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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program: licensed midwives."
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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 comprehensive perinatal services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law, to the extent that federal financial participation is available, requires that midwifery services provided by a licensed midwife be covered under the Medi-Cal program."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "SB 407"
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citation: "California SB 407 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program: licensed midwives."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Morrell"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2015-02-25"
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last_action: "2015-09-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d411b8ce-44a7-49b9-b9a1-2c5ece96cfe7"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB407"
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source_hash: "4dea35e8baa95a37cf1948141f971b201029e00d48dcc43afc25608b6c428bb9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 407 (20152016) — Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program: licensed midwives.
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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 comprehensive perinatal services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law, to the extent that federal financial participation is available, requires that midwifery services provided by a licensed midwife be covered under the Medi-Cal program.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB407&version=20150SB40799INT)
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2. **04/21/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB407&version=20150SB40798AMD)
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3. **06/17/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB407&version=20150SB40797AMD)
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4. **07/07/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB407&version=20150SB40796AMD)
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5. **09/21/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB407&version=20150SB40794CHP)
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6. **SB407** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB407)
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7. **09/01/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB407&version=20150SB40795ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent #1 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 407 Morrell Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent #9 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Morrell — primary (person)
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- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
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- Wolk — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-25** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2015-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
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- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-24** Set for hearing April 15.
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- **2015-04-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 651.) (April 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-04-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-24** Set for hearing May 4.
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- **2015-04-30** May 4 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2015-05-01** Set for hearing May 11.
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- **2015-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 960.) (May 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-13** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2015-05-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1030.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2015-05-28** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B. & P. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-17** 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`
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- **2015-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-07-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-07-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2637.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2015-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2015-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2376.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
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- **2015-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 313, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d411b8ce-44a7-49b9-b9a1-2c5ece96cfe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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