republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-966.md

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Bill	Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics: visits.	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 health care services, including federally qualified health center (FQHC) services and rural health clinic (RHC) services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 966	California SB 966 (20212022)	bill	Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics: visits.	enacted	Limón	6	29	8	2022-02-09	2022-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/1d3e974c-094b-4563-a2f2-10268a4f0f4e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB966	1d2ca17fe5a1fae30e60cd647b6cc12d356161d147c1cf098f767c83bb54bc4a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 966 (20212022) — Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics: visits.

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 health care services, including federally qualified health center (FQHC) services and rural health clinic (RHC) services. 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. 02/09/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/18/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/25/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/27/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB966 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/08/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB966 Limón et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB966 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 966 Limón Senate Third Reading By Salas — 80–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Limón — primary (person)
• Salas — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-09 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
• 2022-02-10 From printer.
• 2022-02-16 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2022-03-11 Set for hearing March 23.
• 2022-03-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3204.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-04-05 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2022-04-18 April 18 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3777.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3931.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-18 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-25 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5395.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 607, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d3e974c-094b-4563-a2f2-10268a4f0f4e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).