republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1803.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: emergency medical conditions."
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 services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law provides for a schedule of benefits under the Medi-Cal program, which includes inpatient hospital services subject to utilization controls. Existing federal law requires a hospital to provide appropriate medical screening or treatment to determine whether an emergency medical condition exists if any individual comes to the emergency department and requires an examination or treatment for a medical condition, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1803"
citation: "California AB 1803 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: emergency medical conditions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-21"
last_action: "2012-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd47bb14-06dc-48c0-8dae-022b8becf934"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1803"
source_hash: "6b4925f98a2c7a82b660968fc9248e2897a1ffb106e363f3c7ca8e7337726de1"
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 1803 (20112012) — Medi-Cal: emergency medical conditions.

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 provides for a schedule of benefits under the Medi-Cal program, which includes inpatient hospital services subject to utilization controls. Existing federal law requires a hospital to provide appropriate medical screening or treatment to determine whether an emergency medical condition exists if any individual comes to the emergency department and requires an examination or treatment for a medical condition, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1803&version=20110AB180399INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1803&version=20110AB180398AMD)
3. **04/23/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1803&version=20110AB180397AMD)
4. **06/12/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1803&version=20110AB180396AMD)
5. **09/22/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1803&version=20110AB180394CHP)
6. **AB1803** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1803)
7. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1803&version=20110AB180395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **14–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1803 Mitchell By DeSaulnier — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1803 MITCHELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–17** (pass) · lower
- AB 1803 MITCHELL Assembly Third Reading — **57–14** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mitchell — primary (person)
- Gordon — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 14. Page 4876.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-25** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4703.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 17. Page 6306.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
- **2012-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 442, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd47bb14-06dc-48c0-8dae-022b8becf934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).