republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-115.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: managed care organization provider tax."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Under existing law, one of the methods by which Medi-Cal services are provided is pursuant to contracts with various types of managed care plans. Existing law, until July 1, 2019, imposed a managed care organization provider tax, administered and assessed by the department, on licensed health care service plans, managed care plans contracted with the department to provide Medi-Cal services, and alternate health care service plans (AHCSP) , as defined. The tax included the establishment of applicable taxing tiers and per enrollee amounts for each fiscal year, and all revenues, less refunds, derived from the tax were deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Health and Human Services Special Fund in the State Treasury, and continuously appropriated to the department for purposes of funding the nonfederal share of Medi-Cal managed care rates for health care services furnished to specified persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 115"
citation: "California AB 115 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: managed care organization provider tax."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3412763-2038-484d-a325-88237087c4d8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB115"
source_hash: "b2e915396c71bfaf14b5b020c619169e7848e38d33ce24ed8d5dd7b9e556b80b"
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 115 (20192020) — Medi-Cal: managed care organization provider tax.

(1) Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Under existing law, one of the methods by which Medi-Cal services are provided is pursuant to contracts with various types of managed care plans. Existing law, until July 1, 2019, imposed a managed care organization provider tax, administered and assessed by the department, on licensed health care service plans, managed care plans contracted with the department to provide Medi-Cal services, and alternate health care service plans (AHCSP) , as defined. The tax included the establishment of applicable taxing tiers and per enrollee amounts for each fiscal year, and all revenues, less refunds, derived from the tax were deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Health and Human Services Special Fund in the State Treasury, and continuously appropriated to the department for purposes of funding the nonfederal share of Medi-Cal managed care rates for health care services furnished to specified persons.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/03/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB115&version=20190AB11599INT)
2. **08/29/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB115&version=20190AB11598AMD)
3. **09/27/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB115&version=20190AB11596CHP)
4. **AB115** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB115)
5. **09/17/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB115&version=20190AB11597ENR)

## Votes

- AB 115 Ting Assembly Third Reading — **54–13** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB115 BUDGET (Ting) By Mitchell — **29–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **12–4** (pass) · upper
- AB 115 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **55–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-12-04** From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 15. Page 1032.)
- **2019-04-04** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2019-04-04** Ordered to second reading.
- **2019-04-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 13. Page 1185.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-08-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-09-09** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 2690.)
- **2019-09-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (September 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-12** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 2901.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2019-09-12** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3466.)
- **2019-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 13. Page 3488.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 348, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3412763-2038-484d-a325-88237087c4d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).