Aids Healthcare Foundation v. Toby Douglas

MEMORANDUM

Defendant Director of the California Department of Health Care Services (“Director”) and Plaintiff Aids Healthcare Foundation (“AHF”) each appeal from the judgment of the district court. The Director appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of AHF’s claims that section 14105.46 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code violated: (1) the requirements of the federal Medicaid statute under 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(30)(A) (“§ 30(A)”); and (2) Medicaid’s requirement that all changes to state Medicaid plans obtain approval from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) prior to implementation. The Director also contends that the district court abused its discretion in issuing a permanent injunction preventing the implementation of section 14105.46.

■In turn, AHF cross-appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Director on AHF’s claims that section 14105.46 violated the Equal Protection Clauses of the United States and California Constitutions.

As the parties are familiar with the facts, we do not recount them here. A district court’s decision to grant or deny summary judgment is reviewed de novo. Fortyune v.…