Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023

S. 2016 HR. 4189: Connect for Health Act: expand the use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services in Medicare, toward the goal of cost savings and quality care improvement. HR 4056 Ensuring Medicaid Continuity of Children in Foster Care Act: Ensuring that Medicaid is available for foster children who are placed in qualified residential treatment programs maintaining beneficiary access to the full range of available medications under Medicare Part D by protecting consumer access to Medicare Part D's Six Protected Classes Supporting new quality measures in Medicare's FY 2024 Inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system Objecting to new potential work requirements for Medicare and other public assistance programs H.R. 5510: Helping our patients for emotional and mental well-being Act. Requires coverage of 3 primary care visits without cost-sharing each year under the Medicare S. 2129: Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act: To amend the Social Security Act to require PDP sponsors of a prescription drug plan and Medicare Advantage organizations offering an MA-PD plan under part D of the Medicare program that use a formulary to include certain generic drugs and biosimilar biological products on such formulary H.R. 4771 The CHIPP Act: permanently extend the Childrens Health Insurance Program S.838/H.R.1638: Improving Access to Mental Health Act: Increases the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services. H.R. 4892 & S. 3921: Medicaid Bump Act: Increase Medicaid payments to certain providers H.R. 6748 & S. 3498: Peers IN Medicaid Act: requiring Medicare to cover peer support services at certain facilities S. 3892: Community Health Workers Access Act: Increase access to community health workers under the Medicare and Medicaid H.R. 8575 Michelle Go Act: Increase the number of inpatient beds that can be reimbursed under the IMD provision. H.R. 8487/S.3018 Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act: Reform prior authorization process in Medicare advantage plans H.R. 6748/S.3498 Peers In Medicare Act: Allows for Medicare reimbursement for peer supourt specialist

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

Standards in ORR Custody ORR, HHS; Licensure of ORR Shelters ORR, HHS; Public Charge; Child Nutrition Reauthorization/WIC USDA; SNAP/Farm Bill USDA; Mental Health for Children HRSA; H.R. 6, DREAM Act; Medical Nutrition Equity Act; Lift the Bar Act (H.R. 4170/S. 2038); PAHPA Reauthorization; CARE for Families Act HR 3107; WIC Act (S. 1604/H.R. 3364); MODERN WIC Act (S. 984/H.R. 2424) Child passenger safety; Appropriations for the Indian Health Service HIS; Appropriations for Environmental Programs (including EPA) EPA; Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Reauthorization & Implementation HRSA, CMS, HHS, ACF; Infant sleep product safety CPSC; Lead exposure prevention EPA, CDC; Food safety FDA; Paid family and medical leave; Regulation of high-powered magnet sets CPSC; Climate change, Inflation Reduction Act Implementation EPA; Vehicle emissions standards EPA, NHTSA ; Button battery ingestions CPSC; Early childhood education HHS; Child product safety and injury prevention CPSC; Furniture tip-overs CPSC; Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) Reauthorization; CAPTA Plans of safe care grants ACF, HHS ASPE; Family First Prevention Services Act implementation ACF; CAPTA Fatalities Prevention and Response HHS; Title IV-B Reauthorization ACF; Congregate care reform HHS, ACF; Mental health supports for foster youth/former foster youth HHS; Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, ozone and particulate matter NAAQS, EPA greenhouse gas regulation EPA; QRTP/IMDs (including H.R. 4056 - Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023) ACF; Firearm Violence Prevention (Including Research Funding; Background Checks); WH Domestic Policy Council; CDC; NIH; DOJ; Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Implementation EEOC; Childcare Funding & Resources HHS; Native American Child Health DOI; EPA Strengthening Efforts to End Violence Against Children Act (H.R. 4798); PEPFAR Reauthorization; MINDS Act (H.R. 1570/S. 767); Implementation of the Global Child Thrive Act; FY24 Appropriations - SFOPS bill focused on specifically on global child health subaccounts at USAID (Vulnerable Children, Nutrition, Maternal and Child Health, and PEPFAR); FY25 Appropriations - SFOPS bill focused specifically on global child health subaccounts at USAID (Vulnerable Children, Nutrition, HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Child Health (including Gavi), WASH, PEPFAR), Department of State Child Protection Compacts, Efforts to end Child Marriage, IDA, MRA; FY24 Appropriations - LHHS bill focused specifically on CDCs global health account (Global Immunization Division), Violence Against Children Surveys, Bureau of International Labor Affairs; FY25 Appropriations - LHHS bill focused on CDCs global health account, Violence Against Children Surveys, Bureau of International Labor Affairs; USAID Advancing Protection and Care for Children in Adversity Strategy 2024-2028 Kids Online Safety Act (S. 1409/H.R. 7891); Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (S. 1418/H.R. 7890); Legislation to Protect Young People Online; Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program Funding and Program Implementation Health Resources and Services Administration; Adolescent Health Issues Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health; Regulation of Tobacco Products (including Proposed Menthol Cigarette and Flavored Cigar Prohibition); Food and Drug Administration; Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act (H.R. 6664) Continuous Eligibility for Children in Medicaid and CHIP HHS/CMS; Medicaid Payment Parity HHS/CMS; The Kids Access to Primary Care Act (HR 952); Access to Care in Medicaid/CHIP HHS/CMS; Postpartum Medicaid Extension and Maternal Health Improvements; Medicaid/CHIP Eligibility Redeterminations HHS/CMS; Ex Parte Medicaid Unwinding Issues HHS/CMS; Medicaid for Every Child Act (S. 2816); QRTP/IMDs (including H.R. 4056 - Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023, and S. 3196 - Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023); Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act (HR 4758, S 2372); Childrens oral health; Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment benefit HHS/CMS; Medicaid payment for family caregivers HHS/CMS; Vaccines for Children program improvements HHS/CMS, CDC FY25 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill: Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program, Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research, Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program, Emergency Medical Services for Children, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Global Immunization, Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in Childhood, Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, VACCINES Act, Antimicrobial Resistance, Maternal and Child Health, School Based Health Centers, Healthy Start, Section 317 Immunization Grants; FY25 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Bill: Pediatric Device Consortia; Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act; FY25 National Defense Authorization Act; Department of Defense / Defense Health Agency; Defense Health Agency - Autism Care Demonstration; Department of Defense / Defense Health Agency; Defense Health Agency - Fluoride varnish; Department of Defense/Defense Health Agency; Improving the Health of Children Act; Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act; Banning Electronic Stimulation Devices FDA; SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (S.2767/H.R.5408); HCBS Access Act (S.762/H.R. 1493); Better Care Better Jobs Act (S.100/H.R. 547); Autism Family Caregivers Act; PREVENT HPV Cancers Act (H.R. 3633); Supplemental Security Income Equality Act (H.R. 256); IDEA Full Funding Act (S.2217/H.R.4519); Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act (S.397); COVID-19 Commercialization CDC, HHS; Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA); PREEMIE Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3226/S. 1573); Autism CARES Reauthorization Act; Supplemental Security Income/Social Security; Social Security Administration; School Access to Naloxone Act (H.R. 3065); HEADs UP Act (H.R. 3380); Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023 (S. 2415/H.R.3838); Youth Sports Facilities Act; SHINE for Autumn Act (H.R.5012/S.2647); Artificial Intelligence; Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act (S.3757); HERO Act (H.R. 6251); SSI Restoration Act (H.R. 7138); NURSE Act (S. 3953/H.R. 3197); Vaccines for Children coverage of Nirsevimab CDC, HHS

Kids Online Safety Act (S. 1409/H.R. 7891); Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (S. 1418/H.R. 7890); Legislation to Protect Young People Online; Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program Funding and Program Implementation-Health Resources and Services Administration; Adolescent Health Issues-Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health; Regulation of Tobacco Products (including Proposed Menthol Cigarette and Flavored Cigar Prohibition)-Food and Drug Administration; Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act (H.R. 6664). Continuous Eligibility for Children in Medicaid and CHIP-HHS/CMS; Medicaid Payment Parity-HHS/CMS; The Kids Access to Primary Care Act (HR 952); Access to Care in Medicaid/CHIP-HHS/CMS; Postpartum Medicaid Extension and Maternal Health Improvements; Medicaid/CHIP Eligibility Redeterminations-HHS/CMS; Ex Parte Medicaid Unwinding Issues-HHS/CMS; Medicaid for Every Child Act (S. 2816); QRTP/IMDs (including H.R. 4056-Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023, and S. 3196-Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023); Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act (HR 4758, S 2372); Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment benefit-HHS/CMS; Medicaid payment for family caregivers-HHS/CMS; Vaccines for Children program improvements-HHS/CMS, CDC. Standards in ORR Custody-ORR, HHS; Licensure of ORR Shelters-ORR, HHS; Public Charge; Child Nutrition Reauthorization/WIC-USDA; SNAP/Farm Bill-USDA; Mental Health for Children-HRSA; H.R. 6, DREAM Act; Medical Nutrition Equity Act; Lift the Bar Act (H.R. 4170/S. 2038); PAHPA Reauthorization; CARE for Families Act HR 3107; WIC Act (S. 1604/H.R. 3364); MODERN WIC Act (S. 984/H.R. 2424); Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Program-USDA; Public Health Preparedness and Response-ASPR; National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters; Research for Pregnant and Lactating Women-FDA, HHS, NIH; Advancing Safe Medications for Moms and Babies Act; Funding for Pediatric Device Consortia; Funding for Emergency Medical Services for Children Program; Funding for HRSA Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program; Funding for WIC-OMB, USDA; Donor Milk (S. 2819/H.R. 5486); Dietary Guidelines-USDA, HHS; Child Poverty; Child Poverty Reduction Act (H.R. 5629/S. 2906); Suicide Prevention-SAMHSA; School Meal Standards-USDA; WIC Food Packages-USDA; Universal School Meals (H.R. 3204/S. 1568)-USDA, White House; Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act (H.R. 6067); Unaccompanied Children (Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2023 - S. 3065); Equality Act; Mental Health Services for Students Act (H.R. 3713); Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act; Child Tax Credit (H.R. 7024); Supporting Children's Mental Health Care Access Act; Gender Affirming Care-HHS; Safety of Pediatricians and Children's Hospitals-DOJ, HHS; Same Day Billing Restrictions in Mental Health (S. 2556/H.R. 7996); Emergency Vacating of Aircraft Cabin (EVAC) Act; FAA Reauthorization/ Emergency Medical Kits; Drug Shortage Prevention Act; Prevention and Early Intervention Set-Aside in Mental Health Block Grant (H.R. 7808); Child Poverty Reduction Act (S. 2906/H.R. 5629); Compact Impact Fairness Act (S. 792/H.R. 1571); Improving Mental Health and Wellness in Schools Act (H.R. 3331/S. 754); Pride in Mental Health Act (H.R. 7644); Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act (S. 2176/H.R. 4340); Cady Housh and Gemesha Thomas Student Suicide Prevention Act (H.R. 3778); School Meals Expansion Act (H.R. 2567); Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act (H.R. 3713); EMSC Reauthorization Act of 2024 (H.R. 6960, S. 3765); CARE for Kids Act; School Hunger Elimination Act; Nutrition Red Tape Reduction Act; No Hungry Kids in Schools Act; Expanding Access to School Meals Act; Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act; US Senate Commission on Mental Health Act of 2024. FY25 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill: Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program, Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research, Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program, Emergency Medical Services for Children, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Global Immunization, Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in Childhood, Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, VACCINES Act, Antimicrobial Resistance, Maternal and Child Health, School Based Health Centers, Healthy Start, Section 317 Immunization Grants; FY25 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Bill: Pediatric Device Consortia; Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act; FY25 National Defense Authorization Act-Department of Defense/Defense Health Agency; Defense Health Agency-Autism Care Demonstration-Department of Defense/Defense Health Agency; Defense Health Agency-Fluoride varnish-Department of Defense/Defense Health Agency; Improving the Health of Children Act; Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act; Banning Electronic Stimulation Devices-FDA; SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (S.2767/H.R.5408); HCBS Access Act (S.762/H.R. 1493); Better Care Better Jobs Act (S.100/H.R. 547); Autism Family Caregivers Act; PREVENT HPV Cancers Act (H.R. 3633); Supplemental Security Income Equality Act (H.R. 256); IDEA Full Funding Act (S.2217/H.R.4519); Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act (S.397); Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA); PREEMIE Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3226/S. 1573); Autism CARES Act of 2024 (H.R. 7213); Supplemental Security Income/Social Security Social Security Administration School Access to Naloxone Act (H.R. 3065); HEADs UP Act (H.R. 3380); Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023 (S. 2415/H.R.3838); Youth Sports Facilities Act; SHINE for Autumn Act (H.R.5012/S.2647); Artificial Intelligence; Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act (S.3757); HERO Act (H.R. 6251); SSI Restoration Act (H.R. 7138); NURSE Act (S. 3953/H.R. 3197); Vaccines for Children coverage of Nirsevimab and COVID-19 immunizations-CDC, HHS; WEAR IT Act (H.R. 6279). Child passenger safety; Appropriations for the Indian Health Service-IHS; Appropriations for Environmental Programs (including EPA)-EPA; Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Reauthorization & Implementation-HRSA, CMS, HHS, ACF; Infant sleep product safety-CPSC; Lead exposure prevention-EPA, CDC; Food safety-FDA; Paid family and medical leave; Regulation of high-powered magnet sets-CPSC; Climate change, Inflation Reduction Act Implementation-EPA; Vehicle emissions standards-EPA, NHTSA; Button battery ingestions-CPSC; Early childhood education-HHS; Child product safety and injury prevention-CPSC; Furniture tip-overs-CPSC; Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) Reauthorization; CAPTA Plans of safe care grants-ACF, HHS ASPE; Family First Prevention Services Act implementation-ACF; CAPTA Fatalities Prevention and Response-HHS; Title IV-B Reauthorization-ACF; Congregate care reform-HHS, ACF; Mental health supports for foster youth/former foster youth-HHS; Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, ozone and particulate matter NAAQS, EPA greenhouse gas regulation-EPA; QRTP/IMDs (including H.R. 4056 - Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023)-ACF; Firearm Violence Prevention (Including Research Funding; Background Checks)-WH Domestic Policy Council, WH Office of Gun Violence Prevention, CDC, NIH, DOJ; Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Implementation-EEOC; Childcare Funding & Resources-HHS; Native American Child Health-DOI, EPA; Water Beads (including Ban Water Beads Act)-CPSC. Strengthening Efforts to End Violence Against Children Act (H.R. 4798); MINDS Act (H.R. 1570/S. 767); Implementation of the Global Child Thrive Act-USAID; FY25 Appropriations - SFOPS bill (overall foreign assistance funding: Vulnerable Children, Nutrition, Maternal and Child Health (including Gavi), WASH, Department of State Child Protection Compacts, Efforts to end Child Marriage, IDA, MRA); FY25 Appropriations - LHHS bill focused on CDCs global immunization account, Violence Against Children Surveys, Bureau of International Labor Affairs; FY26 Appropriations - global child health accounts impacting children and youth at USAID (Vulnerable Children, International Basic Education, Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition), Combating Child, Early and Forced Marriage, McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, Department of State Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership, ILAB, UNICEF, IDA, MRA, PEPFAR-OMB; Violence Against Children Ministerial Meeting-HHS, NSC, USAID; Supporting U.S. Program to Protect Vaccines and Immunizations in Low-Income Countries through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (H. Res. 1286 / S. Res. 684); Advocacy on the unique humanitarian needs of children in Gaza-USAID.

S. 2016 HR. 4189: Connect for Health Act: expand the use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services in Medicare, toward the goal of cost savings and quality care improvement. HR 4056 Ensuring Medicaid Continuity of Children in Foster Care Act: Ensuring that Medicaid is available for foster children who are placed in qualified residential treatment programs maintaining beneficiary access to the full range of available medications under Medicare Part D by protecting consumer access to Medicare Part D's Six Protected Classes Supporting new quality measures in Medicare's FY 2024 Inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system Objecting to new potential work requirements for Medicare and other public assistance programs H.R. 5510: Helping our patients for emotional and mental well-being Act. Requires coverage of 3 primary care visits without cost-sharing each year under the Medicare S. 2129: Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act: To amend the Social Security Act to require PDP sponsors of a prescription drug plan and Medicare Advantage organizations offering an MA-PD plan under part D of the Medicare program that use a formulary to include certain generic drugs and biosimilar biological products on such formulary H.R. 4771 The CHIPP Act: permanently extend the Childrens Health Insurance Program S.838/H.R.1638: Improving Access to Mental Health Act: Increases the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services. H.R. 4892 & S. 3921: Medicaid Bump Act: Increase Medicaid payments to certain providers H.R. 6748 & S. 3498: Peers IN Medicaid Act: requiring Medicare to cover peer support services at certain facilities S. 3892: Community Health Workers Access Act: Increase access to community health workers under the Medicare and Medicaid H.R. 8575 Michelle Go Act: Increase the number of inpatient beds that can be reimbursed under the IMD provision. H.R. 8487/S.3018 Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act: Reform prior authorization process in Medicare advantage plans H.R. 6748/S.3498 Peers In Medicare Act: Allows for Medicare reimbursement for peer supourt specialist

Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act (CCBHC 2.0) (S. 2993), all provisions related to expansion grant funding for CCBHCs, childrens clinic grant funding, and CCBHC certification processes. Mental Health Access Improvement Act (S. 828/H.R. 432), all provisions related to allowing marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors to directly bill Medicare for their services. Medicaid Reentry Act (H.R. 2400/S. 1165), all provisions related to allowing Medicaid coverage for eligible incarcerated individuals to be re-established up to 30 days before their release from jail or prison. Due Process Continuity of Care Act (H.R. 3074/S. 971), all provisions related to the removal of the Medicaid coverage exclusion for inmates in custody pending disposition of charges. ADAPT Act (S.2511), all provisions related to allowing certain supervised psychology trainees to provide mental health services and bill Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP. PEERS in Medicare Act (H.R. 6748/S. 3498), all provisions related to creating a definition of peers in the Medicare program and making peer services reimbursable through Medicare in certain community-based settings. Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023 (H.R. 4056), all provisions relating to the allowance of Medicaid payment for services provided to children in foster care in residential treatment programs Language to expand NHSC allowable use of hours of service delivered outside clinic walls, all provisions related to expanding allowable use for hours of service.

Client expense: $149,440 · Firm income: Not reported

Biden Administration NPRM on child welfare Implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act Improved process to secure Social Security Cards for children in foster care H.R. 8713 (Kamlager-Dove) S. 4629 (Gillibrand) S. 2837 - Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth (Casey) S. 2836 - Foster Youth and Mental Health Act (Casey) S. 2849 - Fostering Success in Higher Education Act (Casey) HR 4531 - The Support Act -- provision related to Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs) and the Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion HR 3852 - Create Accountable Respectful Environments (CARE) for children Act (Dunn) HR 5028 - Family Poverty is Not Child Neglect Act (Moore) Parental rights and gender-affirming care as it relates to foster care and CAPTA Reauthorization of Title IV-B of the SSA Implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) Interaction between Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) with Qualified Residential Treatment programs (QRTPs) -- HR 4056 H.R. 1446/S. 699 -- The Foster Youth and Driving Act Ensuring that children and youth in foster care have access to a Social Security Card H.R 4282 -- to protect individuals with disabilities who are parents, legal guardians, relatives, other caregivers, foster or adoptive parents, or individuals seeking to become foster or adoptive parents from discrimination on the child welfare system Issues associated with the reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA Mental and behavioral health issues for children and youth in foster care Issues associated with the SNAP program S. 3196 -- Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act HR 2428 the Find and Protect Foster Youth Act HR 3058 the Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2023 S. 3098 to expand the replacement of stolen EBT benefit under SNAP HR 7010 Increasing Access to Foster Care Through Age 21 Act (Chu) HR 7038 Guaranteed Income for Foster Youth Act (Garcia) Reauthorization of programs in Title IV-B of the Social Security Act H.R.8743 - To amend subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to promote permanency for youth by strengthening support networks for children, youth, and families at risk of entering the child welfare system. H.R.8745 - To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to improve the monthly caseworker visits program so States can invest in the child welfare workforce ensuring that children in care have access to quality and timely care. H.R.8793 - To gather data on adoptions from foster care and assess the effectiveness of post-adoption services and resources provided to the families, in order to identify gaps in accessible services and inform strategic investments and improve outcomes for adopted children and their families. H.R.8798 - To amend subpart 2 of part B of the Social Security Act to promote community-based prevention services, and for other purposes. H.R.8813 - Preventing Child Welfare Entry Caused by Poverty Act H.R.8814 - To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to establish a competitive grant program to enhance the ability of evidence-based child welfare programs to meet the research standards set by the Family First Prevention Services Clearinghouse, and for other purposes. H.R.8814 - To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to establish a competitive grant program to enhance the ability of evidence-based child welfare programs to meet the research standards set by the Family First Prevention Services Clearinghouse, and for other purposes. H.R.8885 - To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to create a grant program to promote Federal, State, and local coordination to address substance use needs of families in the child welfare system, in order to improve child well-being and permanency. H.R.8890 - To reauthorize the Regional Partnership Grant program under subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act for 5 years, and for other purposes

Medicaid "unwinding" as a result of the end of the Public Health Emergency Act H.R. 1201 Increasing Behavioral Health Treatment Act (Rep. Grace Napolitano D-CA- 31) HR 4056 Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Foster Care Act of 2023 (Rep Bilirakis) HR 4531 the Support Act (Energy and Commerce Committee)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $36,000

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

Standards in ORR Custody ORR, HHS; Licensure of ORR Shelters ORR, HHS; Public Charge; Child Nutrition Reauthorization/WIC USDA; SNAP/Farm Bill USDA; Mental Health for Children HRSA; H.R. 6, DREAM Act; Medical Nutrition Equity Act; Lift the Bar Act (H.R. 4170/S. 2038); PAHPA Reauthorization; CARE for Families Act HR 3107; WIC Act (S. 1604/H.R. 3364); MODERN WIC Act (S. 984/H.R. 2424) Child passenger safety; Appropriations for the Indian Health Service HIS; Appropriations for Environmental Programs (including EPA) EPA; Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Reauthorization & Implementation HRSA, CMS, HHS, ACF; Infant sleep product safety CPSC; Lead exposure prevention EPA, CDC; Food safety FDA; Paid family and medical leave; Regulation of high-powered magnet sets CPSC; Climate change, Inflation Reduction Act Implementation EPA; Vehicle emissions standards EPA, NHTSA ; Button battery ingestions CPSC; Early childhood education HHS; Child product safety and injury prevention CPSC; Furniture tip-overs CPSC; Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) Reauthorization; CAPTA Plans of safe care grants ACF, HHS ASPE; Family First Prevention Services Act implementation ACF; CAPTA Fatalities Prevention and Response HHS; Title IV-B Reauthorization ACF; Congregate care reform HHS, ACF; Mental health supports for foster youth/former foster youth HHS; Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, ozone and particulate matter NAAQS, EPA greenhouse gas regulation EPA; QRTP/IMDs (including H.R. 4056 - Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023) ACF; Firearm Violence Prevention (Including Research Funding; Background Checks); WH Domestic Policy Council; CDC; NIH; DOJ; Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Implementation EEOC; Childcare Funding & Resources HHS; Native American Child Health DOI; EPA Strengthening Efforts to End Violence Against Children Act (H.R. 4798); PEPFAR Reauthorization; MINDS Act (H.R. 1570/S. 767); Implementation of the Global Child Thrive Act; FY24 Appropriations - SFOPS bill focused on specifically on global child health subaccounts at USAID (Vulnerable Children, Nutrition, Maternal and Child Health, and PEPFAR); FY25 Appropriations - SFOPS bill focused specifically on global child health subaccounts at USAID (Vulnerable Children, Nutrition, HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Child Health (including Gavi), WASH, PEPFAR), Department of State Child Protection Compacts, Efforts to end Child Marriage, IDA, MRA; FY24 Appropriations - LHHS bill focused specifically on CDCs global health account (Global Immunization Division), Violence Against Children Surveys, Bureau of International Labor Affairs; FY25 Appropriations - LHHS bill focused on CDCs global health account, Violence Against Children Surveys, Bureau of International Labor Affairs; USAID Advancing Protection and Care for Children in Adversity Strategy 2024-2028 Kids Online Safety Act (S. 1409/H.R. 7891); Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (S. 1418/H.R. 7890); Legislation to Protect Young People Online; Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program Funding and Program Implementation Health Resources and Services Administration; Adolescent Health Issues Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health; Regulation of Tobacco Products (including Proposed Menthol Cigarette and Flavored Cigar Prohibition); Food and Drug Administration; Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act (H.R. 6664) Continuous Eligibility for Children in Medicaid and CHIP HHS/CMS; Medicaid Payment Parity HHS/CMS; The Kids Access to Primary Care Act (HR 952); Access to Care in Medicaid/CHIP HHS/CMS; Postpartum Medicaid Extension and Maternal Health Improvements; Medicaid/CHIP Eligibility Redeterminations HHS/CMS; Ex Parte Medicaid Unwinding Issues HHS/CMS; Medicaid for Every Child Act (S. 2816); QRTP/IMDs (including H.R. 4056 - Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023, and S. 3196 - Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023); Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act (HR 4758, S 2372); Childrens oral health; Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment benefit HHS/CMS; Medicaid payment for family caregivers HHS/CMS; Vaccines for Children program improvements HHS/CMS, CDC FY25 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill: Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program, Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research, Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program, Emergency Medical Services for Children, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Global Immunization, Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in Childhood, Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, VACCINES Act, Antimicrobial Resistance, Maternal and Child Health, School Based Health Centers, Healthy Start, Section 317 Immunization Grants; FY25 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Bill: Pediatric Device Consortia; Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act; FY25 National Defense Authorization Act; Department of Defense / Defense Health Agency; Defense Health Agency - Autism Care Demonstration; Department of Defense / Defense Health Agency; Defense Health Agency - Fluoride varnish; Department of Defense/Defense Health Agency; Improving the Health of Children Act; Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act; Banning Electronic Stimulation Devices FDA; SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (S.2767/H.R.5408); HCBS Access Act (S.762/H.R. 1493); Better Care Better Jobs Act (S.100/H.R. 547); Autism Family Caregivers Act; PREVENT HPV Cancers Act (H.R. 3633); Supplemental Security Income Equality Act (H.R. 256); IDEA Full Funding Act (S.2217/H.R.4519); Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act (S.397); COVID-19 Commercialization CDC, HHS; Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA); PREEMIE Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3226/S. 1573); Autism CARES Reauthorization Act; Supplemental Security Income/Social Security; Social Security Administration; School Access to Naloxone Act (H.R. 3065); HEADs UP Act (H.R. 3380); Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023 (S. 2415/H.R.3838); Youth Sports Facilities Act; SHINE for Autumn Act (H.R.5012/S.2647); Artificial Intelligence; Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act (S.3757); HERO Act (H.R. 6251); SSI Restoration Act (H.R. 7138); NURSE Act (S. 3953/H.R. 3197); Vaccines for Children coverage of Nirsevimab CDC, HHS

H.R. 4056/S. 3196, "Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023," all provisions. H.R. 4531/S. 3393, "SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act," all provisions.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Biden Administration NPRM on child welfare S. 2837 - Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth (Casey) S. 2836 - Foster Youth and Mental Health Act (Casey) S. 2849 - Fostering Success in Higher Education Act (Casey) HR 4531 - The Support Act -- provision related to Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs) and the Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion HR 3852 - Create Accountable Respectful Environments (CARE) for children Act (Dunn) HR 5028 - Family Poverty is Not Child Neglect Act (Moore) Parental rights and gender-affirming care as it relates to foster care and CAPTA Reauthorization of Title IV-B of the SSA Implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) Interaction between Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) with Qualified Residential Treatment programs (QRTPs) -- HR 4056 H.R. 1446/S. 699 -- The Foster Youth and Driving Act Ensuring that children and youth in foster care have access to a Social Security Card H.R 4282 -- to protect individuals with disabilities who are parents, legal guardians, relatives, other caregivers, foster or adoptive parents, or individuals seeking to become foster or adoptive parents from discrimination on the child welfare system Issues associated with the reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA Mental and behavioral health issues for children and youth in foster care Issues associated with the SNAP program S. 3196 -- Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act HR 2428 the Find and Protect Foster Youth Act HR 3058 the Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2023 S. 3098 to expand the replacement of stolen EBT benefit under SNAP HR 7010 Increasing Access to Foster Care Through Age 21 Act (Chu) HR 7038 Guaranteed Income for Foster Youth Act (Garcia)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $36,000

Medicaid "unwinding" as a result of the end of the Public Health Emergency Act H.R. 1201 Increasing Behavioral Health Treatment Act (Rep. Grace Napolitano D-CA- 31) HR 4056 Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Foster Care Act of 2023 (Rep Bilirakis) HR 4531 the Support Act (Energy and Commerce Committee)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $36,000

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

S. 2016 HR. 4189: Connect for Health Act: expand the use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services in Medicare, toward the goal of cost savings and quality care improvement. HR 4056 Ensuring Medicaid Continuity of Children in Foster Care Act: Ensuring that Medicaid is available for foster children who are placed in qualified residential treatment programs maintaining beneficiary access to the full range of available medications under Medicare Part D by protecting consumer access to Medicare Part D's Six Protected Classes Supporting new quality measures in Medicare's FY 2024 Inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system Objecting to new potential work requirements for Medicare and other public assistance programs H.R. 5510: Helping our patients for emotional and mental well-being Act. Requires coverage of 3 primary care visits without cost-sharing each year under the Medicare S. 2129: Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act: To amend the Social Security Act to require PDP sponsors of a prescription drug plan and Medicare Advantage organizations offering an MA-PD plan under part D of the Medicare program that use a formulary to include certain generic drugs and biosimilar biological products on such formulary H.R. 4771 The CHIPP Act: permanently extend the Childrens Health Insurance Program S.838/H.R.1638: Improving Access to Mental Health Act: Increases the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services. H.R. 4892 & S. 3921: Medicaid Bump Act: Increase Medicaid payments to certain providers H.R. 6748 & S. 3498: Peers IN Medicaid Act: requiring Medicare to cover peer support services at certain facilities S. 3892: Community Health Workers Access Act: Increase access to community health workers under the Medicare and Medicaid

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

FY24 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill: Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program, Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research, Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program, Emergency Medical Services for Children, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Global Immunization, Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in Childhood, Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, VACCINES Act, Antimicrobial Resistance, Maternal and Child Health, School Based Health Centers; FY24 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Bill: Pediatric Device Consortia; Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act; FY24 National Defense Authorization Act; Defense Health Agency - Autism Care Demonstration; Defense Health Agency - Fluoride varnish; Improving the Health of Children Act; Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act; Childrens Literacy Initiative on Military Bases (CLIMB) Act of 2022 (Reach Out and Read); Banning Electronic Stimulation Devices; SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (S.2767/H.R.5408); HCBS Access Act (S.762/H.R. 1493); Better Care Better Jobs Act (S.100/H.R. 547); Autism Family Caregivers Act; Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (H.R. 1770); PREVENT HPV Cancers Act (H.R. 3633); Supplemental Security Income Equality Act (H.R. 256); IDEA Full Funding Act (S.2217/H.R.4519); Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act (S.397); COVID-19 Commercialization; Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA); PREEMIE Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3226/S. 1573); Autism CARES Reauthorization Act; Supplemental Security Income/Social Security; School Access to Naloxone Act (H.R. 3065); HEADs UP Act (H.R. 3380); Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023 (S. 2415/H.R.3838); Youth Sports Facilities Act; SHINE for Autumn Act (H.R.5012/S.2647); Artificial Intelligence Child passenger safety; Appropriations for the Indian Health Service; Appropriations for Environmental Programs (including EPA); Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Reauthorization & Implementation; Infant sleep product safety (including weighted infant sleep products); Lead exposure prevention; Food safety; Paid family and medical leave; Regulation of high-powered magnet sets; Climate change, Inflation Reduction Act Implementation; Vehicle emissions standards; Button battery ingestions; Early childhood education; Access to genetic sequencing; Child product safety and injury prevention; Furniture tip-overs; Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) Reauthorization; CAPTA Plans of safe care grants; Family First Prevention Services Act implementation; CAPTA Fatalities Prevention and Response; Title IV-B Reauthorization; Congregate care reform; Mental health supports for foster youth/former foster youth; Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, ozone and particulate matter NAAQS, EPA greenhouse gas regulation; QRTP/IMDs (including H.R. 4056 - Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023); Firearm Violence Prevention (Including Research Funding; Background Checks); Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Implementation; Childcare Funding & Resources; Native American Child Health Standards in ORR Custody; Licensure of ORR Shelters; Public Charge; Child Nutrition Reauthorization/WIC; SNAP/Farm Bill; Mental Health for Children; H.R. 6, DREAM Act; Medical Nutrition Equity Act; Lift the Bar Act (H.R. 4170/S. 2038); PAHPA Reauthorization; CARE for Families Act HR 3107; WIC Act (S. 1604/H.R. 3364); MODERN WIC Act (S. 984/H.R. 2424) Kids Online Safety Act (S. 1409); Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (S. 1418); Protecting Kids on Social Media Act (S. 1291); Legislation to Protect Children and Teens Online; Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program FY24 Funding and Program Implementation; Youth Prevention and Recovery Reauthorization Act; Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Funding Strengthening Efforts to End Violence Against Children Act (H.R. 4798); PEPFAR reauthorization; MINDS Act (H.R. 1570 / S. 767); Implementation of the Global Child Thrive Act; International Children with Disabilities Protection Act (H.R. 5847 / S. 847); FY 2024 Appropriations - SFOPS bill focused specifically on global child health subaccounts at USAID (Vulnerable Children, Nutrition, HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Child Health (including Gavi), WASH, PEPFAR), Department of State Child Protection Compacts, Efforts to end Child Marriage, IDA, MRA; FY 2024 Appropriations - LHHS bill focused specifically on CDCs global health account (Global Immunization Division), Violence Against Children Surveys, and Bureau of International Labor Affairs 12-Month Continuous Eligibility for Children in Medicaid/CHIP; Medicaid Payment Parity

FY24 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill: Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program, Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research, Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program, Emergency Medical Services for Children, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Global Immunization, Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in Childhood, Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, VACCINES Act, Antimicrobial Resistance, Maternal and Child Health, School Based Health Centers; FY24 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Bill: Pediatric Device Consortia; Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act; FY24 National Defense Authorization Act; Defense Health Agency - Autism Care Demonstration; Defense Health Agency - Fluoride varnish; Improving the Health of Children Act; Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act; Childrens Literacy Initiative on Military Bases (CLIMB) Act of 2022 (Reach Out and Read); Banning Electronic Stimulation Devices; SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (S.2767/H.R.5408); HCBS Access Act (S.762/H.R. 1493); Better Care Better Jobs Act (S.100/H.R. 547); Autism Family Caregivers Act; Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (H.R. 1770); PREVENT HPV Cancers Act (H.R. 3633); Supplemental Security Income Equality Act (H.R. 256); IDEA Full Funding Act (S.2217/H.R.4519); Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act (S.397); COVID-19 Commercialization; Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA); PREEMIE Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3226/S. 1573); Autism CARES Reauthorization Act; Supplemental Security Income/Social Security; School Access to Naloxone Act (H.R. 3065); HEADs UP Act (H.R. 3380); Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023 (S. 2415/H.R.3838); Youth Sports Facilities Act; SHINE for Autumn Act (H.R.5012/S.2647); Artificial Intelligence Child passenger safety; Appropriations for the Indian Health Service; Appropriations for Environmental Programs (including EPA); Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Reauthorization & Implementation; Infant sleep product safety (including weighted infant sleep products); Lead exposure prevention; Food safety; Paid family and medical leave; Regulation of high-powered magnet sets; Climate change, Inflation Reduction Act Implementation; Vehicle emissions standards; Button battery ingestions; Early childhood education; Access to genetic sequencing; Child product safety and injury prevention; Furniture tip-overs; Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) Reauthorization; CAPTA Plans of safe care grants; Family First Prevention Services Act implementation; CAPTA Fatalities Prevention and Response; Title IV-B Reauthorization; Congregate care reform; Mental health supports for foster youth/former foster youth; Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, ozone and particulate matter NAAQS, EPA greenhouse gas regulation; QRTP/IMDs (including H.R. 4056 - Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023); Firearm Violence Prevention (Including Research Funding; Background Checks); Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Implementation; Childcare Funding & Resources; Native American Child Health Standards in ORR Custody; Licensure of ORR Shelters; Public Charge; Child Nutrition Reauthorization/WIC; SNAP/Farm Bill; Mental Health for Children; H.R. 6, DREAM Act; Medical Nutrition Equity Act; Lift the Bar Act (H.R. 4170/S. 2038); PAHPA Reauthorization; CARE for Families Act HR 3107; WIC Act (S. 1604/H.R. 3364); MODERN WIC Act (S. 984/H.R. 2424) Kids Online Safety Act (S. 1409); Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (S. 1418); Protecting Kids on Social Media Act (S. 1291); Legislation to Protect Children and Teens Online; Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program FY24 Funding and Program Implementation; Youth Prevention and Recovery Reauthorization Act; Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Funding Strengthening Efforts to End Violence Against Children Act (H.R. 4798); PEPFAR reauthorization; MINDS Act (H.R. 1570 / S. 767); Implementation of the Global Child Thrive Act; International Children with Disabilities Protection Act (H.R. 5847 / S. 847); FY 2024 Appropriations - SFOPS bill focused specifically on global child health subaccounts at USAID (Vulnerable Children, Nutrition, HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Child Health (including Gavi), WASH, PEPFAR), Department of State Child Protection Compacts, Efforts to end Child Marriage, IDA, MRA; FY 2024 Appropriations - LHHS bill focused specifically on CDCs global health account (Global Immunization Division), Violence Against Children Surveys, and Bureau of International Labor Affairs 12-Month Continuous Eligibility for Children in Medicaid/CHIP; Medicaid Payment Parity

H.R. 4056/S. 3196, "Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023," all provisions. H.R. 4531, "SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act," all provisions.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 4056, Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Foster Care Act, Entirety Title IV-E Foster care related issues and Medicaid related issues SUPPORT Act, Foster Children health coverage Monitor the following: H.R.5894/S.2624, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2024, Public Health Laboratory Equipment; and Behavioral Health Workforce Public Health and Social Service Border related issues Older Americans Act, generally Fentanyl Mitigation Environmental Justice for Impacted Communities COVID Stabilization for Long Haulers Public Law 117-328, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2023, Mental Health Crisis Response My Body, My Data Act, Entirety Behavioral Health Workforce related issues IMD exclusion generally Behavioral Health Crisis Services Expansion Act, generally 9-8-8 Hotline for Behavioral Health emergencies issues Addiction and Behavioral Health related issues Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Alzheimer services, generally

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 2016 HR. 4189: Connect for Health Act: expand the use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services in Medicare, toward the goal of cost savings and quality care improvement. HR 4056 Ensuring Medicaid Continuity of Children in Foster Care Act: Ensuring that Medicaid is available for foster children who are placed in qualified residential treatment programs maintaining beneficiary access to the full range of available medications under Medicare Part D by protecting consumer access to Medicare Part D's Six Protected Classes Supporting new quality measures in Medicare's FY 2024 Inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system Objecting to new potential work requirements for Medicare and other public assistance programs H.R. 5510: Helping our patients for emotional and mental well-being Act. Requires coverage of 3 primary care visits without cost-sharing each year under the Medicare S. 2129: Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act: To amend the Social Security Act to require PDP sponsors of a prescription drug plan and Medicare Advantage organizations offering an MA-PD plan under part D of the Medicare program that use a formulary to include certain generic drugs and biosimilar biological products on such formulary H.R. 4771 The CHIPP Act: permanently extend the Childrens Health Insurance Program S.838/H.R.1638: Improving Access to Mental Health Act: Increases the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Medicaid "unwinding" as a result of the end of the Public Health Emergency Act H.R. 1201 Increasing Behavioral Health Treatment Act (Rep. Grace Napolitano D-CA- 31) HR 4056 Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Foster Care Act of 2023 (Rep Bilirakis) HR 4531 the Support Act (Energy and Commerce Committee)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $36,000

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

Biden Administration NPRM on child welfare S. 2837 - Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth (Casey) S. 2836 - Foster Youth and Mental Health Act (Casey) S. 2849 - Fostering Success in Higher Education Act (Casey) HR 4531 - The Support Act -- provision related to Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs) and the Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion HR 3852 - Create Accountable Respectful Environments (CARE) for children Act (Dunn) HR 5028 - Family Poverty is Not Child Neglect Act (Moore) Parental rights and gender-affirming care as it relates to foster care and CAPTA Reauthorization of Title IV-B of the SSA Implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) Interaction between Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) with Qualified Residential Treatment programs (QRTPs) -- HR 4056 H.R. 1446/S. 699 -- The Foster Youth and Driving Act Ensuring that children and youth in foster care have access to a Social Security Card H.R 4282 -- to protect individuals with disabilities who are parents, legal guardians, relatives, other caregivers, foster or adoptive parents, or individuals seeking to become foster or adoptive parents from discrimination on the child welfare system Issues associated with the reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA Mental and behavioral health issues for children and youth in foster care Issues associated with the SNAP program S. 3196 -- Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act HR 2428 the Find and Protect Foster Youth Act HR 3058 the Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2023 S. 3098 to expand the replacement of stolen EBT ben efirt under SNAP

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $36,000

FY24 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill: Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program, Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research, Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program, Emergency Medical Services for Children, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Global Immunization, Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in Childhood, Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, VACCINES Act, Antimicrobial Resistance, Maternal and Child Health, School Based Health Centers; FY24 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Bill: Pediatric Device Consortia; Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act; FY24 National Defense Authorization Act; Defense Health Agency - Autism Care Demonstration; Defense Health Agency - Fluoride varnish; Improving the Health of Children Act; Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act; Childrens Literacy Initiative on Military Bases (CLIMB) Act of 2022 (Reach Out and Read); Banning Electronic Stimulation Devices; SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (S.2767/H.R.5408); HCBS Access Act (S.762/H.R. 1493); Better Care Better Jobs Act (S.100/H.R. 547); Autism Family Caregivers Act; Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (H.R. 1770); PREVENT HPV Cancers Act (H.R. 3633); Supplemental Security Income Equality Act (H.R. 256); IDEA Full Funding Act (S.2217/H.R.4519); Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act (S.397); COVID-19 Commercialization; Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA); PREEMIE Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3226/S. 1573); Autism CARES Reauthorization Act; Supplemental Security Income/Social Security; School Access to Naloxone Act (H.R. 3065); HEADs UP Act (H.R. 3380); Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023 (S. 2415/H.R.3838); Youth Sports Facilities Act Child passenger safety; Appropriations for the Indian Health Service; Appropriations for Environmental Programs (including EPA); Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Reauthorization & Implementation; Infant sleep product safety (including weighted infant sleep products); Lead exposure prevention; Food safety; Paid family and medical leave; Regulation of high-powered magnet sets; Climate change, Inflation Reduction Act Implementation; Vehicle emissions standards; Button battery ingestions; Early childhood education; Access to genetic sequencing; Child product safety and injury prevention; Furniture tip-overs; Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) Reauthorization; CAPTA Plans of safe care grants; Family First Prevention Services Act implementation; CAPTA Fatalities Prevention and Response; Title IV-B Reauthorization; Congregate care reform; Mental health supports for foster youth/former foster youth; Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, ozone and particulate matter NAAQS, EPA greenhouse gas regulation; QRTP/IMDs (including H.R. 4056 - Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023); Firearm Violence Prevention (Including Research Funding; Background Checks); Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Implementation; Childcare Funding & Resources; Native American Child Health Standards in ORR Custody; Licensure of ORR Shelters; Public Charge; Child Nutrition Reauthorization/WIC; SNAP/Farm Bill; Mental Health for Children; H.R. 6, DREAM Act; Medical Nutrition Equity Act; Lift the Bar Act (H.R. 4170/S. 2038); PAHPA Reauthorization; CARE for Families Act HR 3107; WIC Act (S. 1604/H.R. 3364); MODERN WIC Act (S. 984/H.R. 2424) Kids Online Safety Act (S. 1409); Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (S. 1418); Legislation to Protect Children and Teens Online; Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program FY 2024 Appropriations and Program Implementation; Pediatricians Accelerate Childhood Therapies Act; Tobacco Tax Equity Act (H.R. 5715/S. 2929); Adolescent Health Issues; Childrens Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program; Helping Tobacco Users Quit Act; Regulation of Tobacco Products (including Proposed Menthol Cigarette and Flavored Cigar Prohibition); Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Legislation; Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act (H.R. 4363/S. 2213); Childhood Cancer Clinical Trials Act (H.R. 5647); Pediatric Research Equity Act amendments 12-Month Continuous Eligibility for Children in Medicaid/CHIP; Medicaid Payment Parity Strengthening Efforts to End Violence Against Children Act; PEPFAR Reauthorization; MINDS Act; FY 2024 Appropriations - SFOPS bill focused specifically on global child health subaccounts at USAID (Vulnerable Children, Nutrition, HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Child Health (including Gavi), WASH, PEPFAR), Department of State Child Protection Compacts, Efforts to end Child Marriage, IDA, MRA; FY 2024 Appropriations - LHHS Bill global child health and youth-focused accounts including Global Immunization, Violence Against Children Surveys and funding for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (projects that seek to end exploitative child labor); Implementation of the Global Child Thrive Act; International Children with Disabilities Protection Act; FY2025 Appropriations focused specifically on global child health subaccounts at USAID (Vulnerable Children, Nutrition, HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Child Health (including Gavi), WASH, PEPFAR), Department of State Child Protection Compacts, Efforts to end Child Marriage, IDA, MRA

H.R. 4056, "Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023," all provisions. H.R. 4531, "SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act," all provisions.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 2016 HR. 4189: Connect for Health Act: expand the use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services in Medicare, toward the goal of cost savings and quality care improvement. HR 4056 Ensuring Medicaid Continuity of Children in Foster Care Act: Ensuring that Medicaid is available for foster children who are placed in qualified residential treatment programs maintaining beneficiary access to the full range of available medications under Medicare Part D by protecting consumer access to Medicare Part D's Six Protected Classes Supporting new quality measures in Medicare's FY 2024 Inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system Objecting to new potential work requirements for Medicare and other public assistance programs H.R. 5510: Helping our patients for emotional and mental well-being Act. Requires coverage of 3 primary care visits without cost-sharing each year under the Medicare S. 2129: Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act: To amend the Social Security Act to require PDP sponsors of a prescription drug plan and Medicare Advantage organizations offering an MA-PD plan under part D of the Medicare program that use a formulary to include certain generic drugs and biosimilar biological products on such formulary H.R. 4771 The CHIPP Act: permanently extend the Childrens Health Insurance Program S.838/H.R.1638: Improving Access to Mental Health Act: Increases the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Medicaid "unwinding" as a result of the end of the Public Health Emergency Act H.R. 1201 Increasing Behavioral Health Treatment Act (Rep. Grace Napolitano D-CA- 31) HR 4056 Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Foster Care Act of 2023 (Rep Bilirakis) HR 4531 the Support Act (Energy and Commerce Committee)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $36,000

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

Biden Administration NPRM on child welfare S. 2837 - Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth (Casey) S. 2836 - Foster Youth and Mental Health Act (Casey) S. 2849 - Fostering Success in Higher Education Act (Casey) HR 4531 - The Support Act -- provision related to Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs) and the Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion HR 3852 - Create Accountable Respectful Environments (CARE) for children Act (Dunn) HR 5028 - Family Poverty is Not Child Neglect Act (Moore) Parental rights and gender-affirming care as it relates to foster care and CAPTA Reauthorization of Title IV-B of the SSA Implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) Interaction between Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) with Qualified Residential Treatment programs (QRTPs) -- HR 4056 H.R. 1446/S. 699 -- The Foster Youth and Driving Act Ensuring that children and youth in foster care have access to a Social Security Card H.R 4282 -- to protect individuals with disabilities who are parents, legal guardians, relatives, other caregivers, foster or adoptive parents, or individuals seeking to become foster or adoptive parents from discrimination on the child welfare system Issues associated with the reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $36,000

FY24 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill: Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program, Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research, Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program, Emergency Medical Services for Children, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Global Immunization, Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in Childhood, Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, VACCINES Act, Antimicrobial Resistance, Maternal and Child Health, School Based Health Centers FY24 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Bill: Pediatric Device Consortia Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act FY24 National Defense Authorization Act Defense Health Agency - Autism Care Demonstration Defense Health Agency - Fluoride varnish Improving the Health of Children Act Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act Childrens Literacy Initiative on Military Bases (CLIMB) Act of 2022 (Reach Out and Read) Banning Electronic Stimulation Devices SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act HCBS Access Act (S.762/H.R. 1493) Better Care Better Jobs Act (S.100/H.R. 547) Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (H.R. 734) Autism Family Caregivers Act Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (H.R. 1770) PREVENT HPV Cancers Act (H.R. 3633) Supplemental Security Income Equality Act (H.R. 256) Public Health Emergency Response Act (H.R.4009) IDEA Full Funding Act (S.2217/H.R.4519) Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act (S.397) COVID-19 Commercialization Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) PREEMIE Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3226/S. 1573) Autism CARES Reauthorization Act Supplemental Security Income/Social Security Child passenger safety Appropriations for the Indian Health Service Appropriations for Environmental Programs (including EPA) Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Reauthorization & Implementation Infant sleep product safety (including weighted infant sleep products) Lead exposure prevention Food safety Paid family and medical leave Regulation of high-powered magnet sets Climate change, Inflation Reduction Act Vehicle emissions standards Button battery ingestions Early childhood education Access to genetic sequencing Child product safety and injury prevention Furniture tip-overs Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) Reauthorization CAPTA Plans of safe care grants Family First Prevention Services Act implementation CAPTA Fatalities Prevention and Response Title IV-B Reauthorization Ensuring Medicaid continuity for Children in Foster Care Congregate care reform Mental health supports for foster youth/former foster youth Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, ozone and particulate matter NAAQS, EPA greenhouse gas regulation QRTP/IMDs (H.R. 4056 - Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023) Standards in ORR Custody Licensure of ORR Shelters Public Charge Child Nutrition Reauthorization/WIC SNAP/Farm Bill Mental Health for Children H.R. 6, DREAM Act Medical Nutrition Equity Act Donor Human Milk Lift the Bar Act PAHPA Reauthorization CARE for Families Act HR 3107 WIC Act MODERN WIC Act Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Program Public Health Preparedness and Response Research for Pregnant and Lactating Women Advancing Safe Medications for Moms and Babies Act Funding for Pediatric Device Consortia Funding for Emergency Medical Services for Children Program Funding for HRSA Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program Donor Milk Dietary Guidelines Child Poverty Child Poverty Reduction Act Suicide Prevention Child Nutrition Waivers School Meal Standards WIC Food Packages Universal School Meals Equality Act Mental Health Services for Students Act Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act Child Tax Credit Supporting Childrens Mental Health Care Access Act Infant Formula Shortage White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health Mental Health Reform Reauthorization Act Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act Gender Affirming Care Safety of Pediatricians and Childrens Hospitals Same Day Billing Restrictions in Mental Health Emergency Vacating of Aircraft Cabin (EVAC) Act FAA Reauthorization/ Emergency Medical Kits Drug Shortage Prevention Act Mental Health Block Grant Kids Online Safety Act (S. 1409) Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (S. 1418) Legislation to Protect Children and Teens Online Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program FY 2024 Appropriations and Program Implementation Pediatricians Accelerate Childhood Therapies Act Sunlamp Rule and Amendment to Performance Standard Adolescent Health Issues Childrens Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program Helping Tobacco Users Quit Act Regulation of Tobacco Products (including Proposed Menthol Cigarette and Flavored Cigar Prohibition) Disposable ENDS Product Enforcement Act of 2023 (H.R. 901) Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Legislation 12-Month Continuous Eligibility for Children in Medicaid/CHIP Medicaid Payment Parity Strengthening Efforts to End Violence Against Children Act Reach Every Mother and Child Act PEPFAR Reauthorization MINDS Act Supporting Innovative Global Health Technologies (SIGHT) Act Appropriations - SFOPS Bill global child and youth-focused global health subaccounts at USAID (Vulnerable Children, Nutrition, HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Child Health (including Gavi), WASH, PEPFAR), Department of State Child Protection Compacts, Efforts to end Child Marriage, IDA, MRA Appropriations - LHHS Bill global child health and youth-focused accounts including Global Immunization, Violence Against Children Surveys and funding for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (projects that seek to end exploitative child labor) Farm Bill Reauthorization - International Food and Nutrition Programs Implementation of the Global Child Thrive Act

H.R. 4056, "Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023", all provisions.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

S. 2016 HR. 4189: Connect for Health Act: expand the use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services in Medicare, toward the goal of cost savings and quality care improvement. HR 4056 Ensuring Medicaid Continuity of Children in Foster Care Act: Ensuring that Medicaid is available for foster children who are placed in qualified residential treatment programs maintaining beneficiary access to the full range of available medications under Medicare Part D by protecting consumer access to Medicare Part D's Six Protected Classes Supporting new quality measures in Medicare's FY 2024 Inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system Objecting to new potential work requirements for Medicare and other public assistance programs

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

H.Res. 436 - Expressing Support for the Designation of the Week of May 22 through26, 2023, as Educator Mental Health Awareness Week" H.R. 498 - 988 Lifeline Cybersecurity Responsibility Act H.R. 734 - Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023 H.R. 824 - Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 H.R. 1114 - Long COVID Recovery Now Act H.R. 1201 - Increasing Behavioral Health Treatment Act H.R. 1202 - REDI Act H.R. 1359 / S. 644 - Modernization of Opioid Treatment Act H.R. 1502 - Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers (CORC) Reauthorization Act H.R. 1711 / S. 940 - Rural America Health Corps Act H.R. 1839 - Combating Illicit Xylazine Act H.R. 2389 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 H.R. 2400 / S. 1165 - Reentry Act of 2023 H.R. 2412 - Helping Kids Cope Act H.R. 2474 - Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act H.R. 2713 - I CAN Act H.R. 3073 / S. 1452 - Community Mental Wellness and Resilience Act of 2023 H.R. 3074 / S. 971 - Due Process Continuity of Care Act H.R. 3150 / S. 983 - OPIOIDS Act H.R. 3305 / S. 1606 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act H.R. 3548 / S. 1700 Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act H.R. 3713 / S. 1884 Mental Health Services for Students Act H.R.3570 - Comprehensive Response to Fentanyl-Related Substances and Fentanyl-laced Substances Act H.R.3680 - Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act H.R. 3736 - Extending Access to Addiction Treatment Act H.R. 3752 - Parity Enforcement Act of 2023 H.R. 3836 - Medicaid Primary Care Improvement Act H.R. 3838 - Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act H.R. 3841 - To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program of payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs. H.R. 3887 - Childrens Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2023 H.R. 3892 - Improving Mental Health and Drug Treatment Act H.R. 4007 - HEAL Act H.R. 4053 - Studying Suboxone Act H.R. 4054 - Trauma Support and Mental Health in Schools Reauthorization Act H.R. 4056 - Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023 H.R. 4057 - Keeping Kids Safe Act H.R. 4063 - FIND Fentanyl Act of 2023 H.R. 4079 - Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program Reauthorization Act of 2023 H.R. 4080 - Trauma-Informed Care Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2023 H.R. 4088 - CAREER Act H.R. 4089 - Safer Response Act H.R. 4091 - Combatting Substance Use Disorder Act H.R. 4092 - Protecting Moms and Infants Reauthorization Act H.R. 4093 - Remote Opioid Monitoring Act of 2023 H.R. 4095 - Save Children from Trauma Act H.R. 4096 - A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand the application of Medicaid State programs to monitor antipsychotic medications to all Medicaid beneficiaries H.R. 4097 - Mental Health Improvement Act H.R. 4098 - Communities of Recovery Reauthorization Act H.R. 4099 - RECONNECTS Act of 2023 H.R. 4100 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a monitoring and education program regarding infections associated with illicit drug use and other risk factors H.R. 4101 - Road to Recovery Act H.R. 4106 - To amend the 21st Century Cures Act to expressly authorize the use of certain grants to implement substance use disorder and overdose prevention activities with respect to fentanyl and xylazine test strips H.R. 4189 / S. 2016 - CONNECT for Health Act S. 462 - Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act S. 665 - Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 669 - Increasing Mental Health Options Act of 2023 S. 923 - Better Mental Health Care for Americans Act S.1378 - Connecting Our Medical Providers with Links to Expand Tailored and Effective (COMPLETE) Care Act S. 1426 - RISE from Trauma Act

Parental rights and gender-affirming care as it relates to foster care and CAPTA Reauthorization of Title IV-B of the SSA Implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) Interaction between Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) with Qualified Residential Treatment programs (QRTPs) -- HR 4056 H.R. 1446/S. 699 -- The Foster Youth and Driving Act Ensuring that children and youth in foster care have access to a Social Security Card H.R 4282 -- to protect individuals with disabilities who are parents, legal guardians, relatives, other caregivers, foster or adoptive parents, or individuals seeking to become foster or adoptive parents from discrimination on the child welfare system

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $36,000

Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA)

Medicaid "unwinding" as a result of the end of the Public Health Emergency Act H.R. 1201 Increasing Behavioral Health Treatment Act (Rep. Grace Napolitano D-CA- 31) HR 4056 Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Foster Care Act of 2023 (Rep Bilirakis)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $36,000

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