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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 870: California Children’s Services Program: county designation.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 870 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: California Children’s Services Program: county designation. Primary sponsor: Heather Hadwick (R). Most recent recorded action (October 1, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 167, Statutes of 2025.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law establishes the California Children’s Services (CCS) Program, 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 any of specified medical conditions, including, among others, cystic fibrosis or hemophilia.

Existing law requires the board of supervisors of each county to designate the county department of public health or the county department of social welfare as the designated agency to administer the program. Existing law authorizes counties with a total population under 200,000 persons to administer the county program independently or jointly with the department. Existing law requires counties with a total population in excess of 200,000 persons to administer the county program independently.

This bill would authorize counties with a total population under 2,000 persons to designate another county to administer the program, if the other county agrees to the designation and otherwise meets certain CCS standards established by the Director of Health Care Services and if neither county is a Whole Child Model county under certain provisions of the Medi-Cal program. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations necessary to implement these provisions.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Heather HadwickPrimary sponsorRepublicanAssembly1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 167, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3507.).
  5. Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2991.).
  8. Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Page 2961.)
  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (September 11).
  11. Joint Rules 61 and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2802.)
  12. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page