republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-349.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program: ratesetting process."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 349"
citation: "California AB 349 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program: ratesetting process."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2018-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fccd9ec4-65ab-4f7f-aa8e-5c46c8a0b4bb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB349"
source_hash: "aae5e22e34eba4586b9a3227ab73e1f3d144e7c14bf5b835eaad63fd51f08052"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 349 (20172018) — Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program: ratesetting process.

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.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB349&version=20170AB34999INT)
2. **03/22/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB349&version=20170AB34998AMD)
3. **04/19/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB349&version=20170AB34997AMD)
4. **06/05/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB349&version=20170AB34996AMD)
5. **06/07/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB349&version=20170AB34994AMD)
6. **06/14/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB349&version=20170AB34995AMD)
7. **09/21/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB349&version=20170AB34992CHP)
8. **AB349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB349)
9. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB349&version=20170AB34993ENR)

## Votes

- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 349 MCCARTY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB349 McCarty By Pan — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCarty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2017-02-21** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** From committee: Be re-referred to Coms. on V.A. and P.E., R., & S.S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 30. Page 1547.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24** Referred to Coms. on P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-06-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-06-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-11** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-06-11** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5439.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-27** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6822.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 643, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fccd9ec4-65ab-4f7f-aa8e-5c46c8a0b4bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).