republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-896.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care programs: provider reimbursement rates."
description: "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 benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 896"
citation: "California AB 896 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care programs: provider reimbursement rates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2009-02-26"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/290ca276-93b4-494c-a81e-99e3ee8656f7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB896"
source_hash: "ff7b3baf55dadfd801ec3a7a26326192421b98dc28f1aac145feb697818050b5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 896 (20092010) — Health care programs: provider reimbursement rates.

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 benefits.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/26/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB896&version=20090AB89699INT)
2. **09/08/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB896&version=20090AB89698AMD)
3. **09/10/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB896&version=20090AB89697AMD)
4. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB896&version=20090AB89695CHP)
5. **AB896** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB896)
6. **09/21/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB896&version=20090AB89696ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 896 GALGIANI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB896 Galgiani By Alquist — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 896 GALGIANI Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Galgiani — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2009-03-23** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1851.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-29** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2009-08-27** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2009-09-08** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2009-09-08** (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2280.)
- **2009-09-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-09-09** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2009-09-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-10** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-09-10** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2009-09-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-09-11** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2009-09-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 2460.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2009-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3410.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 260, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/290ca276-93b4-494c-a81e-99e3ee8656f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).