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 demonstration project under the Medi-Cal program until October 31, 2015, to implement specified objectives, including better care coordination for seniors and persons with disabilities and maximization of opportunities to reduce the number of uninsured individuals.
California SB 36 (20152016) — Medi-Cal: demonstration project.
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 demonstration project under the Medi-Cal program until October 31, 2015, to implement specified objectives, including better care coordination for seniors and persons with disabilities and maximization of opportunities to reduce the number of uninsured individuals.
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] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hernandez — primary (person)
Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
De León — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-12-01 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2014-12-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 1.
2015-01-15 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2015-03-18 Set for hearing April 8.
2015-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 544.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-10 Set for hearing April 20.
2015-04-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1702.) (April 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-27 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 774.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-04-27 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
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
2015-08-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-08-24 Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Cristina Garcia.
2015-09-01 Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Holden.
2015-09-02 From inactive file.
2015-09-02 Ordered to third reading.
2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-09-04 Ordered to third reading.
2015-09-04 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2015-09-09 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2015-09-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (September 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-09-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-11 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3127.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2015-09-11 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2015-09-11 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, committee-passage
2015-09-11 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 2787.) committee-passage
2015-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2769.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
2015-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 759, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d3d93fe4-67fd-47c0-9c70-7c83e6cccac5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).