Proposition 44: Require more clinic spending on patient care
Proposition 44 would require community clinics that serve low-income patients to spend 90% of their annual revenue on patient care. The measure directs the attorney general to publish guidance on what spending qualifies and allows the state to fine clinics that don’t spend the full 90%. The labor union SEIU-UHW pushed a similar bill last year, but it failed. Clinics failed to keep the measure off the ballot with a lawsuit earlier this year.
