California voters OK permanent hospital fee program that supports Medi-Cal

California has passed Proposition 52, which will make permanent the hospital fee program that helps support Medi-Cal, the state’s expanded Medicaid program, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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The passage of the proposition will squash state lawmakers’ ability to change or end the hospital fee program, according to the report.

The program was first authorized by lawmakers in 2009. During the fiscal year that ended in June 2016, the hospital fee program generated $4.4 billion in federal funding for Medi-Cal, according to the report.

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