SB 48 is sponsored by Limón, Monique (Democratic), Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. (Democratic), Newman, Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie (Republican), Wieckowski, Chen, Phillip (Republican), Nazarian, and Mark Stone.

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California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 2 D · 2 R cosponsors

SB 48 — Medi-Cal: annual cognitive health assessment.

Last action October 04, 2021 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 484, Statutes of 2021.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 07, 2020. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
8 sponsors

1 primary, 7 co-sponsors signed on.
Bipartisan support

Sponsored across 2 parties (2 D · 2 R) — cross-party backing.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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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 pursuant to a schedule of benefits. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, this bill would expand the schedule of benefits to include an annual cognitive health assessment for Medi-Cal beneficiaries who are 65 years of age or older if they are otherwise ineligible for a similar assessment as part of an annual wellness visit under the Medicare Program. The bill would make a Medi-Cal provider eligible to receive the payment for this benefit only if they comply with certain requirements, including completing cognitive health assessment training. The bill would require the department to determine specified training and validated tools in consultation with prescribed entities, including the State Department of Public Health's Alzheimer's Disease Program. By January 1, 2024, and every 2 years thereafter, the bill would require the department to consolidate and analyze data related to the benefit, and to post information on the utilization of, and payment for, the benefit on its internet website. The bill would authorize the department to implement these provisions by various means, including all-plan letters, without taking regulatory action, and would condition the implementation of these provisions to the extent federal approvals are obtained and federal financial participation is available.

Bill Text

Chaptered 10/04/21 - Chaptered Current pdf October 04, 2021
Enrolled 09/13/21 - Enrolled pdf September 13, 2021
Amended 08/16/21 - Amended Assembly pdf August 16, 2021
Amended 07/08/21 - Amended Assembly pdf July 08, 2021
Amended 06/21/21 - Amended Assembly pdf June 21, 2021
Amended 05/28/21 - Amended Senate pdf May 28, 2021
Amended 03/09/21 - Amended Senate pdf March 09, 2021
Introduced 12/07/20 - Introduced pdf December 07, 2020
SB48 View text html

Action History

October 04, 2021
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 484, Statutes of 2021.
October 04, 2021
Approved by the Governor.
September 17, 2021
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
September 09, 2021
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 2544.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
September 08, 2021
From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 2538.)
September 07, 2021
Set for hearing September 8.
September 03, 2021
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2418.) Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
September 03, 2021
Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).
September 02, 2021
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
September 02, 2021
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2696.) Ordered to the Senate.
August 30, 2021
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 26, 2021
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 26).
August 26, 2021
August 26 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
August 16, 2021
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
July 08, 2021
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
July 07, 2021
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 6).
June 24, 2021
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
June 21, 2021
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
June 10, 2021
Referred to Com. on B. & P.
June 03, 2021
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
June 03, 2021
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1416.) Ordered to the Assembly.
June 01, 2021
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 28, 2021
Ordered to second reading.
May 28, 2021
Read third time and amended.
March 23, 2021
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
March 22, 2021
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
March 12, 2021
Set for hearing March 22.
March 09, 2021
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
March 08, 2021
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1. Page 405.) (March 8).
March 02, 2021
Set for hearing March 8.
January 28, 2021
Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
December 08, 2020
From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
December 07, 2020
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 114 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Limón, Monique Democratic

Co-sponsors (7)

Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic
Newman
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican
Wieckowski
Chen, Phillip Republican
Nazarian
Mark Stone

Not signed on (114)

114 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB48 Limón et al. Concurrence

September 09, 2021

Passed 31 Yea · 4 Nay · 5 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	12	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	17	2	0	4
Republican	2	2	0	0
Total	31	4	0	5
% of votes cast	78%	10%	0%	13%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Bates	—	Not Voting
Wilk	—	Not Voting
Bradford	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Nay
Nielsen	—	Nay
Borgeas	—	Not Voting
Eggman	—	Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Not Voting
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Nay
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

That the Assembly amendments be concurred in

September 08, 2021

Passed 8 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	5	1	0	1
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Republican	0	0	0	1
Total	8	1	0	2
% of votes cast	73%	9%	0%	18%

How each member voted (11)

Member	Party	Vote
Leyva	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Nay
Eggman	—	Not Voting
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

SB 48 Limón Senate Third Reading By Nazarian

September 02, 2021

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	25	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	43	0	0	1
Republican	9	0	0	0
Total	77	0	0	2
% of votes cast	97%	0%	0%	3%

How each member voted (79)

Member	Party	Vote
Bloom	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Kiley	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Chiu	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Burke	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Frazier	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Not Voting
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Lorena Gonzalez	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Not Voting
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

August 26, 2021

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	8	0	0	0
Democratic	6	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Total	16	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (16)

Member	Party	Vote
Levine	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Lorena Gonzalez	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

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

July 06, 2021

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	11	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	15	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (15)

Member	Party	Vote
Bigelow	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading SB48 Limón et al.

June 03, 2021

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	22	0	0	1
Democratic	13	0	0	0
Republican	3	0	0	1
Total	38	0	0	2
% of votes cast	95%	0%	0%	5%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Not Voting
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

March 08, 2021

Passed 11 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	2	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	8	0	0	1
Republican	1	1	0	0
Total	11	1	0	2
% of votes cast	79%	7%	0%	14%

How each member voted (14)

Member	Party	Vote
Eggman	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
Pan	—	Not Voting
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Not Voting
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Nay
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 48 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 pursuant to a schedule of benefits. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, this bill would expand the schedule of benefits to include an annual cognitive health assessment for Medi-Cal beneficiaries who are 65 years of age or older if they are otherwise ineligible for a similar assessment as part of an annual wellness visit under the Medicare Program. The bill would make a Medi-Cal provider eligible to receive the payment for this benefit only if they comply with certain requirements, including completing cognitive health assessment training. The bill would require the department to determine specified training and validated tools in consultation with prescribed entities, including the State Department of Public Health's Alzheimer's Disease Program. By January 1, 2024, and every 2 years thereafter, the bill would require the department to consolidate and analyze data related to the benefit, and to post information on the utilization of, and payment for, the benefit on its internet website. The bill would authorize the department to implement these provisions by various means, including all-plan letters, without taking regulatory action, and would condition the implementation of these provisions to the extent federal approvals are obtained and federal financial participation is available.
Who sponsors SB 48?: SB 48 is sponsored by Limón, Monique (Democratic), Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. (Democratic), Newman, Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie (Republican), Wieckowski, Chen, Phillip (Republican), Nazarian, and Mark Stone.
What is the current status of SB 48?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 07, 2020. Enacted.
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Identifier: SB 48
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2021-2022 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: December 07, 2020
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Limón, Monique

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