republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-417.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Acute psychiatric hospital: County of Ventura: outpatient mental health services."
description: "Existing law provides for the regulation and licensure of health facilities, as defined, including acute psychiatric hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law defines an acute psychiatric hospital for purposes of these provisions to mean a health facility having a duly constituted governing body with overall administrative and professional responsibility and an organized medical staff that provides 24-hour inpatient care for persons with mental health disorders or other patients referred, as specified, including medical, nursing, rehabilitative, pharmacy, and dietary services. A violation of the provisions governing health facilities is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 417"
citation: "California AB 417 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Acute psychiatric hospital: County of Ventura: outpatient mental health services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38cfd20c-1f91-4c70-a94c-e914de1aedf4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB417"
source_hash: "2ff38589465ba7d93059433280b923d35e58083e9670544b7990d20c7137a4a5"
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 417 (20172018) — Acute psychiatric hospital: County of Ventura: outpatient mental health services.

Existing law provides for the regulation and licensure of health facilities, as defined, including acute psychiatric hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law defines an acute psychiatric hospital for purposes of these provisions to mean a health facility having a duly constituted governing body with overall administrative and professional responsibility and an organized medical staff that provides 24-hour inpatient care for persons with mental health disorders or other patients referred, as specified, including medical, nursing, rehabilitative, pharmacy, and dietary services. A violation of the provisions governing health facilities is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB417&version=20170AB41799INT)
2. **03/08/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB417&version=20170AB41797AMD)
3. **03/23/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB417&version=20170AB41795CHP)
4. **04/27/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB417&version=20170AB41798AMD)
5. **AB417** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB417)
6. **03/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB417&version=20170AB41796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 417 LIMÓN Concurrence - Urgency Added — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 417 WOOD Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Limón — primary (person)
- Jackson — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2017-02-21** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-27** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1487.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-08-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2017-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-24** From Consent Calendar.
- **2017-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-13** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hernandez.
- **2018-03-08** From inactive file.
- **2018-03-08** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-03-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-03-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-03-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3496.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-03-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4299.)
- **2018-03-20** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 20). `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-22** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 4377.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-03-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 9, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38cfd20c-1f91-4c70-a94c-e914de1aedf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).