Under existing law, health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, are licensed and regulated by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law prohibits a health facility from charging, billing, or otherwise soliciting payment from a patient on behalf of, or referring a patient to, another health facility in which the health facility has a significant beneficial interest, except as provided. A violation of these provisions is a crime.
Under existing law, health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, are licensed and regulated by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law prohibits a health facility from charging, billing, or otherwise soliciting payment from a patient on behalf of, or referring a patient to, another health facility in which the health facility has a significant beneficial interest, except as provided. A violation of these provisions is a crime.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB1365 Hernandez Concurrence — 26–13 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 26–11 (pass) · upper
SB 1365 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By WOOD — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hernandez — primary (person)
Bonta — principal coauthor (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 Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2016-04-05 Set for hearing April 20.
2016-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3646.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-13 Set for hearing May 23.
2016-05-23 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2016-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-31 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-05-31 Ordered to second reading.
2016-06-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 4147.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2016-06-13 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2016-06-16 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
2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-04 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-08 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
2016-08-08 Ordered to third reading.
2016-08-18 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
2016-08-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6230.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-25 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 5490.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2016-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 501, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b61bfff4-084f-47d2-92ef-2c471a098edc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).