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type: "Bill"
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title: "Medical interpretation services."
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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, until July 1, 2020, among other things, requires the department to work with stakeholders to conduct a study to identify current requirements for medical interpretation services and make recommendations on strategies that may be employed regarding the provision of medical interpretation services for Medi-Cal beneficiaries who are limited English proficient (LEP) . Existing law requires that the department work with stakeholders to establish a pilot project based on the recommendations of the study, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "SB 165"
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citation: "California SB 165 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Medical interpretation services."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-01-28"
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last_action: "2019-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b9074fe-7fae-4b65-8d36-a9b996f5e28a"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB165"
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source_hash: "c8975989b566f35e307dda944351779805dd89f571b9235040d46fa38e31a191"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 165 (20192020) — Medical interpretation services.
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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, until July 1, 2020, among other things, requires the department to work with stakeholders to conduct a study to identify current requirements for medical interpretation services and make recommendations on strategies that may be employed regarding the provision of medical interpretation services for Medi-Cal beneficiaries who are limited English proficient (LEP) . Existing law requires that the department work with stakeholders to establish a pilot project based on the recommendations of the study, as specified.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/28/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB165&version=20190SB16599INT)
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2. **09/03/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB165&version=20190SB16598AMD)
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3. **09/27/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB165&version=20190SB16596CHP)
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4. **SB165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB165)
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5. **09/13/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB165&version=20190SB16597ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 165 Atkins Senate Third Reading By Bonta — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent SB165 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB165 Atkins et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Atkins — primary (person)
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- Pan — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-28** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-01-29** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 28.
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- **2019-02-06** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-14** Set for hearing March 27.
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- **2019-03-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 490.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-05** Set for hearing April 22.
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- **2019-04-22** April 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2019-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
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- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1091.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-05-21** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1272.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2019-06-06** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-09-03** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-09-03** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3253.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2019-09-11** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2019-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2865.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2019-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 365, Statutes of 2019.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b9074fe-7fae-4b65-8d36-a9b996f5e28a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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