Veterans Posttraumatic Growth Act

H.R. 5648 - TREAT PTSD Act - Requests that the Veterans Affairs Department make available stellate ganglion block H.R. 6259 - Veterans Access to Direct Primary Care Act - This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a five-year pilot program to provide eligible veterans with the option to receive primary care services from a non-VA health care provider under a direct primary care service arrangement through the use of a veteran health savings account. S. 3414 - Major Medical Facility Authorization Act - This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out specified major medical facility projects during FY2020. The bill also indicates the maximum amount that can be spent on each project. S. 2830 - GI Bill Planning Act of 2019 - The GI Bill Planning Act would give enlistees six months - instead of just two weeks - to decide whether to pay the $1200 or opt-out of their Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) benefit. Additionally, the bill responsibly ends new enlistee enrollments in the outdated MGIB by October 2029. S.1003 - Veterans' Education, Transition, and Opportunity Prioritization Plan (VET OPP) Act of 2019 - The legislation would create a new administration, the Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, which would be accountable to a presidentially appointed undersecretary and would be created using existing resources at VA to avoid the growth of government and additional bureaucracy. H.R. 3356 - Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act - The Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act will expand the precheck program to include veterans who are amputees, paralyzed, or blind H.R. 5616 - The Improving Safety and Security for Veterans Act - This legislation that would require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide detailed reports on patient safety and quality of care at VA Medical Centers H.R. 1812 - The Vet Center Eligibility Expansion Act - The bipartisan bill would expand the eligibility to receive counseling from VA Vet Centers to members of the National Guard and Reserves or Coast Guard who served during emergency situations in the wake of a national emergency, major disaster, civil disorder, or drug interdiction operation. H.R. 4305 - PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act - The PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act will create a pilot program within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to give veterans (suffering from PTSD) access to treatment derived from working with service dogs. S. 3195 - Promoting Coordination for Veteran Suicide Prevention Act of 2020 - This bill requires a five-year review of veteran suicides within the first year of a veterans separation from the military. S. 2991 - Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of 2019 - This legislation would direct the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct an independent expert study on the deaths of all veterans being treated at the VA who died by suicide or from a drug overdose in the last five years. S. 3235 - Veterans Posttraumatic Growth Act - This bill requires the VA to conduct a pilot program to study the benefits of nonprofit posttraumatic growth programs relative to traditional models of mental health care. H.R. 5570 - Veteran Suicide Prevention Act - This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete a review of the deaths of all covered veterans who died by suicide during the five-year period preceding the enactment of this bill. H.R. 7469 - Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act - Would create a bipartisan commission to assess veterans eligibility for care within VA and make recommendations for how such eligibility could be revised and simplified. H.R. 7105 & S. 3898 - Homeless Veterans Coronavirus Response Act - would relax certain regulations and enable the Veterans Administration (VA) to use existing resources to offer homeless veterans the additional assistance they may need, including transportation, communication devices and services, and basic amenities, like clothing, blankets, and hygiene items. H.R. 6997 - Veterans Prescription Flexibility Act - This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay for prescriptions written by an eligible health care provider during a public health emergency (as declared by the Department of Health and Human Services) for up to a 90-day supply of drugs. S. 3282 - Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans - Supports veterans who own small businesses and also strives to reduce fraud within the Veterans Administration (VA). S. 3008 - Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation - This bill enables the surviving spouse of a service-disabled veteran who owned a small business to retain priority of the business for a period of time upon the death of the veteran spouse, regardless of the severity of the veteran's disability. S. 3898 and H.R. 7105 - program to help veterans made homeless by the coronavirus pandemic and economic recession

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Lobbied against the Veterans Benefits Administration's (VBA) decision to change standards for Veterans Service Representatives and potentially dismiss employees. Lobbied for comprehensive changes to internal VBA processes for claims, including changes to the VBA National Work Queue. Lobbied against contracting out of Compensation and Pension Exam positions. Lobbied against H.R. 7287/S. 4365, A bill to clarify licensure requirements for contractor medical professionals to perform medical disability examinations for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Lobbied for changes to S. 4511, Veteran Benefits Enhancement and Expansion Act of 2020. Lobbied against the severe reduction of "excluded time" proposed by the VA in the "#bestyearever" plan. Lobbied on the processing of complex claims within the Veterans Benefits Administration, including how it relates to Military Sexual Trauma and Traumatic Brain Injury. Lobbied against the elimination of Claims Assistant positions across the VBA. Lobbied for the specialization of claims processing for highly complex cases. Lobbied for increased oversight and changes to performance standards for Legal Administrative Assistants in the VBA National Call Centers. Lobbied to support and amend H.R. 7784 the VA Police Improvement and Accountability Act. Lobbied to amend H.R. 8247, the COMPACT Act of 2020. Lobbied to support H.R. 6082, the Forgotten Vietnam Veterans Act. Lobbied for technical changes to S. 524/H.R. 2791, the Department of Veterans Affairs Tribal Advisory Committee Act of 2019. Lobbied for changes to the VA-SBA Act, as it appeared in S. 4520 and the NDAA. Lobbied for changes to H.R. 1615, the Verification Alignment and Service-disabled Business Adjustment Act. Lobbied for changes to S. 805, the Stopping Harm and Implementing Enhanced Lead-Time for Debts for Veterans Act of 2020 or the SHIELD for Veterans Act of 2020. Lobbied to support S. 2950, the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2019. Lobbied against S. 4393, the Toxic Exposure in the American Military Act of 2020, or the TEAM Act of 2020. Lobbied for changes to H.R. 7111, the Veterans Economic Recovery Act of 2020. Lobbied for changes to the VA Website Accessibility Act of 2019, including H.R. 1199, S. 746, S. 3587. Lobbied for changes to H.R. 7105, the DELIVER Act. Lobbied for changes to S. 785, the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act on 2019. Lobbied in support of H.R. 1133 and S. 462 to restore full Title 38 collective bargaining rights. Lobbied against Section 501 of S. 785 that would convert VA psychologists from hybrid Title 38 to full Title 38 and lobbied for more recruitment and retention incentives for VA psychologists. Lobbied for Congressional oversight on the VA's behavior during the negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement. Lobbied on changes to the VA Accountability Act. Lobbied for AIR Act funding moratorium. Lobbied for AIR Act repeal. Lobbied MilCon-VA for staffing language to address vacancies. Lobbied to improve H.R. 3530, the "Improving Confidence in Veterans' Care Act." Specifically, sections on clinician reporting and clear record agreements. Lobbied against S. 1906/H.R. 3495, the "Improve Well-being for Veterans Act" to provide grants to outside groups to provide mental health treatment referrals for mental health treatment and wraparound services to veterans. Lobbied for Representative Takano's "Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 3495" Lobbied against S. 221, the "Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Accountability Act" to report every Title 38 clinician adverse action to national practitioner data bank and state licensing board and prohibit every VA employee from entering into a clear record agreement. Lobbied against H.R. 3996, the "VA Design Build Construction Enhancement Act of 2019" that would force the VA to use the designed build process. Lobbied against H.R. 3995, the "Veterans, Employees, and Taxpayers Protection Act of 2019." Lobbied against S. 1101, the "Better Examiner Standards and Transparency for Veterans Act of 2019." Lobbied against certain provisions in the draft legislation, the Reducing Veteran Homelessness Act of 2020. Lobbied for the expanded use of telework during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Lobbied for a stronger and more transparent Defense Production Act with an expanded stakeholder role for front line employees and their unions, including additional PPE for VA employees at VA Medical Centers and Regional Offices. Lobbied for the presumption that VA Medical Workers who contract COVID-19 did so while on duty. Lobbied for VA Medical Workers to get Pandemic Premium Pay. AFGE provided a Statement for the Record for a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing entitled, VAs Response to COVID-19 across the VA Enterprise on December 9, 2020. Lobbied for changes to H.R. 8275, the Reducing Veteran Homelessness Act of 2020." Lobbied to support H.R. 6141, the Protecting Moms Who Served Act. Lobbied to support S. 514, the Deborah Samson Act. Lobbied to support S. 629, Accountability in Department of Veterans Affairs Scheduling and Consult Management Act. Lobbied for changes to S. 711, CARE for Reservists Act of 2019. Lobbied against S. 3235, Veterans Posttraumatic Growth Act. Lobbied for changes to H.R. 7105, the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020. FY 2020 Emergency Supplemental Coronavirus Pandemic Response Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 925, the Heroes Act; H.R. 8015, the Delivering for America Act; and H.R. 8319, the FY 2020 Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act. FY 2020 Supplemental Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 8900 making continuing appropriations for FY 2020 through December 18, 2020. Lobbied for passage of H.J.Res. 107, making continuing appropriations for FY 2020 through December 20, 2020; lobbied for passage of H.J.Res. 110, making continuing appropriations for FY 2020 through December 21, 2020; lobbied for passage of H.R. 1520, making continuing appropriations for FY 2020 through December 28, 2020. FY 2021 Omnibus Appropriations, H.R. 133 - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of emergency coronavirus pandemic response provisions for FY 2021, including hazard pay, presumption of workplace illness for frontline employees who contract Covid-19, an OSHA emergency standard and additional PPE and resources to distribute the vaccine to federal workers.

Client expense: $480,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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H.R. 5648 - TREAT PTSD Act - Requests that the Veterans Affairs Department make available stellate ganglion block H.R. 6259 - Veterans Access to Direct Primary Care Act - This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a five-year pilot program to provide eligible veterans with the option to receive primary care services from a non-VA health care provider under a direct primary care service arrangement through the use of a veteran health savings account. S. 3414 - Major Medical Facility Authorization Act - This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out specified major medical facility projects during FY2020. The bill also indicates the maximum amount that can be spent on each project. S. 2830 - GI Bill Planning Act of 2019 - The GI Bill Planning Act would give enlistees six months - instead of just two weeks - to decide whether to pay the $1200 or opt-out of their Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) benefit. Additionally, the bill responsibly ends new enlistee enrollments in the outdated MGIB by October 2029. S.1003 - Veterans' Education, Transition, and Opportunity Prioritization Plan (VET OPP) Act of 2019 - The legislation would create a new administration, the Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, which would be accountable to a presidentially appointed undersecretary and would be created using existing resources at VA to avoid the growth of government and additional bureaucracy. H.R. 3356 - Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act - The Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act will expand the precheck program to include veterans who are amputees, paralyzed, or blind H.R. 5616 - The Improving Safety and Security for Veterans Act - This legislation that would require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide detailed reports on patient safety and quality of care at VA Medical Centers H.R. 1812 - The Vet Center Eligibility Expansion Act - The bipartisan bill would expand the eligibility to receive counseling from VA Vet Centers to members of the National Guard and Reserves or Coast Guard who served during emergency situations in the wake of a national emergency, major disaster, civil disorder, or drug interdiction operation. H.R. 4305 - PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act - The PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act will create a pilot program within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to give veterans (suffering from PTSD) access to treatment derived from working with service dogs. S. 3195 - Promoting Coordination for Veteran Suicide Prevention Act of 2020 - This bill requires a five-year review of veteran suicides within the first year of a veterans separation from the military. S. 2991 - Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of 2019 - This legislation would direct the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct an independent expert study on the deaths of all veterans being treated at the VA who died by suicide or from a drug overdose in the last five years. S. 3235 - Veterans Posttraumatic Growth Act - This bill requires the VA to conduct a pilot program to study the benefits of nonprofit posttraumatic growth programs relative to traditional models of mental health care. H.R. 5570 - Veteran Suicide Prevention Act - This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete a review of the deaths of all covered veterans who died by suicide during the five-year period preceding the enactment of this bill. H.R. 7469 - Modernizing Veterans Healthcare Eligibility Act - Would create a bipartisan commission to assess veterans eligibility for care within VA and make recommendations for how such eligibility could be revised and simplified. H.R. 7105 & S. 3898 - Homeless Veterans Coronavirus Response Act - would relax certain regulations and enable the Veterans Administration (VA) to use existing resources to offer homeless veterans the additional assistance they may need, including transportation, communication devices and services, and basic amenities, like clothing, blankets, and hygiene items. H.R. 6997 - Veterans Prescription Flexibility Act - This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay for prescriptions written by an eligible health care provider during a public health emergency (as declared by the Department of Health and Human Services) for up to a 90-day supply of drugs. S. 3282 - Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans - Supports veterans who own small businesses and also strives to reduce fraud within the Veterans Administration (VA). S. 3008 - Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation - This bill enables the surviving spouse of a service-disabled veteran who owned a small business to retain priority of the business for a period of time upon the death of the veteran spouse, regardless of the severity of the veteran's disability.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $15,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE