Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2008

H.R. 3014 and S. 1576, legislation to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care and health status HR 5496, the Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2008 S. 558 and H.R. 1424, mental health parity legislation H.R. 5501, United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act H.R. 5613, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 S. 1200, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) Amendments of 2007 HR. 1567/S. 968, the Comprehensive TB Elimination Act H.R. 1532/S. 1551, the Stop TB Now Act H.R. 2266/S. 1418, the United States Commitment to Global Child Survival Act of 2007 H.R. 6331, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act S. 2465, the Vaccines for Children Access Act of 2008 General advocacy in support of strengthening the public health workforce General advocacy in support of health system reform

Client expense: $16,948 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office

S 1642, HR 4137, S 1066, HR 5496, HR 1884, HR 2269, HR 3014 - seeking provisions to enhance podiatric education and accreditation, including loan deferment, incentives, retention, scholarships, and loan repayment

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

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Indian Health Service, SENATE

HR 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007--To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment S 3230 FY09 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Bill--Appropriation requests for Center for Vaccine Research and drug discovery No bill numbers, FY09 Defense Appropriations Bill--Appropriations requests for Center for Vaccine Research House--no bill no., S 3258 FY09 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill--Appropriations requests for Center for Vacine Research HR 1343 Health Centers Renewal Act of 2007--To provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act HR 5496 Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2008--To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish various programs for the recruitment and retention of public health workers and to eliminate critical public health workforce shortages in federal, state, loca, and tribal public health agencies

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S 1642, HR 4137, S 1066, HR 5496, HR 1884, HR 2269, HR 3014 - seeking provisions to enhance podiatric education and accreditation, including loan deferment, incentives, retention, scholarships, and loan repayment

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Indian Health Service, SENATE

FY09 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (provisions concerning funding levels for NIH, the National Children's Study, Title VII, open access, community-based obesity prevention, drug discovery and racial disparities medical research) HR 5613/HR 6331, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 and Medicare/Medicaid reforms generally HR 5496, Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2008 HR 5780, Medicare Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Services Coverage Act of 2008 S. 2460, A bill to extend by one year the moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the graduate medical education under Medicaid

Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 3014 and S. 1576, legislation to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care and health status HR 5496, the Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2008 S. 558 and H.R. 1424, mental health parity legislation H.R. 5501, United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act H.R. 5613, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 S. 1200, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) Amendments of 2007 HR. 1567/S. 968, the Comprehensive TB Elimination Act H.R. 1532/S. 1551, the Stop TB Now Act H.R. 2266/S. 1418, the United States Commitment to Global Child Survival Act of 2007 H.R. 6331, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act S. 2465, the Vaccines for Children Access Act of 2008 H.R. 3710, the Office of Correctional Public Health Act of 2007 S. 358, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act S. 2702, Medicare Fracture Prevention Osteoporosis Testing Act General advocacy in support of strengthening the public health workforce General advocacy in support of health system reform

Client expense: $16,124 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 1038 Access to Life Saving Medicine Act HR 1076 HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act; HR 5442, TRUST in Health Information Act of 2008 HR 676 US National Health Insurance Act S 1490 Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act of 2007 S 1501 Affordable Biologics for Consumers Act S 1544 Medicare Quality Enhancement Act of 2007 S 1814, Health Information Privacy and Security Act S 1899 Universal Health Coverage Act of 2007 S 242 Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2007 S 316 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act S 616 HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act S 623 Access to Life Saving Medicine Act Antitrust and Health Insurance Reform: HR971 and S2161 "Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007", S618 "Insurance Industry Competition Act of 2007" Health Information Technology Standards; Electronic Health Records; ICD10 Implementation: HR1368 "Personalized Health Information Act of 2007"; S1783; HR3800 "Promoting Health Information Technology Act"; HR2406 "Healthcare Information Technology Enterprise Integration Act" Healthcare Reform; Insurance Market Reform; Employer Based Healthcare System; Uninsured: S1019 "Health Care Choice Act of 2007"; HR3163 "Healthy Americans Act" Genetic Non-discrimination: HR493 and S358 "Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 Mental Health Parity: HR1424 "Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007" and S558 "Mental Health Parity Act of 2007" TAA; HR3801 and S1848 "TAA Health Coverage Improvement Act of 2007" Comparative Effectiveness Reseaarch: HR3162 "Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007" Section 904 only; HR2184 "Enhanced Health Care Value for All Act" Health Savings Accounts/Medical Savings Accounts; SCHIP, Small Group Market/Small Business Healthcare S2041 "False Claim Act Correction of 2007" as it pertains to the payment of healthcare claims Printed S. 1783: Ten Steps to Transform Health Care in America Act H.R. 853: Wellness and Prevention Act of 2007 H.R. 2147: Healthy Kids Act of 2007 S. 1364: Healthy Kids Act of 2007 S. 334: Healthy Americans Act H.R. 5348: American Health Benefits Program Act of 2008 (AHBP Act) H.R. 1328: The Indian Health Care Improvement Act H.R. 5544: The Patients and Public Health Partnership Act of 2008 H.R. 5545: Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2008 S. 2729: Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2008 S. 2708: Caring for an Aging America Act of 2008 H.R. 5496: Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2008 H.R. 2991: Independent Health Record Trust Act H.R. 5442: TRUST in Health Information Act S. 2672: A bill to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities H.R. 5174: Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2008 HR 380 Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2007 HR 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 HR 1368 Personalized Health Information Act of 2007 HR 1432 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act HR 1666 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2007 HR 1902 Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of HR 1956 Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007 HR 3800 Promoting Health Information Technology Act H.R. 5629 Pathway for Biosimilars Act S 28 Generics First Act of 2007 S 251 Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2007 S 273 Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2007 S 316 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act S 358 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 S 596 Safe Internet Pharmacy Act of 2007 S 628 Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2007 S 976 Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007 S 1408 Health Information Technology Act of 2007 S 1455 National Health Information Technology and Privacy Advancement Act of 2007 S 1505 Affordable Biologics for Consumers Act S 1693 Wired for Health Care Quality Act S 1695 Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007 S. 1814 Health Information Privacy and Security Act S 2408 Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007 Health Information Technology Electronic Prescribing Genetic Nondiscrimination Inappropriate use of Human Growth Hormone Confidentiality of Health Information Generic Drugs Generic Biologics S. 1456 Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act S. 1693 Wired for Health Care Quality Act S 1338/HR 1293 Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007 S. 1042/HR 583 Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2007 HR 2708 Mammogram and MRI Availability Act of 2007

S. 1783: Ten Steps to Transform Health Care in America Act H.R. 853: Wellness and Prevention Act of 2007 H.R. 2147: Healthy Kids Act of 2007 S. 1364: Healthy Kids Act of 2007 S. 334: Healthy Americans Act H.R. 5348: American Health Benefits Program Act of 2008 (AHBP Act) H.R. 1328: The Indian Health Care Improvement Act H.R. 5544: The Patients and Public Health Partnership Act of 2008 H.R. 5545: Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2008 S. 2729: Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2008 S. 2708: Caring for an Aging America Act of 2008 H.R. 5496: Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2008 H.R. 2991: Independent Health Record Trust Act H.R. 5442: TRUST in Health Information Act S. 1693: Wired for Health Care Quality Act S. 1814: Health Information Privacy and Security Act S. 2672: A bill to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities H.R. 5174: Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2008

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $45,000

H.R. 3014 and S. 1576, legislation to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care and health status HR 5496, the Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2008 S. 558 and H.R. 1424, mental health parity legislation H.R. 5501, United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act H.R. 5613, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 S. 2486, HIV Nondiscrimination in Travel and Immigration Act of 2007 S. 1200, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) Amendments of 2007 H.R. 3162, the CHAMP Act HR. 1567/S. 968, the Comprehensive TB Elimination Act H.R. 1532/S. 1551, the Stop TB Now Act H.R. 2266/S. 1418, the United States Commitment to Global Child Survival Act of 2007 General advocacy in support of strengthening the public health workforce

Client expense: $29,283 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE

S.1783 Ten steps to Transform Health Care in America Act H.R. 853 Wellness and Preventions Act of 2007 H.R. 2147 Healthy Kids Act of 2007 S. 1364 Health Kids Act of 2007 S. 334: Healthy Americans Act H.R. 5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 H.R. 5348: American Health Benefits Program Act of 2008 (AHBP Act) H.R. 1328: The Indian Health Care Improvement Act H.R. 5544: The Patients and Public Health Partnership Act of 2008 H.R. 5545: Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2008 S. 2729: Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2008 S. 2708: Caring for an Aging America Act of 2008 H.R. 5496: Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2008 S. 2672: Conrad State 30 Improvement Act H.R. 5174: Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2008 H.R. 5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 H. Con. Res. 312: S. Con. Res. 70: H.R. 493: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act H.R. 2991: Independent Health Record Trust Act H.R. 5442: TRUST in Health Information Act S. 1693: Wired for Health Care Quality Act S. 1814: Health Information Privacy and Security Act

Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported