SEIU-UHW submits signatures for California ballot initiatives capping executive pay and requiring clinics to spend 90% o
Service Employees International Union — United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) filed signatures for two citizen initiatives that would enact laws limiting executive pay and requiring clinics to spend 90% of their revenue on patient care.
Initiative #25-0008, also referred to as the Clinic Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, would require nonprofit federally qualified health centers to spend at least 90% of their annual total revenue on expenses that advance the FQHC’s mission. The initiative defines this as the mission-spend ratio, which would be calculated annually by the California Attorney General. The mission spend ratio would apply to each clinic's first full fiscal year that begins at least six months after the initiative's approval.
The initiative would authorize the state Department of Public Health to levy penalties for failing to meet the 90% mission-spend ratio. The penalty would be equal to the difference between the 90% requirement and the amount the clinic spent on mission-related expenses in that year.
Initiative #25-0009, referred to as the Health Care Executive Compensation Act of 2026 by proponents, would create a fair compensation limit for CEOs, executives, administrators, and managers of healthcare corporations. The fair compensation limit would be $450,000 and would increase annually by 3.5% or by the yearly cost-of-living increase. Under the initiative, compensation would include salaries, bonuses, and some benefits.
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