (person)
Wood — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-01-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-01-05 From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.
2016-02-01 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2016-04-11 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
2016-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2016-04-19 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2016-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-05-04 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2016-05-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-31 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5017.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-06-02 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2016-06-02 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
2016-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-23 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4509.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-06-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5507.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-06-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2016-07-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-07-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 42, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b51f5000-4648-40ce-ab11-5a43b773e103. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).