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CA SB 250

enacted

Medi-Cal: provider directory: skilled nursing facilities.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 250 pass?

Yes. CA SB 250 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-03. Latest recorded action (2025-10-03): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 309, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 250 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 individuals receive health care services, under fee-for-service or managed care delivery systems. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing federal Medicaid law requires the state to publish an online directory of physicians and, at state option, other providers, as specified. Existing state law sets forth Medi-Cal managed care provisions relating to a Medi-Cal applicant or beneficiary being informed of the health care options available regarding methods of receiving Medi-Cal benefits, including through certain provider directories. The department has administratively created an online provider directory through an internet website known as Medi-Cal Managed Care Health Care Options. This bill would require, as part of the health care options information posted by the department, in the provider directory that lists accepted Medi-Cal managed care plans, through the Medi-Cal Managed Care Health Care Options internet website and any other applicable mechanisms, that the directory include skilled nursing facilities as one of the available searchable provider types. The bill would require that this provision be implemented in conjunction with implementation of the above-described provisions. The bill would require the department to annually update that provider directory to ensure that information is accurate and readily accessible to the public.

Who sponsors CA SB 250?

Ochoa Bogh is the primary sponsor of CA SB 250.

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 individuals receive health care services, under fee-for-service or managed care delivery systems. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing federal Medicaid law requires the state to publish an online directory of physicians and, at state option, other providers, as specified. Existing state law sets forth Medi-Cal managed care provisions relating to a Medi-Cal applicant or beneficiary being informed of the health care options available regarding methods of receiving Medi-Cal benefits, including through certain provider directories. The department has administratively created an online provider directory through an internet website known as Medi-Cal Managed Care Health Care Options. This bill would require, as part of the health care options information posted by the department, in the provider directory that lists accepted Medi-Cal managed care plans, through the Medi-Cal Managed Care Health Care Options internet website and any other applicable mechanisms, that the directory include skilled nursing facilities as one of the available searchable provider types. The bill would require that this provision be implemented in conjunction with implementation of the above-described provisions. The bill would require the department to annually update that provider directory to ensure that information is accurate and readily accessible to the public.

Introduced
2025-01-30
Latest action
2025-10-03 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 309, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Ochoa Boghauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-30

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-03

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.

  3. 2025-02-14

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-17

    Set for hearing March 26.

  5. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 566.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  6. 2025-03-28

    Set for hearing April 7.

  7. 2025-04-07

    April 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  8. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  9. 2025-05-23

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1193.) (May 23).

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  11. 2025-05-27

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  12. 2025-05-29

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1323.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  13. 2025-05-29

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  14. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

    referral-committee

  15. 2025-06-17

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  16. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  17. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 2).

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  18. 2025-07-03

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2025-09-04

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2903.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  20. 2025-09-04

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  21. 2025-09-10

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2817.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  22. 2025-09-17

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  23. 2025-10-03

    Approved by the Governor.

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  24. 2025-10-03

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 309, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 01/30/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-30Compare
  • 06/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-17Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • 10/03/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-03Compare
  • SB250Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-03-26 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Durazo: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Grove: other
  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-04-07 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
  • Do pass

    2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: other
  • Special Consent SB250 Ochoa Bogh

    2025-05-29 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Limón: other
    • Reyes: other
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-06-24 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Addis: other
  • Do pass.

    2025-07-02 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Mark González: other
  • SB 250 Ochoa Bogh Senate Third Reading By Chen

    2025-09-04 · pass · 77-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Lee: other
    • Ahrens: other
  • Unfinished Business SB250 Ochoa Bogh Concurrence

    2025-09-10 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Umberg: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

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