Strengthening Behavioral Health Benefits Act

S.3673 + HR.7774, Commonsense Reporting Act; S.4293, The Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act; S.4750 + HR.8594, The Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (RPDPA); HR.7740, The Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act; HR.7767, The Strengthening Behavioral Health Benefits Act; HR.7780, The Mental Health Matters Act of 2022; Authorize small business health plans; preserve employee exclusion; Preserve ERISA Preemption; Cost-sharing reduction payments under ACA; Surprise Billing Medical legislation; Issues related to employer-sponsored coverage; Issues related to the Affordable Care Act, health reform and health care costs; Issues related to the taxation of employer-sponsored coverage; Issues related to consumer-directed health products, including HRAs, ICHRAs, HSAs; Issues related to single payer, Medicare for All, Medicare buy-in, public option; Issues related to insulin pricing and price transparency reform; Issues related to Telehealth; Safer Federal Workforce Task Force guidance pursuant to Executive Order 14042; Surprise Billing Medical Legislation

Client expense: $156,166 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE

Affordable Care Act(ACA); ACA Reform; ACA Coverage Improvement; Lower Health Care Costs; Transparency; Surprise Billing; Maternal Health;COVID-19 Response/Relief Packages; Telehealth; Health Equity COVID-19 Testing; Prescription drugs; Insulin; Coverage of Testing and Vaccines; H.R. 3 - Lower Drug Costs Now Act Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06) Insulin -the Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act Affordable Care Act (ACA); Telehealth; COVID-19; Age adjustment; Extending ARPA Subsidies; Health Equity Issues; Mental Health Parity; Affordability; Telehealth; Coverage of COVID-19 Therapeutics; Infant Formula Shortage; Inflation Reduction Act; No Surprises Act; Senate Enhancing Mental Health Workforce draft package; Senate Ensuring Access to Telemental Health Services draft package; REL data; Covid transition/PHE; H.R. 7666 - Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06) H.R. 7780 - Mental Health Matters Act To support the behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in the school-based behavioral health workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits. Sponsor: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11) H.R. 7740 - Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act of 2022 To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide that any mandatory predispute or coerced postdispute arbitration clause, class action waiver, representation waiver, or discretionary clause with respect to a plan is unenforceable, to prohibit any such clause or waiver from being included in a plan document or other agreement with plan participants, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11) H.R. 7767 - Strengthening Behavioral Health Benefits Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for the enforcement of mental health and substance abuse disorder parity requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) H.R. 959 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 To end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) S. 346 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 A bill to end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) S. 4804 - Parity Enforcement Act of 2022 A bill to provide for civil monetary penalties for violations of mental health parity requirements. Sponsor: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) H.R. 7666 - Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to mental health and substance use disorders, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06) HR 1878 State Health Care premium Reduction Action (Repr. Angie Craig- MN)

Affordable Care Act (ACA); Telehealth; COVID-19; Age adjustment; Extending ARPA Subsidies; Health Equity Issues; Mental Health Parity; Affordability; Telehealth; Coverage of COVID-19 Therapeutics; Infant Formula Shortage; Inflation Reduction Act; No Surprises Act; Senate Enhancing Mental Health Workforce draft package; Senate Ensuring Access to Telemental Health Services draft package; REL data; Covid transition/PHE; H.R. 7666 - Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06) H.R. 7780 - Mental Health Matters Act To support the behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in the school-based behavioral health workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits. Sponsor: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11) H.R. 7740 - Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act of 2022 To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide that any mandatory predispute or coerced postdispute arbitration clause, class action waiver, representation waiver, or discretionary clause with respect to a plan is unenforceable, to prohibit any such clause or waiver from being included in a plan document or other agreement with plan participants, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11) H.R. 7767 - Strengthening Behavioral Health Benefits Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for the enforcement of mental health and substance abuse disorder parity requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) H.R. 959 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 To end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) S. 346 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 A bill to end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) S. 4804 - Parity Enforcement Act of 2022 A bill to provide for civil monetary penalties for violations of mental health parity requirements. Sponsor: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) H.R. 7666 - Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to mental health and substance use disorders, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06)

Issues Relating to ERISA, Telehealth Services in HSA/HDHP Plans, H.R.7780 - Mental Health Matters Act, H.R.7740 - Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act of 2022, H.R.7767 - Strengthening Behavioral Health Benefits Act, S.4750 - Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act, H.R.8594 - Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Affordable Care Act (ACA); Transparency; Surprise Billing, Telehealth; COVID-19; Extending ARPA Subsidies; Health Equity Issues; Mental Health Parity; Affordability; Inflation Reduction Act; No Surprises Act; Covid transition/PH. COVID-19 response in P.L. 117-103, The Consolidated Appropriations Act; Health care policies contained in P.L. 117-2, The American Rescue Plan Act; P.L. 117-169, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 H.R. 7666 - Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to mental health and substance use disorders, and for other purposes Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06) H.R. 5218 Collaborate in an Orderly and Cohesive Manner Act H.R. 7767 - Strengthening Behavioral Health Benefits Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for the enforcement of mental health and substance abuse disorder parity requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) H.R. 959 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 To end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) H.R. 5376 Inflation Reduction Act Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-KY) H.R. 3 - Lower Drug Costs Now Act Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06) Insulin -the Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act

Client expense: $1,050,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 7780, the Mental Health Matters Act of 2022 H.R. 7740, the Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act H.R. 7767, the Strengthening Behavioral Health Benefits Act Commonsense Report Act, S. 3673/H.R. 7774 Permanently expanding telehealth options for employees

Client expense: $300,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Telehealth; COVID-19; Extending Affordable Care Act ARPA Subsidies; Social Determinants of Health; Mental Health Parity; Affordability; Inflation Reduction Act; Mental Health Reform H.R. 7666 - Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06) H.R. 7767 - Strengthening Behavioral Health Benefits Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for the enforcement of mental health and substance abuse disorder parity requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) H.R. 959 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 To end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) S. 346 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 A bill to end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) S. 4804 - Parity Enforcement Act of 2022 A bill to provide for civil monetary penalties for violations of mental health parity requirements. Sponsor: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 7666 - Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06) H.R. 7780 - Mental Health Matters Act enforceable, to prohibit any such clause or waiver from being included in a plan document or other agreement with plan participants, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11) H.R. 7767 - Strengthening Behavioral Health Benefits Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for the enforcement of mental health and substance abuse disorder parity requirements, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) H.R. 959 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 To end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) S. 346 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 A bill to end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) S. 4804 - Parity Enforcement Act of 2022 A bill to provide for civil monetary penalties for violations of mental health parity requirements. Sponsor: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) H.R. 7666 - Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to mental health and substance use disorders, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06)

Client expense: $246,110 · Firm income: Not reported

Affordable Care Act (ACA); Telehealth; COVID-19; Age Adjustment; Extending ARPA Subsidies; Health Equity Issues; Mental Health Parity; Affordability; Coverage of COVID-19 Therapeutics; Infant Formula Shortage; Inflation Reduction Act; No Surprises Act; COVID-19 Transition; End of Public Health Emergency HR 959 (117th Congress), Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, by Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL). To end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. HR 7666 (117th Congress), Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022, by Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ). Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to mental health and substance use disorders. HR 7740 (117th Congress), Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act of 2022, by Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA). To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide that any mandatory pre-dispute or coerced post-dispute arbitration clause, class action waiver, representation waiver, or discretionary clause with respect to a plan is unenforceable, to prohibit any such clause or waiver from being included in a plan document or other agreement with plan participants, and for other purposes. HR 7767 (117th Congress), Strengthening Behavioral Health Benefits Act, by Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT). To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for the enforcement of mental health and substance abuse disorder parity requirements, and for other purposes. HR 7780 (117th Congress), Mental Health Matters Act, by Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA). To support the behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in the school-based behavioral health workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits. S 346 (117th Congress), Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ). A bill to end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. S 4804 (117th Congress), Parity Enforcement Act of 2022, by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT). A bill to provide for civil monetary penalties for violations of mental health parity requirements.

S.3673 + HR.7774, Commonsense Reporting Act; S.4293, The Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act; S.4750 + HR.8594, The Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (RPDPA); HR.7740, The Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act; HR.7767, The Strengthening Behavioral Health Benefits Act; HR.7780, The Mental Health Matters Act of 2022; Authorize small business health plans; preserve employee exclusion; Preserve ERISA Preemption; Cost-sharing reduction payments under ACA; Surprise Billing Medical legislation; Issues related to employer-sponsored coverage; Issues related to the Affordable Care Act, health reform and health care costs; Issues related to the taxation of employer-sponsored coverage; Issues related to consumer-directed health products, including HRAs, ICHRAs, HSAs; Issues related to single payer, Medicare for All, Medicare buy-in, public option; Issues related to insulin pricing and price transparency reform; Issues related to Telehealth; Safer Federal Workforce Task Force guidance pursuant to Executive Order 14042; Surprise Billing Medical Legislation

Client expense: $280,060 · Firm income: Not reported

H.Res. 1141 - Educator Mental Health Awareness Week Resolution H.Res. 1191 - Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4176) to improve Federal population surveys by requiring the collection of voluntary, self-disclosed information on sexual orientation and gender identity in certain surveys, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5585) to establish the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7666) to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to mental health and substance use disorders, and for other purposes; and for other purposes. H.R. 623 - Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0 H.R. 909 / S. 484 - Moms Matter Act H.R. 1384 / S. 445 - Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act H.R. 1475/ S. 1795 - Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act H.R. 2067 - MATE Act H.R. 2256/ S. 834 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021 H.R. 2377 - Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021 H.R. 2376 - Excellence in Recovery Housing Act H.R. 2929 - Virtual Peer Support Act H.R. 3173/ S. 3018 - Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 H.R. 3407/ S. 411 - MOMMAS Act H.R. 3447 - Permanency for Audio-Only Telehealth Act H.R. 3450/ S. 1727 - Medicaid Bump Act H.R. 3753/ S. 1962 - Parity Implementation Assistance Act H.R. 3771 - South Asian Heart Health Awareness Act of 2021 H.R. 4058/ S. 2061 - Telemental Health Care Access Act. H.R. 4122 / S. 3658 - Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act H.R. 4217 / S. 2779 - TRIUMPH for New Moms Act H.R. 4770 - Evaluating Disparities and Outcomes of Telehealth (EDOT) Act of 2021 H.R. 4944 - Helping Kids Cope Act of 2021 H.R. 5218 - Collaborate in an Orderly and Cohesive Manner Act H.R. 5585 - Advanced Research Project Agency-Health Act H.R. 6943 / S. 3635 - Public Safety Officer Support Act H.R. 7073 - Into the Light for Maternal Mental Health Act H.R. 7076 - Supporting Childrens Mental Health Care Access Act of 2022 H.R. 7116 - 988 Implementation Act of 2022 H.R. 7232 - 988 and Parity Assistance Act of 2022 H.R. 7233 - Keeping Incarceration Discharges Streamlined for Children and Accommodating Resources in Education Act or the KIDS CARES Act H.R. 7234 - Summer Barrow Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Act H.R. 7235 / S.4301 - Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant Act of 2022 H.R. 7236 - Strengthen Kids Mental Health Now Act of 2022 H.R. 7237 - Reauthorizing Evidence-based and Crisis Help Initiatives Needed to Generate Improved Mental Health Outcomes for Patients Act of 2022 or the REACHING Improved Mental Health Outcomes for Patients Act of 2022 H.R. 7238 - Timely Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Act of 2022 H.R. 7241 - Community Mental Health Services Block Grant Reauthorization Act H.R. 7248 - Continuing Systems of Care for Children Act H.R. 7249 / S. 3686 - Anna Westin Legacy Act of 2022 H.R. 7254 - Mental Health Justice and Parity Act of 2022 H.R. 7255 / S. 4271 - Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Reauthorization Act H.R. 7427 - To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require CMI testing of incentive payments for behavioral health providers and certain other providers for adoption and use of certified electronic health record technology, and for other purposes. H.R. 7565 - NIH Improve Act H.R. 7649 - To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to open a public docket for the submission of public comments regarding factors that should be taken into consideration when reviewing a proposed modification to an approved risk evaluation and mitigation strategy, and for other purposes. H.R. 7666 - Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 H.R. 7667 - Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 H.R. 7740 - Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act of 2022 H.R. 7767 - Strengthening Behavioral Health Benefits Act H.R. 7845 - NIH Clinical Trial Diversity Act H.R. 7857 - Minority Fellowship Program Reauthorization Act of 2022 H.R. 7910 - Protecting Our Kids Act H.R. 8180 - Undertaking Needed Investments in Therapy, Education, and De-Escalation Act of 2022 H.R. 8229 - Telemental Health Parity Act S. 2938 - Bipartisan Safer Communities Act S. 4132 - Womens Health Protection Act S. 4170 - Mental Health Reform Reauthorization Act of 2022 S. 4306 - Improving Access to Behavioral Health Integration Act S. 4348 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements S. 4461 - Expanding Access to Mental Health Training Act S. 4448 - Suicide Prevention Act No legislation - Implementation of new REMS regulations