Children's Health Protection Act of 2007

H.R. 2833 and S. 2236, Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act H.R. 2842 and S. 3115, Children's Health Protection Act H.R. 2833 and S. 2236, Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit preexisting condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets. H.R. 2842 and S. 3115, Children's Health Protection Act To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit preexisting condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets.

Client expense: $56,012 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE

SCHIP Reauthorization, various bills (H.R. 976, H.R. 3963) Health Equity and Accountability Act (H.R. 3014) Community Health Workers Act (S. 586, H.R. 1968) Healthy Children and Families Act (S. 1052) Legal Immigrant Childrens Health Improvement Act (S. 764, H.R. 1308) State Child Well-Being Research Act (S. 1482, H.R. 2477) Childrens Dental Health Improvement Act (S. 739) Childrens Health First Act (S.895, H.R. 1535) Children's Express Lane to Health Coverage Act (S. 1214) Healthy Schools Act (S. 1669) Healthy Kids Act (H.R. 2147, S. 1364) Indian Healthcare Improvement Act (S. 1200) Healthy Start Reauthorization Act (S. 1760, H.R. 3267) Family-Based Meth Treatment Access Act of 2007 (S. 884/HR 405) Tribal Foster Care and Adoption Access Act of 2007 (S. 1956/HR 4688) Kinship Caregiver Support Act (S. 661/HR 2188) Keeping Families Together Act of 2007 (S. 382/HR 687) State Children Well-Being Research Act (H.R. 2477) The Children's Health Protection Act (H.R. 2842) Healthy Transition Act of 2008 (H.R. 6375 & S. 3195) Family Fairness Act of 2008 (H.R. 6029) Lead Poisoning Reduction Act of 2007 (S. 1811) BPA-Free Kids Act of 2008 (S. 2928) Family Leave Insurance Act of 2008 (H.R. 5873) Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2008 (H.R. 6309) Obesity Prevention, Treatment and Research Act of 2008 (S. 3584)

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 1424, Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (as included in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008), provisions on mental health parity and physician-owned hospitals H.R. 6983, Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, all provisions S. 558 Mental Health Parity Act of 2007, all provisions S. 3335, Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008, provisions on mental health parity H.R. 6049, Energy and Tax Extenders Act of 2008, provisions on mental health parity H.R. 6357, PRO(TECH)T Act of 2008, all provisions H.R. 6898, Health-e Information Technology Act of 2008, all provisions S. 1693, Wired for Health Care Quality Act, provisions relating to data collection, quality, and performance reporting H.R. 6179, Promoting Health Information Technology Act of 2008, all provisions S. 3300, Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2008, provisions on physician-owned hospitals and self-referral S. 334, Healthy Americans Act, all provisions H.R. 6569, Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2008, all provisions H.R. 1841, AmeriCare Health Care Act of 2007, all provisions H.R. 2357, MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2007, all provisions H.R. 5873, Family Leave Insurance Act of 2008, all provisions H.R. 5639, Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act of 2008, all provisions H.R. 3257, Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act, all provisions S. 3575, Labeling Education and Nutrition Act of 2008 (LEAN Act of 2008), all provisions H.R. 2833, Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2007, all provisions H.R. 2842, Children's Health Protection Act of 2007, all provisions H.R. 6845, Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, all provisions H.R. 3544, Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act of 2007, all provisions H.R. 1532, Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007, all provisions H.R. 2994, National Pain Care Policy Act of 2007, all provisions H.R. 1283, Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act of 2007, all provisions S. 2731, to improve the oversight and regulation of tissue banks and the tissue donation process, and for other purposes, all provisions S. 3040 and H.R. 6100, Kid-Safe Chemicals Act of 2008, all provisions H.R. 2464, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical services for children, all provisions H.R. 7192, Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act, all provisions H.R. 758, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2008, all provisions S. 3354, Volunteer Healthcare Program Act of 2008, all provisions S. 3408, Comparative Effectiveness Research Act of 2008, all provisions H.R. 6752 and S. 3396, Independent Drug Education and Outreach Act of 2008, all provisions S. 1695, Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007, all provisions H.R. 5620, Fresh Produce Safety Act, all provisions H.R. 1038 and S. 623, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the licensing of comparable and interchangeable biological products, and for other purposes, all provisions H.R. 1956, Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007, all provisions S. 1505, Affordable Biologics for Consumers Act, all provisions H.R. 6498 and S. 976, Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2008, all provisions H.R. 2823, Fair Balance Prescription Drug Advertisement Act of 2007, all provisions Health Disparities Inclusion of Minorities in Clinical Trials Health Savings Accounts Medical devices - standardization of expiration dates Disability Nondiscrimination (Americans with Disabilities Act/hearing interpreters) The Uninsured, AMA's Plan Childhood Obesity Social Security Administration Disability Claims Processing Blood and Blood Components Safety Pregnancy and Lactation Prescription Drug and Biological Products Labeling Children's Health Insurance Program Directive Post-marketing Surveillance of Prescription Drugs DEA - E-Prescribing Constraints E-Prescribing Incentive Program Provider Conscience Clause Home Stockpiling of Antivirals National Ambient Air Quality for Lead

Mental health parity - S 558, Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; HR 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 AND To provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy; HR 4848, To extend for one year parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits; HR 6049, Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008; HR 6983, Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008; S 3335, Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008. Long-term care - Proposed legislation re this issue. Insurance issues - S 618, Insurance Industry Competition Act of 2007; HR 1081, Insurance Industry Competition Act of 2007; HR 241, To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees; S 46, Affordability in the Individual Market Act; HR 1282, Medigap Access Improvement Act of 2007; HR 758, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007; S 459, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007; HR 2412, Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2007; S 616, HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act; HR 1076, HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act; S 40, National Insurance Act of 2007; HR 3200, National Insurance Act of 2007; S 1298, Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act of 2007; S 400, Michelle's Law; HR 2851, Michelle's Law; S 1588, CARES Act; HR 2676, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2007; HR 3425, Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 2007; S 2236, Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2007; S 2268, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act of 2007; HR 4460, Health Care Choice Act of 2007; S 2477, Health Care Choice Act of 2007; S 1758, CLASS Act; HR 3001, CLASS Act; HR 5781, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008; HR 3195, ADA Restoration Act of 2007; S 2795, SHOP Act; HR 6210, SHOP Act; S 3115, Children's Health Protection Act of 2008; HR 2842, Children's Health Protection Act of 2008; HR 5840, Insurance Information Act of 2008; HR 6142, To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide, in the case of an employee welfare benefit plan providing benefits in the event of disability, an exemption from preemption under such title for State tort actions to recover damages arising from the failure of the plan to timely provide such benefits; HR 5550, To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the maximum age to qualify for coverage as a `child' under the health benefits program for Federal employees; S 2948, Small Business Empowerment Act; S 2818, Small Business Health Plans Act of 2008; S 2999, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2008; HR 6071, Health Care Consumer Protection Act of 2008; S 3068, Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2007; S 3559, Continuing Coverage Act of 2008; S 3554, Affordable Coverage for Small Employers Act of 2008; HR 6908, Health Insurance Source of Injury Clarification Act of 2008; HR 6582, Small Business CHOICE Act of 2008; HR 6528, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act; S 2706, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act.

INS (Legislative): H.R. 241: Association Health Plans (Johnson); H.R. 758: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) (continued) INS (Legislative) (cont.) H.R. 1081: Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio); H.R. 1282: Medigap Access Improvement Act (English); H.R. 1424: Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act (Kennedy); H.R. 2412: Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act (Lowey); H.R. 2676: Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Pryce); H.R. 2842: Childrens Health Protection Act (Schwartz); H.R. 2851: Michelles Law (Hodes) (provisions relating to continuity of coverage for college students on medical leave); H.R. 3001: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (Pallone); H.R. 3195: ADA Amendments Act (Hoyer); H.R. 3200: National Insurance Act (provisions relating to regulatory reform) (Bean); H.R. 3425: Cancer Screening Coverage Act (Maloney); H.R. 4460: Health Care Choice Act (provisions relating to health insurance reforms in individual market) (Shadegg); H.R. 5550: Coverage for Young Adult Dependents of Federal Employees (Davis); H.R. 5781: Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (Maloney) (provisions relating to disability study); H.R. 5840: Insurance Information Act (Kanjorski) (provisions relating to federal Office of Insurance Information); H.R. 5938: Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act (Conyers); H.R. 6049: Energy Improvement and Extension Act (provisions relating to mental health parity); H.R. 6071: Health Care Consumer Protection Act (Forbes) (provisions relating to reinstatement of health insurance following nonpayment of premiums); H.R. 6142: Lawsuits Against Employer-Sponsored Disability Benefit Plans (Andrews); H.R. 6210: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Kind-English); H.R. 6528: Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Eshoo) (provisions relating to limitations on lifetime limits); H.R. 6582: Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) (provisions relating to health insurance); H.R. 6908: Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarifications Act (Burgess) (provisions relating to disclosure rules for coverage exclusions); H.R. 6983: Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (Kennedy) (provisions relating to mental health parity); S. 40: National Insurance Act (provisions relating to regulatory reform) (Sununu); S. 46: Affordability in the Individual Market Act (provisions relating to HSAs) (Ensign); S. 239: Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act (Feinstein); S. 400: Michelle's Law (provisions relating to continuity of coverage for college students on medical leave) (Sununu); S. 459: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe); S. 495: Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy); S. 558: Mental Health Parity Act (Domenici); S. 616: HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act (Collins); S. 618: Insurance Industry Competition Act (Leahy); S. 1076: HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act (Burgess); S. 1178: Identity Theft Protection Act (Inouye); S. 1260: Data Security Act (Carper); S. 1298: Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act (Kerry); S. 1588: Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation and Surgery Act (Landrieu); S. 1758: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (Kennedy); S. 1814: Health Information Privacy and Security Act (Leahy); S. 2168: Identify Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act (Leahy); S. 2236: Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act (Rockefeller); S. 2268: Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar); S. 2477: Health Care Choice Act (DeMint); S. 2706: Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Dorgan); S. 2795: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Durbin-Snowe); S. 2818: Small Business Health Plans Act (Enzi); S. 2948: Small Business Empowerment Act (Brown) (provisions relating to health coverage for small employers); S. 2999: Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Brown); S. 3068: Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act (Snowe); S. 3115: Childrens Health Protection Act (Lautenberg); S. 3335: Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act (provisions relating to mental health parity); S. 3554: Affordable Coverage for Small Employers Act (Smith) (provisions relating to insurance reforms, tax credits); S. 3559: Continuing Coverage Act (Coleman) (relating to third party review for rescission decisions). INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; crossover fees for Medigap claims; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials.

MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 4: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Dingell); H.R. 976: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rangel); H.R. 1535: Children's Health First Act (Dingell); H.R. 1663: Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act (Stark) (continued) H.R. 1990: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 2147: Healthy Kids Act (Emanuel); H.R. 2945: Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act (Stark); H.R. 2642: Supplemental Appropriations Act (provisions relating to moratoria on Medicaid regulations); H.R. 2842: Childrens Health Protection Act (Schwartz); H.R. 3025: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings for Our Seniors Act (Doggett); H.R. 3061: Medicare Part D Drug Class Protection Act (Doggett); H.R. 3162: Childrens Health and Medicare Protection Act (Dingell); H.R. 3195: ADA Amendments Act (Hoyer); H.R. 3932: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Berry); H.R. 3963: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Dingell); H.R. 4296: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Schwartz); H.R. 5268: Medicaid FMAP (Pallone); H.R. 5480: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Hoyer-Boehner); H.R. 5550: Coverage for Young Adult Dependents of Federal Employees (Davis); H.R. 5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act (Dingell); H.R. 5683: GAO Act (provisions relating to access to Medicare part C/part D data) (Davis); H.R. 5781: Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (Maloney); H.R. 5840: Insurance Information Act (Kanjorski); H.R. 5918: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Barrow); H.R. 5923: Patients Health Care Reform Act (Shadegg); H.R. 5955: Making Health Care More Affordable Act (Walberg); H.R. 5998: Protecting Children's Health Coverage Act (Pallone); H.R. 6071: Health Care Consumer Protection Act (provisions relating to reinstatement of health insurance following nonpayment of premiums) (Forbes); H.R. 6081: Heroes Earning Assistance and Relief Tax Act (mental health parity and FSA provisions); H.R. 6142: Lawsuits Against Employer-Sponsored Disability Benefit Plans (Andrews); H.R. 6210: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Kind-English); H.R. 6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Medicaid, health care disparities, and electronic prescribing) (Rangel-Dingell); H.R. 6388: GAO Improvement Act (provisions relating to access to Medicare part C/part D data) (Waxman); H.R. 6359: Medicare Beneficiary Protection Act (Biggert); H.R. 6365: Medicare Special Needs Plans Extension and Amendments Act (Kind); S. 3: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Reid); S. 130: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Allard); S. 401: Keep Children Covered Act (Rockefeller); S. 706: Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund (Feingold); S. 799: Community Choice Act (Harkin); S. 895: Children's Health First Act (Clinton); S. 1102: Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act (Bingaman); S. 1103: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act (Bingaman); S. 1107: Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Smith); S. 1108: Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act (Smith); S. 1200: Indian Health Care Improvement Act (includes Medicaid/MA provisions); S. 1224: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rockefeller); S. 1507: Access to Medicare Data Act (Grassley); S. 1544: Medicare Quality Enhancement Act (Gregg); S. 1827: Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare Act (Cochran); S. 1893: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Baucus); S. 1954: Pharmacy Access Improvement Act (Baucus); S. 2219: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin); S. 2408: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Kerry); S. 2620: Medicaid FMAP (Rockefeller); S. 2662: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Baucus-Gregg); S. 2795: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Durbin-Snowe); S. 2819: Economic Recovery in Health Care Act (provisions relating to Medicaid funding) (Rockefeller); S. 2948: Small Business Empowerment Act (Brown); S. 2818: Small Business Health Plans Act (Enzi); S. 2999: Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Brown); S. 3068: Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act (Snowe); S. 3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Medicaid, health care disparities, electronic prescribing) (Baucus); S. 3115: Childrens Health Protection Act (Lautenberg); S. 3118: Preserving Access to Medicare Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medicaid, and electronic prescribing)(Grassley). MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, (including encounter data issues) bidding and payment issues (including MA coding intensity, Part D reinsurance, low income subsidies, application process, and audits), application process, and audits, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff and issues raised by CMS about Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plan marketing, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); grievance and appeals processes, compliance/fraud and abuse training, and Medicare/Medicaid integration issues for Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal premption of State authorization over MA and Part D plans, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting inititiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs) and federal matching funds for graduate medical education; coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and health information technology standards and policies.

Mental health parity - S 558, Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; HR 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007; HR 4848, To extend for one year parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits. Genetic non-discrimination - HR 493, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007; S 358, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007. Insurance issues - S 618, Insurance Industry Competition Act of 2007; HR 1081, Insurance Industry Competition Act of 2007; HR 241, To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees; S 46, Affordability in the Individual Market Act; HR 1282, Medigap Access Improvement Act of 2007; HR 758, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007; S 459, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007; HR 2412, Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2007; S 616, HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act; HR 1076, HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act; S 40, National Insurance Act of 2007; HR 3200, National Insurance Act of 2007; S 1298, Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act of 2007; S 400, Michelle's Law; HR 2851, Michelle's Law; S 1588, CARES Act; HR 2676, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2007; HR 2948, Increased Access to Health Insurance Act of 2007; HR 3425, Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 2007; HR 3997, Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2007; S 2236, Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2007; S 2268, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act of 2007; HR 4460, Health Care Choice Act of 2007; S 2477, Health Care Choice Act of 2007; S 1758, CLASS Act; HR 3001, CLASS Act; S 2706, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act; HR 3799, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2007; HR 4986, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; HR 5781, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008; HR 3195, ADA Restoration Act of 2007; S 2795, SHOP Act; HR 6210, SHOP Act; HR 5918, SHOP Act; S 3115, Children's Health Protection Act of 2008; HR 2842, Children's Health Protection Act of 2008; HR 5840, Insurance Information Act of 2008; HR 6081, Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008; HR 6142, To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide, in the case of an employee welfare benefit plan providing benefits in the event of disability, an exemption from preemption under such title for State tort actions to recover damages arising from the failure of the plan to timely provide such benefits; HR 5550, To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the maximum age to qualify for coverage as a `child' under the health benefits program for Federal employees; S 2948, Small Business Empowerment Act; HR 5955, Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2008; HR 5923, Patients' Health Care Reform Act; S 2818, Small Business Health Plans Act of 2008; S 2999, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2008; HR 6071, Health Care Consumer Protection Act of 2008; S 3068, Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2007.

SCHIP Reauthorization, various bills (H.R. 976, H.R. 3963) Health Equity and Accountability Act (H.R. 3014) Community Health Workers Act (S. 586, H.R. 1968) Healthy Children and Families Act (S. 1052) Legal Immigrant Childrens Health Improvement Act (S. 764, H.R. 1308) State Child Well-Being Research Act (S. 1482, H.R. 2477) Childrens Dental Health Improvement Act (S. 739) Childrens Health First Act (S.895, H.R. 1535) Children's Express Lane to Health Coverage Act (S. 1214) Healthy Schools Act (S. 1669) Healthy Kids Act (H.R. 2147, S. 1364) Indian Healthcare Improvement Act (S. 1200) Healthy Start Reauthorization Act (S. 1760, H.R. 3267) Family-Based Meth Treatment Access Act of 2007 (S. 884/HR 405) Tribal Foster Care and Adoption Access Act of 2007 (S. 1956/HR 4688) Kinship Caregiver Support Act (S. 661/HR 2188) Keeping Families Together Act of 2007 (S. 382/HR 687) State Children Well-Being Research Act (H.R. 2477) The Children's Health Protection Act (H.R. 2842) Healthy Transition Act of 2008 (H.R. 6375 & S. 3195) Family Fairness Act of 2008 (H.R. 6029) Lead Poisoning Reduction Act of 2007 (S. 1811) BPA-Free Kids Act of 2008 (S. 2928) Family Leave Insurance Act of 2008 (H.R. 5873) Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2008 (H.R. 6309)

Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported

* Access to care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis H.R. 1188, Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Research, Cure, and Care Act of 2007 S. 1459, Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Research, Cure, and Care Act of 2007 H.R. 2842 Childrens Health Protection Act of 2007 S. 2236 Childrens Health Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 2842 Childrens Health Protection Act of 2007 S. 2236 Childrens Health Protection Act of 2007

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act H.R. 2842 - Children's Health Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 2833 - Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2007

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $100,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Health Insurance Marketlace Modernization and Affordability Act of 2005 (S. 1955) Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 (H.R. 810) FDA Drug Safety Issues Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2007 (H.R. 2833) Children's Health Protection Act of 2007 (H.R. 2842) SCHIP reauthorization (S. 1224) Medicare reimbursement for imaging services (S. 1388/H.R. 1293) Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Diseases Prevention Act (P.L. 109-18); Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2005 (S. 1283/H.R. 3248); Health Partnership Act (S.2772); Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2005 (H.R. 525)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2005 (H.R. 525) Health Insurance Marketlace Modernization and Affordability Act of 2005 (S. 1955) Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 (H.R. 810) FDA Drug Safety Issues Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2007 (H.R. 2833) Children's Health Protection Act of 2007 (H.R. 2842) SCHIP Reauthorization (S. 1224) Medicare Reimbursement for Imaging Services (S. 1388/H.R. 1293) Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Diseases Prevention Act (P.L. 109-18) Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2005 (S. 1283/H.R. 3248) Health Partnership Act (S.2772)

Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

H.R. 1688 All Healthy Children Act of 2007 S. 325 Health Partnership Act H.R. 15 National Health Insurance Act S. 1169 State Based Health Reform Act S. 1564 All Healthy Children Act of 2007 H.R. 1329 Guaranteed Access for SCHIP’s Target Population Act of 2007 S. 1221 Countdown to Coverage Act of 2007 H.R. 2639 Promoting Health for Future Generations Act of 2007 S. 273 Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2007 H.R. 2971 Health Care Accountability Act S. 1102 Part D Equity for Low Income Seniors Act of 2007 S. 1753 Health Workforce Act of 2007 S. 1455 National Health Information Technology and Privacy Advancement Act of 2007 S. 1218 Medicare for All Act H.R. 2034 Medicare for All Act S. 895 Children’s Health First Act H.R. 2995 Small Business Liability Reform Act of 2007 H.R. 1012 Small Business Growth Act of 2007 H.R. 1542 Healthy Families Act H.R. 1626 Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2007 S. 733 Promoting Health Care Purchasing Cooperatives Act H.R. 2351 HealthCARE Act 2007 S. 40 National Insurance Act of 2007 H.R. 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 S. 359 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 H.R. 677 The Nursing School Capacity Act of 2007 S. 446 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act 0f 2007 H.R. 772 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act 0f 2007 S. 605 Allied Health Reinvestment Act S. 620 Community – Based Health Care Retraining Act H.R. 1279 Direct Support Professionals Fairness and Security Act of 2007 H.R. 1134 Physical Therapist Student Loan Repayment Eligibility Act of 2007 S. 718 Patient – Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act H.R. 1884 National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2007 Act H.R. 410 United States Physician Shortage Elimination Act S.224 Standards to Provide Educational Achievement for All Kids H.R. 325 Standards to Provide Educational Achievement for All Kids H.R. 2497 Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act S. 1481 Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act H.R. 1174 Healthy Hospitals Act of 2007 H.R. 378 Nurse and Patient Safety and Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 2123 Nurse Staff and Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2007 S. 628 Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2007 S. 1408 Health Information Technology Act of 2007 S. 1577 Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007 S. 1693 Wired for Health Care Quality Act H.R. 2723 Children’s Healthcare Quality Act S. 1226 Children’s Healthcare Quality Act H.R. 1952 National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007 H. R. 2580 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2007 S. 1364 Healthy Kids Act of 2007 S. 484 Enhancing Drug Safety and Innovation Act of 2007 H.R. 1561 Enhancing Drug Safety and Innovation Act of 2007 S. 1082 Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 H.R. 3014 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007 H.R. 1165 SAFE Drug Act S. 1023 “To amend Title XXI of the Social Security Act […]” S. 554 Act for our Kids H.R. 1200 American Health Security Act of 2007 H.R. 15 National Health Insurance Act S. 1224 Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2007 H.R. 1368 Personalized Health Information Act of 2007 H.R. 676 United States National Health Insurance Act H.R. 1459 “To improve Medicare beneficiary access […]” H.R. 2737 Health Care Relief Act of 2007 S. 1714 Small Business Children’s Health Education Act of 2007 S. 1198 HealthCARE Act of 2007 H.R. 1802 Keeping Small Business Healthy Act of 2007 H.R. 2626 Comprehensive HealthCARE Act of 2007 H.R. 2842 Children’s Health Protection Act of 2007 S. 95 Kids Come First Act of 2007 H.R. 1111 Kids Come First Act of 2007 H.R. 493 Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2007 H.R. 2948 Increased Access to Health Insurance Act of 2007 S. 158 Access to Affordable Health Care Act S. 358 Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2007 H.R. 1012 Small Business Growth Act of 2007 H.R. 2147 Health Kids Act of 2007 S. 1298 Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act of 2007 S. 21 Prevention First Act H.R. 819 Prevention First Act H.R. 593 Children’s Health Insurance Promotion Act of 2007 H.R. 1666 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2007 H.R. 2302 Health Insurance Affordability Act of 2007 H.R. 2359 SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 2007 H.R. 2357 MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2007 S. 401 Keep Children Covered Act of 2007 S. 2512 Reducing Coverage Gaps for Kids Act of 2007 H.R. 2055 Improving Children’s Access to Health Care Act of 2007 S. 1213 Children’s Express Lane to Heath Coverage Act of 2007 S. 334 Healthy Americans Act S. 1019 Universal Healthcare Choice and Access Act H.R. 1535 Children's Health First Act S. 895 Children's Health First Act

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - SHOULD THIS BE H.R. 2971 - Health Care Accountability Act? H.R. 2842 - Children's Health Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 2833 - Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2007

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE