California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 98 — Public health.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 358, Statutes of 2013.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2013. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law imposes limits on the amount of income and personal and real property an individual or family may possess in order to be eligible for public aid, including under the CalFresh program, and specifies the allowable value of a licensed vehicle retained by an applicant for, or recipient of, that aid. This bill would change the term "licensed vehicle" to "motor vehicle" for these purposes. Under existing law, every individual, as a condition of eligibility for aid under the CalWORKs program, is required to participate in certain welfare-to-work activities for a period of 24 months, except as provided. Existing law provides that any month in which certain conditions exist shall not be counted as one of the 24 months of participation. This bill would make a clarifying change to these provisions. This bill would also make a nonsubstantive technical change to these provisions. 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 requires, to the extent that federal financial participation is available, and pursuant to a demonstration project or waiver of federal law, the department to establish specified pilot projects in up to 8 counties, known as Coordinated Care Initiative counties. This bill would correct an erroneous cross-reference with respect to a provision of law relating to Coordinated Care Initiative counties. Existing law establishes the Local Revenue Fund, a continuously appropriated fund that allocates Vehicle License Fund moneys and sales tax moneys. Existing law creates various accounts within the Local Revenue Fund, including the Sales Tax Account and the Sales Tax Growth Account, which each contain various subaccounts. Existing law, for the 2013–14 fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years, allocates funds to the Social Services Subaccount, Health Subaccount, and Mental Health Subaccount of the Sales Tax Account using specified calculations. This bill would modify the calculations used to allocate moneys to the above-described subaccounts, and would also require the Controller to transfer funds between the Social Services Subaccount and the Health Subaccount in an amount not to exceed $300 million for the 2013–14 fiscal year, or $1 billion in any subsequent fiscal year, as specified, thereby making an appropriation. Existing law requires counties, through a choice of methodologies, to provide specified health services to eligible county residents who are indigent. Existing law authorizes counties to receive funding for this program from the Health Subaccount by either proving actual costs or by electing to receive 60% of the funds that would otherwise have been allocated to them, and would establish a default contribution for counties that fail to make a choice or to inform the Director of Health Care Services by a specified date. Existing law places the difference between prior fiscal year contributions to counties from the Health Subaccount and the new contributions to counties in the Family Support Subaccount, which is established within the Sales Tax Account, to be used by counties for the CalWORKs program, as specified. With respect to the redirection of funds to the Family Support Subaccount, existing law requires counties to determine the amount or percentage of funding to be redirected and to provide that calculation to the department by a specified date. Existing law provides a specified process to be used if the department disagrees with a county's determination. Existing law authorizes the county to submit a petition to the County Health Care Funding Resolution Committee if no agreement between the parties is reached by a specified date. Existing law also establishes an expedited formal appeal process by which a county may contest the determinations, as specified. This bill would make technical changes to these provisions and revise the deadlines by which counties must comply with the provisions described above. Existing law requires the department, in consultation with the counties, to determine the historical low-income shortfall between Medi-Cal and uninsured revenues and the costs incurred by county public hospital health systems for health services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries and uninsured patients. In determining this shortfall, the department is required to apply against that shortfall county indigent realignment amounts, special local health funds specifically restricted for indigent care, amounts from other specified sources of funding, including unrestricted health care funds and one-time funds received or carried forward by a county public hospital health system, and then gains from all other payers. This bill would require the department, once the department has accounted for amounts for county indigent realignment and special local health funds specifically restricted for indigent care, to determine and apply against the shortfall amounts for special local health funds that are not restricted for indigent care, amounts imputed for county low-income health, and one-time and carry-forward revenues, as defined. The bill would require the department to determine these amounts on a historical basis for the 2008–09 to 2011–12 fiscal years, inclusive. This bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. Existing law states the Legislature's intent to create a program in California that provides a Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) service benefit, through the LIHEAP block grant, to all recipient households of CalFresh, as specified. Existing law requires that, if the demand for the nominal LIHEAP service benefit exceeds allocated funding, the Department of Community Services and Development and the State Department of Social Services report that information to the Legislature and develop a plan to maintain the program as intended. This bill would delete those provisions. The bill would require that the nominal LIHEAP services benefit be funded through the LIHEAP grant allocated for outreach activities in accordance with state and federal requirements. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 358, Statutes of 2013.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 21. Noes 16. Page 2284.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 2966.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 9.) (August 29).

  9. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  10. Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  11. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  12. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 899.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  13. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  14. Ordered to second reading.

  15. Withdrawn from committee.

  16. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  17. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.

  18. (Corrected May 9).

  19. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 6 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB98 Committee on B. & F.R.

Passed 21 Yea · 16 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 191601
Democratic 2001
Total 211602
% of votes cast 54%41%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Nay
Knight — Nay
Lieu — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Steinberg — Yea
Wright — Nay
Correa — Yea
Cannella — Nay
Evans — Yea
De León — Yea
Hancock — Nay
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Nay
Monning — Yea
Beall — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Roth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Emmerson — Nay
Walters — Nay
Wyland — Nay
DeSaulnier — Nay
Fuller — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Yee — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Not Voting
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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SB 98 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By SKINNER

Passed 51 Yea · 25 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 472202
Democratic 4000
Republican 0300
Total 512502
% of votes cast 65%32%0%3%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Linder — Nay
Logue — Nay
Maienschein — Nay
Mansoor — Nay
Wagner — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Gray — Yea
Fong — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gorell — Nay
Hall — Not Voting
Bocanegra — Yea
Harkey — Nay
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Allen — Nay
Levine — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Chesbro — Yea
Atkins — Not Voting
Chávez — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Conway — Nay
Cooley — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Nestande — Nay
Olsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Perea — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Williams — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Daly — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Fox — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Hagman — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 15 Yea · 9 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14801
Democratic 1000
Republican 0100
Total 15901
% of votes cast 60%36%0%4%
How each member voted (25)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Logue — Not Voting
Mansoor — Nay
Nazarian — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Daly — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Gorell — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Nestande — Nay
Dickinson — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay

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3rd Reading SB98 Committee on B. & F.R.

Passed 24 Yea · 9 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 22904
Democratic 2001
Total 24905
% of votes cast 63%24%0%13%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Block — Yea
Knight — Nay
Lieu — Not Voting
Price — Not Voting
Roth — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Wright — Yea
De León — Yea
Evans — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Cannella — Nay
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Nay
Lara — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Emmerson — Nay
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 98 do?
Existing law imposes limits on the amount of income and personal and real property an individual or family may possess in order to be eligible for public aid, including under the CalFresh program, and specifies the allowable value of a licensed vehicle retained by an applicant for, or recipient of, that aid. This bill would change the term "licensed vehicle" to "motor vehicle" for these purposes. Under existing law, every individual, as a condition of eligibility for aid under the CalWORKs program, is required to participate in certain welfare-to-work activities for a period of 24 months, except as provided. Existing law provides that any month in which certain conditions exist shall not be counted as one of the 24 months of participation. This bill would make a clarifying change to these provisions. This bill would also make a nonsubstantive technical change to these provisions. 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 requires, to the extent that federal financial participation is available, and pursuant to a demonstration project or waiver of federal law, the department to establish specified pilot projects in up to 8 counties, known as Coordinated Care Initiative counties. This bill would correct an erroneous cross-reference with respect to a provision of law relating to Coordinated Care Initiative counties. Existing law establishes the Local Revenue Fund, a continuously appropriated fund that allocates Vehicle License Fund moneys and sales tax moneys. Existing law creates various accounts within the Local Revenue Fund, including the Sales Tax Account and the Sales Tax Growth Account, which each contain various subaccounts. Existing law, for the 2013–14 fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years, allocates funds to the Social Services Subaccount, Health Subaccount, and Mental Health Subaccount of the Sales Tax Account using specified calculations. This bill would modify the calculations used to allocate moneys to the above-described subaccounts, and would also require the Controller to transfer funds between the Social Services Subaccount and the Health Subaccount in an amount not to exceed $300 million for the 2013–14 fiscal year, or $1 billion in any subsequent fiscal year, as specified, thereby making an appropriation. Existing law requires counties, through a choice of methodologies, to provide specified health services to eligible county residents who are indigent. Existing law authorizes counties to receive funding for this program from the Health Subaccount by either proving actual costs or by electing to receive 60% of the funds that would otherwise have been allocated to them, and would establish a default contribution for counties that fail to make a choice or to inform the Director of Health Care Services by a specified date. Existing law places the difference between prior fiscal year contributions to counties from the Health Subaccount and the new contributions to counties in the Family Support Subaccount, which is established within the Sales Tax Account, to be used by counties for the CalWORKs program, as specified. With respect to the redirection of funds to the Family Support Subaccount, existing law requires counties to determine the amount or percentage of funding to be redirected and to provide that calculation to the department by a specified date. Existing law provides a specified process to be used if the department disagrees with a county's determination. Existing law authorizes the county to submit a petition to the County Health Care Funding Resolution Committee if no agreement between the parties is reached by a specified date. Existing law also establishes an expedited formal appeal process by which a county may contest the determinations, as specified. This bill would make technical changes to these provisions and revise the deadlines by which counties must comply with the provisions described above. Existing law requires the department, in consultation with the counties, to determine the historical low-income shortfall between Medi-Cal and uninsured revenues and the costs incurred by county public hospital health systems for health services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries and uninsured patients. In determining this shortfall, the department is required to apply against that shortfall county indigent realignment amounts, special local health funds specifically restricted for indigent care, amounts from other specified sources of funding, including unrestricted health care funds and one-time funds received or carried forward by a county public hospital health system, and then gains from all other payers. This bill would require the department, once the department has accounted for amounts for county indigent realignment and special local health funds specifically restricted for indigent care, to determine and apply against the shortfall amounts for special local health funds that are not restricted for indigent care, amounts imputed for county low-income health, and one-time and carry-forward revenues, as defined. The bill would require the department to determine these amounts on a historical basis for the 2008–09 to 2011–12 fiscal years, inclusive. This bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. Existing law states the Legislature's intent to create a program in California that provides a Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) service benefit, through the LIHEAP block grant, to all recipient households of CalFresh, as specified. Existing law requires that, if the demand for the nominal LIHEAP service benefit exceeds allocated funding, the Department of Community Services and Development and the State Department of Social Services report that information to the Legislature and develop a plan to maintain the program as intended. This bill would delete those provisions. The bill would require that the nominal LIHEAP services benefit be funded through the LIHEAP grant allocated for outreach activities in accordance with state and federal requirements. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
Who sponsors SB 98?
SB 98 is sponsored by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.
What is the current status of SB 98?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2013. Enacted.
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