Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Under existing law, one of the methods by which Medi-Cal services, including medical, dental, and mental health services, are provided is pursuant to contracts with various types of managed care plans. Existing law requires the department to require all managed care plans and mental health plans contracting with the department to provide language assistance services, including translation services and oral interpretation services by an interpreter who meets specified minimum qualification criteria, to limited-English-proficient (LEP) Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
California SB 1423 (20172018) — Medi-Cal: oral interpretation services.
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Under existing law, one of the methods by which Medi-Cal services, including medical, dental, and mental health services, are provided is pursuant to contracts with various types of managed care plans. Existing law requires the department to require all managed care plans and mental health plans contracting with the department to provide language assistance services, including translation services and oral interpretation services by an interpreter who meets specified minimum qualification criteria, to limited-English-proficient (LEP) Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–2 (pass) · lower
SB 1423 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By CHU — 67–7 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 13–4 (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.
2018-03-08 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2018-04-09 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
2018-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2018-04-20 Set for hearing April 25.
2018-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 4853.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-05-09 Set for hearing May 14.
2018-05-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 4224.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-21 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: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (August 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 7. Page 6482.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-23 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2018-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
2018-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 568, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9cbb8d77-eadd-46da-91b1-8e996e84e1ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).