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type: "Bill"
title: "Health care programs: cancer."
description: "Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to perform various health functions, including providing breast and cervical cancer screening and treatment for low-income individuals. Existing law defines \"period of coverage\" as beginning when an individual is made eligible for a covered condition and not to exceed 18 or 24 months, respectively, for a diagnosis of breast cancer or a diagnosis of cervical cancer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1795"
citation: "California AB 1795 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care programs: cancer."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2016-02-04"
last_action: "2016-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5cd97ff-f147-4468-a3e1-024090e96f2c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1795"
source_hash: "cce21a9e1146ac882b2088e12734230c71d0909b3cb205913b25fa15a935ca12"
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 1795 (20152016) — Health care programs: cancer.
Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to perform various health functions, including providing breast and cervical cancer screening and treatment for low-income individuals. Existing law defines "period of coverage" as beginning when an individual is made eligible for a covered condition and not to exceed 18 or 24 months, respectively, for a diagnosis of breast cancer or a diagnosis of cervical cancer.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/04/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1795&version=20150AB179599INT)
2. **03/28/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1795&version=20150AB179598AMD)
3. **05/31/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1795&version=20150AB179597AMD)
4. **08/15/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1795&version=20150AB179596AMD)
5. **08/24/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1795&version=20150AB179595AMD)
6. **09/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1795&version=20150AB179593CHP)
7. **AB1795** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1795)
8. **08/31/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1795&version=20150AB179594ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **90** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1795 Atkins By Pan — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **170** (pass) · lower
- AB 1795 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **790** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **50** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1795 Atkins By Pan — **350** (pass) · upper
- AB 1795 ATKINS Assembly Third Reading — **771** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **154** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Atkins — primary (person)
- Cristina Garcia — principal coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Pan — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-03-28** 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`
- **2016-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 4.) (May 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 5220.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** In committee: 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`
- **2016-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5043.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-23** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2016-08-23** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2016-08-23** Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Page 5315.)
- **2016-08-24** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5487.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2016-08-30** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6474.)
- **2016-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6482.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 608, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5cd97ff-f147-4468-a3e1-024090e96f2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).