(1) 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, the California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016, an initiative measure approved as Proposition 56 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, increases taxes imposed on distributors of cigarettes and tobacco products and requires all revenues to be deposited into the California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016 Fund, a continuously appropriated fund. Proposition 56 requires the Controller to transfer 82% of those revenues to the Healthcare Treatment Fund, to be used by the State Department of Health Care Services to increase funding for Medi-Cal and other specified health care programs and services in a way that, among other things, ensures timely access, limits geographic shortages of services, and ensures quality care. The act authorizes the Legislature to amend the provision relating to the allocation of revenues in the Healthcare Treatment Fund to further the purposes of the act with a 23 vote of the membership of each house of the Legislature.
(1) 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, the California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016, an initiative measure approved as Proposition 56 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, increases taxes imposed on distributors of cigarettes and tobacco products and requires all revenues to be deposited into the California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016 Fund, a continuously appropriated fund. Proposition 56 requires the Controller to transfer 82% of those revenues to the Healthcare Treatment Fund, to be used by the State Department of Health Care Services to increase funding for Medi-Cal and other specified health care programs and services in a way that, among other things, ensures timely access, limits geographic shortages of services, and ensures quality care. The act authorizes the Legislature to amend the provision relating to the allocation of revenues in the Healthcare Treatment Fund to further the purposes of the act with a 23 vote of the membership of each house of the Legislature.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
W/O REF. TO FILE SB849 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Concurrence — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-01-10 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-01-11 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
2018-01-16 Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee
2018-04-30 Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 4865.)
2018-04-30 Ordered to second reading.
2018-05-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 4921.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-05-07 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
2018-06-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
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