republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2724.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: alternate health care service plan."
description: "Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services through various delivery systems, including managed care pursuant to Medi-Cal managed care plan contracts. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2724"
citation: "California AB 2724 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: alternate health care service plan."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arambula"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06836430-c883-4123-b558-30c5ba7f9e68"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2724"
source_hash: "ea8e5a39b5c80899b1031d4769479a4a5d17ef5748fd7650ae78cda784472bf6"
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 2724 (20212022) — Medi-Cal: alternate health care service plan.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services through various delivery systems, including managed care pursuant to Medi-Cal managed care plan contracts. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2724&version=20210AB272499INT)
2. **03/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2724&version=20210AB272498AMD)
3. **04/07/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2724&version=20210AB272497AMD)
4. **04/21/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2724&version=20210AB272496AMD)
5. **05/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2724&version=20210AB272495AMD)
6. **06/20/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2724&version=20210AB272494AMD)
7. **06/23/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2724&version=20210AB272493AMD)
8. **06/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2724&version=20210AB272491CHP)
9. **AB2724** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2724)
10. **06/30/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2724&version=20210AB272492ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2724 Arambula Assembly Third Reading — **41–18** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2724 Arambula By Eggman — **25–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 2724 ARAMBULA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **48–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arambula — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2022-03-24** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (April 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4736.)
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Assembly Rule 69(b) suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 18. Page 4844.)
- **2022-05-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4845.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 18.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-08** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-06-20** 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-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 7. Page 4530.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-06-29** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2022-06-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2022-06-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 48. Noes 15.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 73, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06836430-c883-4123-b558-30c5ba7f9e68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).