Long-term health care facilities: payment source and resident census.
Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of long-term health care facilities, including, among others, skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities, by the State Department of Public Health. A violation of those provisions is generally a crime. 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. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions.
California SB 1354 (20232024) — Long-term health care facilities: payment source and resident census.
Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of long-term health care facilities, including, among others, skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities, by the State Department of Public Health. A violation of those provisions is generally a crime. 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. 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.
Unfinished Business SB1354 Wahab et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1354 Wahab Senate Third Reading By Wood — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Wahab — primary (person)
McKinnor — coauthor (person)
Ortega — coauthor (person)
Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
Wood — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2024-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
2024-02-29 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2024-04-03 Set for hearing April 24.
2024-04-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 3756.) (April 24). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-30 Set for hearing May 6.
2024-05-06 May 6 hearing postponed by committee.
2024-05-07 Set for hearing May 13.
2024-05-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 4057.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-06-03 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2024-06-10 June 18 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2024-06-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-06-26 Coauthors revised.
2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6659.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-28 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5591.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 339, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d262e6e9-9285-48ff-9800-ffe43a84c53a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).