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ORDER (1) GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (2) GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Nineteen hospitals from Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona challenge California’s Medi-Cal reimbursement policies for out-of-state hospitals. Compl. ¶ 1. Plaintiffs filed this action against California’s Department of Health Care Services in June 2014. Docket No. 1 (“Compl.”). Toby Douglas, Director of the California Department of Health Care Services, removed this action to federal court. Docket No. 1 (Not. of Removal). Plaintiffs bring the following causes of action: (1) violation of the Commerce Clause, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution; (2) violation of the Equal Protection Clause under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; (3) violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the California Constitution; (4) violation of federal laws governing Medi-Cal DSH payments (42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(13)(A)); and (5) violation of federal laws governing Medi-Cal payments to out-of-state hospitals. (42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(16) ' and 42 C.F.R. § 431.52 ). Plaintiffs seek a declaration that the Department violates these…