republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1233.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: Administrative Claiming process."
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 establishes an Administrative Claiming process under which local governmental agencies and local educational consortia contract with the department for the purpose of obtaining federal matching funds to assist with the performance of administrative activities relating to the Medi-Cal program. Under existing law, a participating local governmental agency may include a Native American Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or a subgroup of a Native American Indian tribe or tribal organization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1233"
citation: "California AB 1233 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: Administrative Claiming process."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36fcdadc-8346-4817-b9d9-0945c79134db"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1233"
source_hash: "56c34b4bdc38553106e26622a60a384890f1ed1703b5256bc8cb63fe63e656e2"
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 1233 (20132014) — Medi-Cal: Administrative Claiming process.

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 establishes an Administrative Claiming process under which local governmental agencies and local educational consortia contract with the department for the purpose of obtaining federal matching funds to assist with the performance of administrative activities relating to the Medi-Cal program. Under existing law, a participating local governmental agency may include a Native American Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or a subgroup of a Native American Indian tribe or tribal organization.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1233&version=20130AB123399INT)
2. **04/23/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1233&version=20130AB123398AMD)
3. **05/23/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1233&version=20130AB123397AMD)
4. **06/11/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1233&version=20130AB123396AMD)
5. **07/02/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1233&version=20130AB123395AMD)
6. **09/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1233&version=20130AB123393CHP)
7. **AB1233** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1233)
8. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1233&version=20130AB123394ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1233 CHESBRO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1233 CHESBRO Third Reading Urgency — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chesbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-23** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1575.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1654.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-15** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1844.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2585.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2013-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 306, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36fcdadc-8346-4817-b9d9-0945c79134db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).