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Bill	Federally qualified health centers.	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. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law provides that federally qualified health center (FQHC) services, as described, are covered benefits under the Medi-Cal program, to be reimbursed, to the extent that federal financial participation is obtained, to providers on a per-visit basis. "Visit" is defined as a face-to-face encounter between a patient of an FQHC and specified health care professionals. Existing federal law authorizes a state plan to provide for payment in any fiscal year to an FQHC for specified services in an amount that is determined under an alternative payment methodology (APM) if it is agreed to by the state and the FQHC and results in a payment to the FQHC of an amount that is at least equal to the amount otherwise required to be paid to the FQHC.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 147	California SB 147 (20152016)	bill	Federally qualified health centers.	enacted	Hernandez	9	30	8	2015-01-28	2015-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/f472c203-3143-4f23-9461-42449a0cd1b7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB147	6cb04cf64781edf312a0506bb51fdddac711725788ff624024f32626ccb819a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 147 (20152016) — Federally qualified health centers.

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. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law provides that federally qualified health center (FQHC) services, as described, are covered benefits under the Medi-Cal program, to be reimbursed, to the extent that federal financial participation is obtained, to providers on a per-visit basis. "Visit" is defined as a face-to-face encounter between a patient of an FQHC and specified health care professionals. Existing federal law authorizes a state plan to provide for payment in any fiscal year to an FQHC for specified services in an amount that is determined under an alternative payment methodology (APM) if it is agreed to by the state and the FQHC and results in a payment to the FQHC of an amount that is at least equal to the amount otherwise required to be paid to the FQHC.

Version chain

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

1. 01/28/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/07/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/21/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/08/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/17/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/31/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/10/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB147 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/10/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB147 Hernandez Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 147 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 as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hernandez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-28 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2015-01-29 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 28.
• 2015-02-19 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2015-04-07 Set for hearing April 15.
• 2015-04-07 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
• 2015-04-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 650.) (April 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-24 Set for hearing May 4.
• 2015-05-04 May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-05-23 Set for hearing May 28.
• 2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1148.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1197.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2015-06-30 June 30 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-07-07 July 7 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-07-08 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
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 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
• 2015-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-08-31 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-08-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2790.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2658.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:45 p.m.
• 2015-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 760, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f472c203-3143-4f23-9461-42449a0cd1b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).