CA AB 1398
enactedWorkers' compensation.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 1398 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1398 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-11. Latest recorded action (2025-10-11): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 640, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 1398 about?
Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee, as defined, for injuries sustained in the course of employment. Existing law provides that it is unlawful for a physician to refer a person for specified medical goods or services whether for treatment or medical-legal purposes if the physician or their immediate family has a financial interest with the person or in the entity that receives the referral, except in prescribed circumstances. Existing law requires all interested parties, as defined, to disclose any financial interest in any entity providing services. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. This bill would require all interested parties to provide written disclosure of their financial interest, if any, to a third-party payer or other entity to whom a claim for payment is presented for services furnished pursuant to a referral. By changing the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors CA AB 1398?
Valencia is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1398.
Description
Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee, as defined, for injuries sustained in the course of employment. Existing law provides that it is unlawful for a physician to refer a person for specified medical goods or services whether for treatment or medical-legal purposes if the physician or their immediate family has a financial interest with the person or in the entity that receives the referral, except in prescribed circumstances. Existing law requires all interested parties, as defined, to disclose any financial interest in any entity providing services. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. This bill would require all interested parties to provide written disclosure of their financial interest, if any, to a third-party payer or other entity to whom a claim for payment is presented for services furnished pursuant to a referral. By changing the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-21
- Latest action
- 2025-10-11 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 640, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Valenciaauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-21
Introduced. To print.
introduction
2025-02-22
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-24
Read first time.
reading-1
2025-03-13
Referred to Com. on INS.
referral-committee
2025-04-23
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 23).
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2025-04-24
Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-28
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-05-14
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1994.)
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2025-06-04
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-18
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
referral-committee
2025-07-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
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2025-08-29
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
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2025-09-02
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-09-04
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2524.).
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2025-09-04
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
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2025-09-15
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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2025-10-11
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-11
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 640, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-23 · pass · 17-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Chen: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Krell: yes
- Berman: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Addis: yes
Do pass.
2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Sanchez: other
AB 1398 Valencia Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-03 · pass · 79-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Sanchez: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Haney: yes
- Bains: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Davies: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Soria: yes
- Arambula: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Berman: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Papan: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Lee: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ward: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Hart: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Flora: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Chen: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Krell: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Solache: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Patel: yes
- Garcia: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-07-09 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Laird: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass
2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
Special Consent
2025-09-04 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Stern: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Laird: yes
- Limón: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Choi: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Niello: yes
- Grove: yes
- Jones: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Strickland: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Reyes: other
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