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Bill	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 and services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law provides for a demonstration project, known as California's "Bridge to Reform" Medicaid 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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 815	California SB 815 (20152016)	bill appropriation	Medi-Cal: demonstration project.	enacted	Hernandez	8	28	8	2016-01-04	2016-07-25	openstates	ocd-bill/4fc8bd21-825e-40b5-aa6b-9ab80b7084d0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB815	69a4d292d93cd5c06ad610a1a6d4d981495bb3e04d1994ad42c69b0d2662d57d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 815 (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 and services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law provides for a demonstration project, known as California's "Bridge to Reform" Medicaid 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.

1. 01/04/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/11/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/03/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/02/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/09/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/25/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB815 (committee substitute) — source
8. 06/29/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB815 Hernandez Urgency Clause Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 815 Hernandez Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hernandez — primary (person)
• De León — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-04 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-01-05 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 4.
• 2016-01-28 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2016-03-30 Set for hearing April 20.
• 2016-04-11 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
• 2016-04-12 April 20 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-04-13 Set for hearing April 27.
• 2016-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3725.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-03 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
• 2016-05-13 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2016-05-23 May 23 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2016-05-24 Set for hearing May 27.
• 2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3997.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-31 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4054.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-06-02 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2016-06-02 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
• 2016-06-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-09 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
• 2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (June 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-16 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-23 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5487.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-23 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2016-06-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4549.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-07-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2016-07-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-07-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 111, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4fc8bd21-825e-40b5-aa6b-9ab80b7084d0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).