California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 2392 — Medi-Cal: CommuniCal.

Last action — Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Charles Calderon.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2011-2012 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

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 federal law provides for increased administrative funding for translation and interpretation services provided in connection with the enrollment, retention, and use of services under the Medicaid Program. This bill would require the department to establish the Medi-Cal Patient-Centered Communication program (CommuniCal) , to be administered by a 3rd-party administrator, to, commencing July 1, 2013, provide and reimburse for medical interpretation services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries who are limited English proficient (LEP) . This bill would establish the CommuniCal Program Fund in the State Treasury, which would consist of moneys dedicated to the CommuniCal program, to be used upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department solely to fund the CommuniCal program. Existing law provides for the certification of administrative hearing interpreters and medical examination interpreters for purposes of administrative adjudications. This bill would require the State Personnel Board to be the certifying body for CommuniCal certified medical interpreters (CCMIs) , to establish a certifying examination for those interpreters, and to maintain a registry of those persons who pass the exam, as specified. Commencing July 1, 2013, the bill would require Spanish-language interpreters to pass the exam and be listed on the registry in order to be eligible to provide services under CommuniCal. The bill would require the State Personnel Board, by July 1, 2013, to determine appropriate testing, training, and experience standards for other language interpreters to also be placed on the registry as CCMIs, as specified. The bill would also require the State Personnel Board to establish and charge fees that do not exceed reasonable costs for applicants to take the exam and be certified and listed in the registry and would require the State Personnel Board to adopt quality standards and medical interpretation certification requirements through regulations. The Ralph C. Dills Act provides for employer-employee relations between the state and its employees, as specified, including, among other things, the right of state employees to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations for the purpose of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations, as specified. This bill would provide that CCMIs would have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of a labor organization of their own choosing for the purpose of representation of specified employer-employee matters. The bill would provide that CCMIs would not be considered state employees for purposes of the bill, but would have the right to be represented by an exclusive labor organization of their own choosing for the purpose of collective bargaining with the state on matters of mutual concern, as specified. The bill would provide that upon application by petition, authorization cards, or union membership cards of a labor organization adequately showing that a majority of CCMIs in the state desire to be represented exclusively by that labor organization, and no other labor organization is currently certified as the exclusive representative, the Public Employment Relations Board shall certify and grant exclusive representation to that labor organization, and would establish other election procedures to be administered by that board. The bill would require that any agreement resulting from collective bargaining be legally binding upon the state and committed to writing, and would further require that, upon the completion of discussions and collective bargaining, any agreement be reduced to writing and be presented to the appropriate administrative, legislative, or other governing body in the form of a binding agreement, resolution, bill, law, or other form required for adoption. The bill would provide that, after the certification of a labor organization, the state shall approve and have deducted, upon authorization in the case of dues deduction, from the appropriate reimbursement or other payment to the employee the monthly amount of dues or service fees as certified by an executive officer of the labor organization, and shall transmit the amount to the treasurer of the labor organization.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Charles Calderon.

  2. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  3. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 5079.).

  4. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 5077.)

  5. Ordered to third reading.

  6. Withdrawn from committee.

  7. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  8. Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 5066.)

  9. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 5066.)

  10. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  12. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  13. Ordered to third reading.

  14. From committee: That the measure be returned with further amendments to the Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 23).

  15. From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  16. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10.

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  18. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  19. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  20. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16).

  21. In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  22. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  23. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  25. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  26. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 5132.)

  27. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  28. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  29. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 25).

  30. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  31. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  32. Read second time and amended.

  33. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 5.) (April 17).

  34. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  35. Read first time.

  36. From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.

  37. Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 6 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Pan

Not signed on (120)

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Votes

3rd Reading AB2392 John A. Pérez By Steinberg

Passed 23 Yea · 12 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 211105
Democratic 2000
Republican 0100
Total 231205
% of votes cast 58%30%0%13%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Corbett — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
De León — Not Voting
Harman — Not Voting
Anderson — Nay
Dutton — Not Voting
Alquist — Yea
Blakeslee — Nay
Huff — Nay
Lieu — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Walters — Nay
Cannella — Nay
Emmerson — Nay
Correa — Yea
Evans — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
La Malfa — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5200
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Dutton — Nay
Lieu — Yea
Price — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay

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Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Dutton — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Price — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea

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Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 6 Yea · 3 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6300
Total 6300
% of votes cast 67%33%0%0%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
De León — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Harman — Nay
Hernandez — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Anderson — Nay
DeSaulnier — Yea
Blakeslee — Nay
Wolk — Yea

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AB 2392 PÉREZ, J. Assembly Third Reading

Passed 52 Yea · 24 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 0200
Unaffiliated 512204
Democratic 1000
Total 522404
% of votes cast 65%30%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Butler — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Fong — Yea
Hill — Yea
Allen — Yea
Huber — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Campos — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Carter — Yea
Monning — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Cook — Nay
Dickinson — Yea
Olsen — Nay
Perea — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Williams — Yea
Fletcher — Not Voting
Gorell — Nay
Hagman — Nay
Halderman — Not Voting
Harkey — Nay
Conway — Nay
Donnelly — Nay
Jeffries — Nay
Knight — Nay
Miller — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Norby — Nay
Smyth — Nay
Valadao — Not Voting
Achadjian — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Logue — Nay
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Nay
Pan — Yea
Silva — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Davis — Not Voting
Garrick — Nay
Gatto — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 12 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11500
Democratic 1000
Total 12500
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Fuentes — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Hill — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Donnelly — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Norby — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Campos — Yea
Davis — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 14 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14500
Total 14500
% of votes cast 74%26%0%0%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Garrick — Nay
Mitchell — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Pan — Yea
Smyth — Nay
Williams — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Logue — Nay
Mansoor — Nay
Silva — Nay
Eng — Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2392 do?
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 federal law provides for increased administrative funding for translation and interpretation services provided in connection with the enrollment, retention, and use of services under the Medicaid Program. This bill would require the department to establish the Medi-Cal Patient-Centered Communication program (CommuniCal) , to be administered by a 3rd-party administrator, to, commencing July 1, 2013, provide and reimburse for medical interpretation services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries who are limited English proficient (LEP) . This bill would establish the CommuniCal Program Fund in the State Treasury, which would consist of moneys dedicated to the CommuniCal program, to be used upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department solely to fund the CommuniCal program. Existing law provides for the certification of administrative hearing interpreters and medical examination interpreters for purposes of administrative adjudications. This bill would require the State Personnel Board to be the certifying body for CommuniCal certified medical interpreters (CCMIs) , to establish a certifying examination for those interpreters, and to maintain a registry of those persons who pass the exam, as specified. Commencing July 1, 2013, the bill would require Spanish-language interpreters to pass the exam and be listed on the registry in order to be eligible to provide services under CommuniCal. The bill would require the State Personnel Board, by July 1, 2013, to determine appropriate testing, training, and experience standards for other language interpreters to also be placed on the registry as CCMIs, as specified. The bill would also require the State Personnel Board to establish and charge fees that do not exceed reasonable costs for applicants to take the exam and be certified and listed in the registry and would require the State Personnel Board to adopt quality standards and medical interpretation certification requirements through regulations. The Ralph C. Dills Act provides for employer-employee relations between the state and its employees, as specified, including, among other things, the right of state employees to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations for the purpose of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations, as specified. This bill would provide that CCMIs would have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of a labor organization of their own choosing for the purpose of representation of specified employer-employee matters. The bill would provide that CCMIs would not be considered state employees for purposes of the bill, but would have the right to be represented by an exclusive labor organization of their own choosing for the purpose of collective bargaining with the state on matters of mutual concern, as specified. The bill would provide that upon application by petition, authorization cards, or union membership cards of a labor organization adequately showing that a majority of CCMIs in the state desire to be represented exclusively by that labor organization, and no other labor organization is currently certified as the exclusive representative, the Public Employment Relations Board shall certify and grant exclusive representation to that labor organization, and would establish other election procedures to be administered by that board. The bill would require that any agreement resulting from collective bargaining be legally binding upon the state and committed to writing, and would further require that, upon the completion of discussions and collective bargaining, any agreement be reduced to writing and be presented to the appropriate administrative, legislative, or other governing body in the form of a binding agreement, resolution, bill, law, or other form required for adoption. The bill would provide that, after the certification of a labor organization, the state shall approve and have deducted, upon authorization in the case of dues deduction, from the appropriate reimbursement or other payment to the employee the monthly amount of dues or service fees as certified by an executive officer of the labor organization, and shall transmit the amount to the treasurer of the labor organization.
Who sponsors AB 2392?
AB 2392 is sponsored by Pan and V. Manuel Pérez.
What is the current status of AB 2392?
This bill died with 2011-2012 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 2392?
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