CA AB 96
enactedMental health services: peer support specialist certification.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 96 pass?
Yes. CA AB 96 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 497, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 96 about?
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law establishes a schedule of benefits under the Medi-Cal program and provides for various services, including behavioral and mental health services that are rendered by Medi-Cal enrolled providers. Existing law authorizes a county, or an agency representing the county, to develop a peer support specialist certification program, subject to department approval. Existing law imposes specified requirements on applicants for certification as a peer support specialist, including that the applicant be at least 18 years of age and possess a high school diploma or equivalent degree. This bill would remove the requirement of possessing a high school diploma or equivalent degree from the requirements necessary for an applicant to receive certification.
Who sponsors CA AB 96?
Jackson is the primary sponsor of CA AB 96.
Description
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law establishes a schedule of benefits under the Medi-Cal program and provides for various services, including behavioral and mental health services that are rendered by Medi-Cal enrolled providers. Existing law authorizes a county, or an agency representing the county, to develop a peer support specialist certification program, subject to department approval. Existing law imposes specified requirements on applicants for certification as a peer support specialist, including that the applicant be at least 18 years of age and possess a high school diploma or equivalent degree. This bill would remove the requirement of possessing a high school diploma or equivalent degree from the requirements necessary for an applicant to receive certification.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-11
- Latest action
- 2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 497, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Jacksonauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-27
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 497, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-27
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-03
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-26
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2026-08-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
2026-06-16
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-06-15
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2026-06-04
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-05-06
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2026-01-27
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3828.)
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2026-01-22
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 22).
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2026-01-22
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-01-22
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.)
2026-01-13
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-01-06
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2026-01-05
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
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2025-02-12
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2025-02-11
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
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2025-02-03
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2025-01-08
From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.
2025-01-07
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-01-13 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (16)
- Bonta: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Patel: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Krell: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Addis: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Chen: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
Do pass.
2026-01-22 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Hoover: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Krell: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Fong: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Ta: yes
- Dixon: yes
AB 96 Jackson Assembly Third Reading
2026-01-26 · pass · 73-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Arambula: other
- Papan: other
- Lackey: other
- Castillo: other
- Bains: other
- Ta: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-03 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Grove: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Rubio: other
- Smallwood-Cuevas: other
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