republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1529.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: providers: fraud."
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 requires an applicant or provider, as defined, to submit a complete application package for enrollment, continuing enrollment, or enrollment at a new location or a change in location, and requires the application form for enrollment, the provider agreement, and all attachments or changes to be signed under penalty of perjury. Existing law authorizes the department, upon receipt of reliable evidence, as described, of fraud or willful misrepresentation by a provider, or upon the commencement of a specified suspension of a provider, to, among other things, withhold payment for any goods, services, supplies, or merchandise, or any portion thereof. Existing law prohibits the department from enrolling any applicant that has been convicted of any felony or misdemeanor involving fraud or abuse in any government program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1529"
citation: "California SB 1529 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: providers: fraud."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alquist"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c5d2bd2-2031-4661-baae-3b8bd69852a5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1529"
source_hash: "fd7574b35ebd94265c2ca8fc2e94bb8310bc109fca63c9944d8d6ce73c706bf5"
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 SB 1529 (20112012) — Medi-Cal: providers: fraud.

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 requires an applicant or provider, as defined, to submit a complete application package for enrollment, continuing enrollment, or enrollment at a new location or a change in location, and requires the application form for enrollment, the provider agreement, and all attachments or changes to be signed under penalty of perjury. Existing law authorizes the department, upon receipt of reliable evidence, as described, of fraud or willful misrepresentation by a provider, or upon the commencement of a specified suspension of a provider, to, among other things, withhold payment for any goods, services, supplies, or merchandise, or any portion thereof. Existing law prohibits the department from enrolling any applicant that has been convicted of any felony or misdemeanor involving fraud or abuse in any government program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1529&version=20110SB152999INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1529&version=20110SB152998AMD)
3. **04/24/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1529&version=20110SB152997AMD)
4. **06/06/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1529&version=20110SB152996AMD)
5. **06/27/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1529&version=20110SB152995AMD)
6. **08/07/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1529&version=20110SB152994AMD)
7. **08/21/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1529&version=20110SB152993AMD)
8. **09/29/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1529&version=20110SB152991CHP)
9. **SB1529** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1529)
10. **08/30/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1529&version=20110SB152992ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **26–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1529 Alquist Concurrence — **25–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 1529 Alquist Senate Third Reading By MONNING — **52–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alquist — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2012-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 3230.) (April 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2012-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3445.) (May 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 3493.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-06-26** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-21** Read third time and amended. (Page 6052.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 6188.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 4856.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 p.m.
- **2012-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 797, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c5d2bd2-2031-4661-baae-3b8bd69852a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).