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Bill	Medi-Cal eligibility: assets.	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 requires, with some exceptions, a Medi-Cal applicant's or beneficiary's income and resources be determined based on modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) , as specified. Existing law prohibits the use of an assets or resources test for individuals whose income eligibility is determined based on modified adjusted gross income.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1785	California AB 1785 (20172018)	bill	Medi-Cal eligibility: assets.	enacted	Nazarian	5	19	5	2018-01-08	2018-07-18	openstates	ocd-bill/10d04671-4ce0-4351-942a-be2e80be631c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1785	3cb65fe318f4132836510da73a4f0835c3fb6451d898532c8e3a326d42e1492a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1785 (20172018) — Medi-Cal eligibility: assets.

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 requires, with some exceptions, a Medi-Cal applicant's or beneficiary's income and resources be determined based on modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) , as specified. Existing law prohibits the use of an assets or resources test for individuals whose income eligibility is determined based on modified adjusted gross income.

Version chain

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

1. 01/08/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/11/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/18/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1785 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/05/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1785 NAZARIAN Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar AB1785 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Nazarian — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-01-09 From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
• 2018-01-22 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2018-04-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 3). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-11 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5004.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-05-17 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2018-06-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-06-25 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-07-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5038.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-07-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2018-07-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2018-07-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-07-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 121, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10d04671-4ce0-4351-942a-be2e80be631c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).