republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1287.md

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Bill	Medi-Cal: medically necessary services.	Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive medically necessary health care services, including Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) for an individual under 21 years of age who is covered under the Medi-Cal program, subject to utilization controls, and consistent with federal requirements. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 1287	California SB 1287 (20172018)	bill	Medi-Cal: medically necessary services.	enacted	Hernandez	9	26	6	2018-02-16	2018-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/a2cc2cdc-f0a4-4781-ae50-f5d9ff363d68	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1287	a52b73cf201200e22854a7bfa6e289f105c2327fd0634c9b4942cbd1fc0815d5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1287 (20172018) — Medi-Cal: medically necessary services.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive medically necessary health care services, including Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) for an individual under 21 years of age who is covered under the Medi-Cal program, subject to utilization controls, and consistent with federal requirements. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/16/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/21/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/20/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/20/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/27/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB1287 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/31/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1287 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By WOOD — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1287 Hernandez et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hernandez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2018-03-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2018-04-06 Set for hearing April 11.
• 2018-04-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4656.) (April 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-04-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-21 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-05-21 Ordered to second reading.
• 2018-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4334.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-06-04 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-20 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-20 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6583.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-28 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5869.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2018-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 855, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2cc2cdc-f0a4-4781-ae50-f5d9ff363d68. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).