republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-1457.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical care: electronic treatment authorization requests."
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. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law also requires the department to administer various health programs, including the California Children's Services Program and the Genetically Handicapped Person's Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1457"
citation: "California SB 1457 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical care: electronic treatment authorization requests."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/938268ee-74d9-47ef-aead-5243e3908518"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1457"
source_hash: "0a28f58947cbf0133ad225fab5392ec68a077c047477687396c2cf2ad8150b86"
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 1457 (20132014) — Medical care: electronic treatment authorization requests.

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. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law also requires the department to administer various health programs, including the California Children's Services Program and the Genetically Handicapped Person's Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1457&version=20130SB145799INT)
2. **03/28/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1457&version=20130SB145798AMD)
3. **06/04/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1457&version=20130SB145797AMD)
4. **06/30/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1457&version=20130SB145796AMD)
5. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1457&version=20130SB145794CHP)
6. **SB1457** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1457)
7. **08/19/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1457&version=20130SB145795ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1457 Evans Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1457 Evans Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-17** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-18** Set for hearing March 26.
- **2014-03-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2992.) (March 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-11** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2014-04-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3278.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3326.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6049.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-18** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4549.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 849, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/938268ee-74d9-47ef-aead-5243e3908518`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).