Existing law authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to charge a $5 fee for each inmate-initiated medical visit of an inmate confined in the state prison, except under specified circumstances, and requires that the moneys received be expended to reimburse the department for direct provision of inmate health care services. Existing law also authorizes a sheriff, chief or director of corrections, or chief of police to charge a $3 fee for each inmate-initiated medical visit of an inmate confined in a county or city jail, except as specified, and requires that the moneys received be transferred to the county or city general fund. Existing law also authorizes a county or city to recover from an inmate or a person legally responsible for the inmate's care the costs of necessary medical care rendered to the inmate, under certain conditions.
California AB 45 (20192020) — Inmates: medical care: fees.
Existing law authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to charge a $5 fee for each inmate-initiated medical visit of an inmate confined in the state prison, except under specified circumstances, and requires that the moneys received be expended to reimburse the department for direct provision of inmate health care services. Existing law also authorizes a sheriff, chief or director of corrections, or chief of police to charge a $3 fee for each inmate-initiated medical visit of an inmate confined in a county or city jail, except as specified, and requires that the moneys received be transferred to the county or city general fund. Existing law also authorizes a county or city to recover from an inmate or a person legally responsible for the inmate's care the costs of necessary medical care rendered to the inmate, under certain conditions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB45 Mark Stone et al. By Bradford — 29–11 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
AB 45 Mark Stone Assembly Third Reading — 47–24 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 11–6 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Mark Stone — primary (person)
Chiu — coauthor (person)
Jones-Sawyer — author (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Wiener — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-12-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-12-04 From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
2019-01-17 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2019-02-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-02-21 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2019-02-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (February 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-03-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 6.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 24. Page 1891.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2019-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-12 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 2694.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-09 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2019-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 570, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0bd93020-d54c-4db3-bbbe-c64a715118de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).