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California health policy
One continuously updated California record: what changed, newest first; what is decided next, nearest first; and what KPSGILL proposes California do about it. The 2025–2026 Regular Session’s final passage period has concluded and the Governor’s Desk is now the active surface.
Original analysis
California Counted What the GLP-1 Benefit Cost. It Has Not Published What the Benefit Did.
$416.8 million in one published year, gross of rebates; the benefit terminated on cost grounds; and no located outcomes evaluation for any year of the programme.
Now in California
Full calendar →California: Governor sign-or-veto deadline for bills passed at session end
Governor of California · 8 bills · View tracker
Medi-Cal immigration-status reclassification and community-engagement requirements
Department of Health Care Services · Read analysis
California: bills enacted by this date take effect 1 January 2027 (default)
California State Legislature · Read analysis
Medi-Cal members with unsatisfactory immigration status move to fee-for-service; provider PAVE enrollment must be approved by this date
Department of Health Care Services · Read analysis
Legislature & the Governor’s desk
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| Bill | Author | Subject | Latest action | Next known date | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 1089 | Richardson | Preventive Treatment Health Care Act — GLP-1 receptor agonist pricing | Sep 3 Presented to the Governor | 2026-09-30 | PRESENTED · AWAITING ACTION |
| AB 2575 | Ortega | Health care services: artificial intelligence | Aug 31 Assembly took the measure without reference to file and concurred in the Senate amendments, 51–16 | 2026-09-30 | LEGISLATIVE PASSAGE COMPLETE |
| SB 903 | Senate author of record | Artificial intelligence: mental health and the practice of therapy | Aug 31 Senate concurred in Assembly amendments, 40–0; ordered to engrossing and enrolling | 2026-09-30 | LEGISLATIVE PASSAGE COMPLETE |
| SB 947 | Senate author of record | Employment: automated decision systems ("No Robo Bosses") | Aug 31 Passed the Legislature | 2026-09-30 | LEGISLATURE PASSED |
| SB 942 | Caballero | Civil detainees: bill of rights — health, safety and dignity standards for civil immigration detention | Aug 31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6:00 PM | 2026-09-30 | ENROLLED AND PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR |
| AB 1199 | Assembly author of record | Health care provider credentialing | Aug 31 Assembly concurred in Senate amendments, 62–0 (Health Committee had recommended concurrence 13–0 on 27 August) | 2026-09-30 | LEGISLATIVE PASSAGE COMPLETE |
| AB 1760 | Assembly author of record | Dentistry: Dental Practice Act amendments | Aug 31 Approved by the Governor (signing package of 31 August) | — | SIGNED 31 AUGUST 2026 |
| AB 2503 | Assembly author of record | Pupil health: exertional heat illness guidelines | Aug 31 Approved by the Governor (signing package of 31 August) | — | SIGNED 31 AUGUST 2026 |
| SB 503 | Senate author of record | Health care artificial intelligence: bias in clinical decision-making and resource allocation | Aug 30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6:00 PM | 2026-09-30 | ENROLLED AND PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR |
| SB 813 | Senate author of record | Artificial intelligence: independent safety assessment | Aug 30 Senate concurrence 37–0 (30 August) after Assembly passage 53–4 | 2026-09-30 | LEGISLATURE PASSED |
| SB 1023 | Senate author of record | Injectable PrEP: reimbursement through the outpatient prescription-drug benefit | Aug 30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6:00 PM | 2026-09-30 | ENROLLED AND PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR |
| AB 1956 | Valencia | Suicide prevention: boys and young men as a focus population | Aug 28 Approved by the Governor | — | ENACTED |
| AB 1979 | Bonta | Health care services: artificial intelligence | Aug 27 Assembly concurred in Senate amendments (66–10); to engrossing and enrolling | 2026-09-30 | LEGISLATIVE PASSAGE COMPLETE |
| AB 539 | Schiavo | Prior authorization: duration of approval | Aug 26 Assembly concurred in Senate amendments (64–4); to engrossing and enrolling | 2026-09-30 | LEGISLATIVE PASSAGE COMPLETE |
| SB 164 | Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review | Health omnibus: home health agency licensure moratorium | Jun 29 Passed and effective on enactment | — | EFFECTIVE |
What changed in California
The weekly record →AB 2575 completes legislative passage: Assembly concurs in Senate amendments 51–16 after Senate passage 21–10
The Assembly took the measure without reference to file and concurred in the 28 August Senate amendments, 51–16. Combined with Senate passage 21–10…
AB 1199 (health care provider credentialing) completes legislative passage: Assembly concurrence 62–0
The Assembly concurred in Senate amendments 62–0, following a 13–0 Health Committee recommendation on 27 August. The unresolved concurrence recorded…
SB 903 (AI and the practice of therapy) completes legislative passage: Senate concurrence 40–0, ordered to enrolling
The Senate concurred in Assembly amendments 40–0 and ordered the measure to engrossing and enrolling. The exact state is legislative passage complete…
SB 942 (civil detainees: bill of rights) enrolled and presented to Governor Newsom at 6:00 PM on 31 August
The enrolled bill contains an urgency provision providing for immediate effect if enacted. Urgency describes what happens on enactment; it does not…
AB 2575 passes the Senate 21–10 on 31 August and is ordered to the Assembly for concurrence in the 28 August amendments
The Senate read the bill a third time and passed it, AYES 21 NOES 10, on the amended 28 August text. Because the Senate amended the bill after…
California 2025–2026 Regular Session: final passage period concluded; enrollment and gubernatorial phase underway
The last day for each house to pass bills has passed. Adjournment decides no individual measure: each bill carries only the state its own newest…
Standing California desks
Medi-Cal / DHCS
Every Medi-Cal change as a dated ledger entry — eligibility, benefits, payment, managed care — with the instrument named.
Medical Board of California
Board meetings, agenda analysis, disciplinary process, and the KPSGILL model statute on investigative due process.
AI & digital health
AB 2575, generated medical records, the specialty impact atlas, and the flagship institute on AI and the practice of medicine.
Enforcement & litigation
DMHC fines, Attorney General actions, corporate-practice enforcement and the litigation docket — documentary, appended, never rewritten.
What KPSGILL would change in California
Full Reform Agenda →Proposals drafted for California instruments — each labelled as a proposal, each carrying model language and its strongest counterargument.