CA AB 2486
enactedMedi-Cal: Whole Child Model program.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 2486 pass?
Yes. CA AB 2486 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-18): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 304, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 2486 about?
Existing law establishes the California Children's Services (CCS) program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and counties, to provide medically necessary services, based on financial eligibility, for persons under 21 years of age who have certain medical conditions, including, among others, cystic fibrosis or hemophilia. Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the department, 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 authorizes the department to establish a Whole Child Model program, under which managed care plans served by a county organized health system or Regional Health Authority in designated counties provide CCS treatment services to Medi-Cal eligible CCS children and youth. In implementing the program, existing law requires the department to, among other things, establish a statewide Whole Child Model program stakeholder advisory group and to consult with that advisory group on the implementation of the Whole Child Model program, as specified. Existing law terminates the advisory group on December 31, 2026. This bill would rename the statewide Whole Child Model program stakeholder advisory group to the California Children's Services (CCS) advisory group. The bill would require the advisory group to have specified membership, including no more than 6 representatives of CCS clients not enrolled in a managed care plan or enrolled in a managed care plan, but not on a family advisory committee, former CCS clients, and caregivers of former CCS clients, among others. The bill would also require the department to consult with the advisory group on the implementation of the CCS Classic program and to consider the recommendations of the advisory group in developing monitoring processes and outcome measures for the CCS program. The bill would require the department to publish two summary reports on its internet website by specified dates that describe the department's progress and actions on specified matters relating to the CCS program. The bill would delete the December 31, 2026, sunset date, and would instead make the provisions relating to the stakeholder advisory group and the related reporting requirement inoperative on January 1, 2037. This bill would make conforming changes to reflect the renaming of the advisory group.
Who sponsors CA AB 2486?
Addis is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2486.
Description
Existing law establishes the California Children's Services (CCS) program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and counties, to provide medically necessary services, based on financial eligibility, for persons under 21 years of age who have certain medical conditions, including, among others, cystic fibrosis or hemophilia. Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the department, 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 authorizes the department to establish a Whole Child Model program, under which managed care plans served by a county organized health system or Regional Health Authority in designated counties provide CCS treatment services to Medi-Cal eligible CCS children and youth. In implementing the program, existing law requires the department to, among other things, establish a statewide Whole Child Model program stakeholder advisory group and to consult with that advisory group on the implementation of the Whole Child Model program, as specified. Existing law terminates the advisory group on December 31, 2026. This bill would rename the statewide Whole Child Model program stakeholder advisory group to the California Children's Services (CCS) advisory group. The bill would require the advisory group to have specified membership, including no more than 6 representatives of CCS clients not enrolled in a managed care plan or enrolled in a managed care plan, but not on a family advisory committee, former CCS clients, and caregivers of former CCS clients, among others. The bill would also require the department to consult with the advisory group on the implementation of the CCS Classic program and to consider the recommendations of the advisory group in developing monitoring processes and outcome measures for the CCS program. The bill would require the department to publish two summary reports on its internet website by specified dates that describe the department's progress and actions on specified matters relating to the CCS program. The bill would delete the December 31, 2026, sunset date, and would instead make the provisions relating to the stakeholder advisory group and the related reporting requirement inoperative on January 1, 2037. This bill would make conforming changes to reflect the renaming of the advisory group.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-16
- Latest action
- 2026-09-18 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 304, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Addisauthor
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-18
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 304, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-18
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-03
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-26
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-26
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6585.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-25
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-25
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-19
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-18
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-06-29
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-25
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-06-10
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2026-05-27
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5392.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-19
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5153.)
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-14
Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-14
From Consent Calendar.
2026-05-07
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-05-06
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-04-07
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2026-04-06
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-17
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2026-03-16
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-16
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2026-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2026-02-20
Read first time. To print.
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- 02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
- 03/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-16Compare
- 04/06/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-06Compare
- 05/19/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-05-19Compare
- 06/29/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-29Compare
- 08/18/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-18Compare
- 08/30/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-30Compare
- 09/18/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-18Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-04-14 · pass · 16-0
Member-level votes (16)
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Addis: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Patel: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Chen: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Ahrens: yes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2026-05-06 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Solache: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Ta: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Krell: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Arambula: other
AB 2486 Addis Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-27 · pass · 77-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ellis: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Papan: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Haney: yes
- Chen: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Flora: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Davies: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ward: yes
- Patel: yes
- Hart: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Ta: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Soria: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Krell: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Bains: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Sanchez: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-24 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Pérez: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Grove: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Menjivar: yes
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