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type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: specialty mental health: minor and nonminor dependents."
description: "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, including specialty mental health services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Under existing law, specialty mental health services are provided by mental health plans and the department is responsible for conducting investigations and audits of claims and reimbursements for expenditures for specialty mental health services provided by mental health plans to Medi-Cal eligible individuals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1291"
citation: "California SB 1291 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: specialty mental health: minor and nonminor dependents."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 32
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47b91887-1488-4ef8-aee7-bf68e6a13cfe"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1291"
source_hash: "4665948948dd6db70776478db8e57b70f01702adb91efa380d21931b3ceb2a6f"
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 SB 1291 (20152016) — Medi-Cal: specialty mental health: minor and nonminor dependents.
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, including specialty mental health services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Under existing law, specialty mental health services are provided by mental health plans and the department is responsible for conducting investigations and audits of claims and reimbursements for expenditures for specialty mental health services provided by mental health plans to Medi-Cal eligible individuals.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1291&version=20150SB129199INT)
2. **03/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1291&version=20150SB129198AMD)
3. **04/14/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1291&version=20150SB129197AMD)
4. **06/01/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1291&version=20150SB129196AMD)
5. **06/13/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1291&version=20150SB129195AMD)
6. **06/27/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1291&version=20150SB129194AMD)
7. **08/15/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1291&version=20150SB129193AMD)
8. **09/29/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1291&version=20150SB129191CHP)
9. **SB1291** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1291)
10. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1291&version=20150SB129192ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — **90** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **200** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **60** (pass) · upper
- SB 1291 Beall Senate Third Reading By CHIU — **780** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1291 Beall Concurrence — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **50** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **170** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Beall — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-15** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2016-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3446.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-08** Set for hearing April 12 in HUMAN S. pending receipt.
- **2016-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3518.) (April 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2016-05-09** May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27.
- **2016-05-31** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4007.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4141.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-08-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5921.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5452.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 844, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47b91887-1488-4ef8-aee7-bf68e6a13cfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).