California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 119 — Public health: Medi-Cal: nursing facilities.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 17, Statutes of 2015.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2015. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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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 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 the department to impose a uniform quality assurance fee on each skilled nursing facility, with certain exceptions, in accordance with a prescribed formula. Existing law requires that the fee be based on the entire net revenue of all skilled nursing facilities subject to the fee. Under existing law, the fee may not be assessed after July 31, 2015, and these provisions will be repealed on January 1, 2016. Existing law, the Medi-Cal Long-Term Care Reimbursement Act, requires the department to implement a facility-specific reimbursement ratesetting system for certain skilled nursing facilities. Reimbursement rates for freestanding skilled nursing facilities are funded by a combination of federal funds and moneys collected pursuant to the skilled nursing uniform quality assurance fee. Existing law also establishes the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality and Accountability Special Fund in the State Treasury, which is a continuously appropriated fund that contains moneys from the assessment of specified administrative penalties and set asides of General Fund moneys, for the purposes of making quality and accountability payments. Under existing law, the rate methodology will become inoperative after July 31, 2015, and these provisions will be repealed on January 1, 2016. This bill would modify the calculation of rates under the above-referenced rate methodology, and would extend the assessment of the quality assurance fee, implementation of the rate methodology, as modified, and implementation of related provisions until July 31, 2020. By extending the period of time during which transfers are made to the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality and Accountability Special Fund, the bill would make an appropriation. The bill would also make changes to the amount of set-asides to be transferred to the fund. The bill would require the department, in coordination with the State Department of Public Health, to report specified information to the relevant Assembly and Senate budget subcommittees by May 1, 2016. This bill would include a change in state statute that would result in a taxpayer paying a higher tax within the meaning of Section 3 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, and thus would require for passage the approval of 23 of the membership of each house of the Legislature. 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 17, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 1996.).

  5. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 1994.)

  6. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 1994.)

  7. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  8. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 1429.).

  9. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (June 15).

  11. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

  12. Referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

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

  14. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 643.)

  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  16. Ordered to second reading.

  17. Withdrawn from committee.

  18. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 611.)

  19. Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 611.)

  20. Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  21. From printer. May be heard in committee February 11.

  22. Read first time.

  23. Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

  • Committee on Budget · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 9 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Budget

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Do pass

Passed 14 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14001
Democratic 0100
Total 14101
% of votes cast 88%6%0%6%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Not Voting
Block — Yea
Pan — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Beall — Yea
Leno — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay

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3rd Reading (Supplemental File 1) AB119 Committee on Budget By Leno

Passed 35 Yea · 3 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33202
Democratic 2100
Total 35302
% of votes cast 88%8%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Not Voting
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Block — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Beall — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay

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AB 119 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By WEBER

Passed 78 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 68101
Democratic 4000
Republican 6000
Total 78101
% of votes cast 98%1%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Burke — Yea
Harper — Yea
Salas — Yea
Kim — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Gray — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Chang — Not Voting
Chávez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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AB 119 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By WEBER

Passed 51 Yea · 27 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 472102
Democratic 4000
Republican 0600
Total 512702
% of votes cast 64%34%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Brown — Yea
Mathis — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Perea — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Low — Yea
Medina — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Burke — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Nay
Holden — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mayes — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Olsen — Nay
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Chang — Nay
Gray — Not Voting
Hadley — Nay
Kim — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Linder — Nay
Maienschein — Nay
Steinorth — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Gomez — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 119 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 law requires the department to impose a uniform quality assurance fee on each skilled nursing facility, with certain exceptions, in accordance with a prescribed formula. Existing law requires that the fee be based on the entire net revenue of all skilled nursing facilities subject to the fee. Under existing law, the fee may not be assessed after July 31, 2015, and these provisions will be repealed on January 1, 2016. Existing law, the Medi-Cal Long-Term Care Reimbursement Act, requires the department to implement a facility-specific reimbursement ratesetting system for certain skilled nursing facilities. Reimbursement rates for freestanding skilled nursing facilities are funded by a combination of federal funds and moneys collected pursuant to the skilled nursing uniform quality assurance fee. Existing law also establishes the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality and Accountability Special Fund in the State Treasury, which is a continuously appropriated fund that contains moneys from the assessment of specified administrative penalties and set asides of General Fund moneys, for the purposes of making quality and accountability payments. Under existing law, the rate methodology will become inoperative after July 31, 2015, and these provisions will be repealed on January 1, 2016. This bill would modify the calculation of rates under the above-referenced rate methodology, and would extend the assessment of the quality assurance fee, implementation of the rate methodology, as modified, and implementation of related provisions until July 31, 2020. By extending the period of time during which transfers are made to the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality and Accountability Special Fund, the bill would make an appropriation. The bill would also make changes to the amount of set-asides to be transferred to the fund. The bill would require the department, in coordination with the State Department of Public Health, to report specified information to the relevant Assembly and Senate budget subcommittees by May 1, 2016. This bill would include a change in state statute that would result in a taxpayer paying a higher tax within the meaning of Section 3 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, and thus would require for passage the approval of 23 of the membership of each house of the Legislature. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
Who sponsors AB 119?
AB 119 is sponsored by Committee on Budget.
What is the current status of AB 119?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2015. Enacted.
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