republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-743.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: family planning providers."
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 through fee-for-service or managed care delivery systems. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed by, and funded pursuant to, federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law provides that family planning services are a covered Medi-Cal benefit, subject to utilization controls, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 743"
citation: "California SB 743 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: family planning providers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36a13ab8-520f-493b-a8dd-275611ad8299"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB743"
source_hash: "4692024f5677c99a450297357f27885479f11a27346ec5d8eb1ffad2f32b0079"
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 743 (20172018) — Medi-Cal: family planning providers.

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 through fee-for-service or managed care delivery systems. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed by, and funded pursuant to, federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law provides that family planning services are a covered Medi-Cal benefit, subject to utilization controls, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB743&version=20170SB74399INT)
2. **03/23/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB743&version=20170SB74398AMD)
3. **09/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB743&version=20170SB74397AMD)
4. **10/07/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB743&version=20170SB74395CHP)
5. **SB743** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB743)
6. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB743&version=20170SB74396ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB743 Hernandez et al. Concurrence — **27–12** (pass) · upper
- SB 743 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ FLETCHER — **55–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Leyva — author (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2017-03-09** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2017-03-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 808.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2017-05-03** May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-05-04** Set for hearing May 15.
- **2017-05-11** May 15 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-05-16** Set for hearing May 22.
- **2017-05-22** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 1261.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-12** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-19** July 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 21. Page 3253.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2893.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
- **2017-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 572, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36a13ab8-520f-493b-a8dd-275611ad8299`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).