Medi-Cal managed care plans: enrollees with other health care coverage.

Legislative status

1. Introduced
2. In Committee
3. Reported by Committee
4. Floor Vote Scheduled
5. Passed One Chamber
6. Passed Both Chambers
7. Sent to Executive
8. Enacted

Summary

The law requires California’s Department of Health Care Services to ensure that providers who are not in a Medi‑Cal managed‑care network can bill the plan for Medicaid‑allowable costs without extra administrative burdens, as long as the enrollee has other health coverage and Medi‑Cal is the payer of last resort. It also establishes a CalHHS workgroup to study functional, hormonal, integrative, and metabolic health approaches, meeting quarterly and reporting to legislative health committees. The measures aim to improve care continuity for dual‑coverage beneficiaries and explore innovative health‑care models.

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Vote

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 3884.) · Jan 29, 2026

Hearings

• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · Aug 13, 2026
• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · Jun 15, 2026
• Health Committee Hearing
  Health · Jun 3, 2026
• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · Jan 22, 2026
• Health Committee Hearing
  Health · Jan 13, 2026

History

1. Jun 4, 2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2. May 6, 2026Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
3. Jan 29, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 3884.)
4. Jan 29, 2026In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
5. Jan 26, 2026Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
6. Jan 22, 2026From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 22).
7. Jan 13, 2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
8. Jan 6, 2026Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
9. Jan 5, 2026From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
10. Apr 10, 2025In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
11. Mar 24, 2025Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
12. Mar 20, 2025From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.

The 12 most recent of 15 recorded actions.

Sponsors

• Joe Patterson (R) · sponsor
• Patterson

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