republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-168.md

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Bill	Mental health: community-based services.	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. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions. Existing law provides for a schedule of benefits under the Medi-Cal program and provides for specified services, including various mental health services. Existing federal law, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, requires the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to, among other things, no later than September 1, 2017, select from among those states awarded a planning grant, the states that may participate in a time-limited demonstration program that is designed to improve access to community mental health and substance use treatment services provided by certified community behavioral health clinics. Existing law requires the department to develop a proposal for the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to be selected as a participating state in this time-limited demonstration program, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 168	California AB 168 (20152016)	bill	Mental health: community-based services.	enacted	Maienschein	7	25	6	2015-01-22	2016-09-12	openstates	ocd-bill/41b443b2-1c5a-49c1-81fc-d34d64d839c4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB168	312cf0c0f4bd90bfb81c3ff4cb42faf58cd6d4ec7adc37497fa8ae55183de3a6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 168 (20152016) — Mental health: community-based services.

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. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions. Existing law provides for a schedule of benefits under the Medi-Cal program and provides for specified services, including various mental health services. Existing federal law, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, requires the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to, among other things, no later than September 1, 2017, select from among those states awarded a planning grant, the states that may participate in a time-limited demonstration program that is designed to improve access to community mental health and substance use treatment services provided by certified community behavioral health clinics. Existing law requires the department to develop a proposal for the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to be selected as a participating state in this time-limited demonstration program, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/22/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/04/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/20/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/17/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/12/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB168 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/29/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB168 Maienschein By Beall — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 168 MAIENSCHEIN Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 168 MAIENSCHEIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Maienschein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-01-23 From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
• 2015-12-09 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2016-01-04 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
• 2016-01-04 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2016-01-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (January 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-01-21 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-01-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-01-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3508.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-01-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-02-04 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2016-06-20 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
• 2016-06-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-11 From Consent Calendar.
• 2016-08-11 Ordered to third reading.
• 2016-08-17 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5251.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6284.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2016-09-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 283, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41b443b2-1c5a-49c1-81fc-d34d64d839c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).