republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-250.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: provider directory: skilled nursing facilities."
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, under fee-for-service or managed care delivery systems. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 250"
citation: "California SB 250 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal", "providerdirectory", "skillednursingfacilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ochoa Bogh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cee2099-9f1a-4fc8-a4b4-bfe445360421"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB250"
source_hash: "f9ed05f46d78ac826fbac6953ccfb22fff157e4b8b745d2cf72a640173f27bf1"
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 250 (20252026) — Medi-Cal: provider directory: skilled nursing facilities.

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, under fee-for-service or managed care delivery systems. 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. **01/30/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB250&version=20250SB25099INT)
2. **06/17/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB250&version=20250SB25098AMD)
3. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB250&version=20250SB25096CHP)
4. **SB250** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB250)
5. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB250&version=20250SB25097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB250 Ochoa Bogh — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB250 Ochoa Bogh Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 250 Ochoa Bogh Senate Third Reading By Chen — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ochoa Bogh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
- **2025-02-14** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Set for hearing March 26.
- **2025-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 566.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2025-04-07** April 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1193.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2025-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1323.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-05** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2903.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-04** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2817.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 309, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cee2099-9f1a-4fc8-a4b4-bfe445360421`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).