Medicaid Enhancement and Emergency Job Creation Act of 2011

H.R. 3542, Medicaid Enhancement and Emergency Job Creation Act, H.R. 2741, Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2011. Please see next Page H.R. 3542, Medicaid Enhancement and Emergency Job Creation Act. Support entire bill. Legislation restores the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and maintains it through the end of 2012. (Lobbyist used: Amy Wotring) H.R. 2741, Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2011. Support entire bill. Legislation extends coverage under Medicare for medical nutrition therapy (MNT) services to beneficiaries with prediabetes and those with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes. (Lobbyist used: Amy Wotring) Issues worked on the Hill not yet reflected in legislation: Opposing cost-shifting, cuts to or the block granting of federal entitlement programs, specifically Medicaid and Medicare. In addition, opposing the repeal of the Medicaid maintenance of effort provision. (Lobbyists used: Tekisha Dwan Everette, Lisa Cox, Amy Wotring)

Client expense: $294,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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

Funding for Public Safety; Transportation; Housing programs; and Gang prevention; Homeland Security; Health Care and Water/Environment. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, program implementation. Monitor other issues: Emergency communication Endangered Species Act Flood Control generally Housing issues Native American issues Veterans issues Section 8 voucher reform. Property Assessed Clean Energy issues. Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) H.R.3542, Medicaid Enhancement and Emergency Job Creation Act, FMAP extension.

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

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Marines, White House Office

Public Law 112-74, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2012, Public safety issues; Transportation issues; Housing programs; and Gang prevention related issues; and Homeland Security issues. Monitor other issues: Border enivronmental Emergency communication Endangered Species Act Flood Control generally Workforce Investment generally Air Service grants generally Housing issues Native American issues Veterans issues Section 8 voucher reform. Property Assessed Clean Energy issues. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, program expansion. H.R.3542, Medicaid Enhancement and Emergency Job Creation Act, FMAP extension. S.1802/H.R.3353, Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2011, Municipal issue.

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

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Marines