CA SB 874

in committee

Medi-Cal: behavioral health treatment workgroup.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

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. Under existing law, to the extent required by the federal government and effective no sooner than required by the federal government, behavioral health treatment (BHT) is a covered service under the Medi-Cal program for individuals under 21 years of age. This bill would require the department, on or before July 1, 2027, to ensure that certain individuals providing BHT services under Medi-Cal undergo background checks. The bill would require the department to convene a stakeholder workgroup made up of BHT providers, managed care plans, and consumers with autism, among others, to review the implementation of BHT services in Medi-Cal and to advise the department on, among other topics, clinical guidelines for the provision of BHT services, treatment plan requirements, requirements for the provision of center-based services compared to services provided elsewhere, and supervision of unlicensed and uncertified professionals, as specified. The bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2028, to release and maintain clear clinical guidance for the provision of the BHT benefit, as specified. The bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2029, to report to the legislature on the utilization of the BHT benefit, a synopsis of changes made as a result of the stakeholder workgroup, and recommendations for actions necessary to ensure Medi-Cal reimbursement practices align with federal Medicaid program integrity requirements.

Introduced: 2026-01-06
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-07-02 — Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

2026-01-06
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2026-01-07
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 6.
2026-02-11
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2026-03-17
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2026-03-25
Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and PUB. S.
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2026-03-27
Set for hearing April 15.
2026-04-14
Set for hearing April 21 in PUB. S. pending receipt.
2026-04-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3900.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2026-04-22
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3982.) (April 21).
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2026-04-23
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-28
Set for hearing May 4.
2026-05-04
May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-05-08
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4255.) (May 14).
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2026-05-14
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-19
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4342.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-05-20
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-05-26
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and PUB. S.
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2026-06-03
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2026-06-08
June 16 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-06-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2026-07-02
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 30).
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2026-07-02
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Versions

01/06/26 - Introduced — 2026-01-06Compare
03/17/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-03-17Compare
04/23/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-04-23Compare
06/03/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-03Compare
07/02/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-07-02Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
2026-04-15 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Caballero: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Menjivar: other
- Valladares: other
- Grove: other
- Pérez: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-21 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Arreguín: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Pérez: yes
Placed on suspense file
2026-05-04 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Dahle: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass
2026-05-14 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
3rd Reading SB874 Weber Pierson
2026-05-19 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Limón: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Jones: yes
- Laird: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Richardson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Hurtado: other
- Niello: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
2026-06-23 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (16)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Patel: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Addis: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Johnson: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-30 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Mark González: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Nguyen: yes

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