Affordable Housing and Homeownership Protection Act of 2024

H.R.3046/S.1403 - Medical Student Education Authorization Act of 2023 Issue: Support grants for primary care training in medically under-resourced communities. Draft Social Determinants Accelerator Act Issue: Support grants to address social determinants of health. H.R.9161/S.4773 - Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2024 Issue: Support programs to improve health equity and address social determinants of health. S.2333 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Response Act H.R.4420 - Preparedness and Response Reauthorization Act H.R.4421 - Preparing for All Hazards and Pathogens Reauthorization Act H.R.4697 - Protecting PAHPA Act of 2023 Issues: Support the reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act with increased funding authorization levels. Issue: Support authorities to strengthen CDCs and ASPRs ability to prevent and respond to existing and emerging threats. S.1995 - Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act Issue: Support investments in core public health infrastructure. Issue: Educate Congress on how the 340B Drug Pricing Program helps safety-net providers to fulfill their missions and care for patients and communities. Support measures to preserve and strengthen the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Oppose efforts to reduce the scope of the program, restrict the use of contract pharmacies, define patient in the context of the program, and impose additional reporting requirements on 340B hospitals. Oppose pharmaceutical industry efforts to transition 340B into a rebate model. H.R.2534 - Preserving Rules Ordered for the Entities Covered Through 340B Act of 2023 (PROTECT 340B Act) Issue: Support measures to prevent pharmacy benefit managers and commercial insurers from imposing discriminatory reimbursement policies on 340B covered entities. H.R.7635 - 340B Pharmaceutical Access to Invest in Essential, Needed Treatments and Support (340B PATIENTS) Act Issue: Support amending the 340B statute to codify covered entities ability to use contract pharmacies. H.R.3290 - To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to ensure transparency and oversight of the 340B drug discount program. Issue: Oppose efforts to impose additional reporting requirements on 340B hospitals. Draft Supporting Underserved and Strengthening Transparency, Accountability, and Integrity Now and for the Future of 340B (SUSTAIN 340B) Act Issue: Support efforts to prohibit pharmaceutical and pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) discrimination against covered entities. Oppose efforts to define patient in the context of the program. Oppose efforts to impose additional administrative and reporting requirements on 340B hospitals. H.R.8574 - 340B ACCESS Act Issue: Oppose efforts to restrict hospital eligibility for the 340B program. Issue: Oppose insurance plans that do not meet Affordable Care Act requirements. Issue: Support policies to improve maternal health outcomes through expanded Medicaid coverage, enhanced data collection, and improved access to behavioral health care during the perinatal period. H.R.2369 - Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2023 Issue: Educate Congress on development of laboratory developed tests (LDTs) at academic medical centers and oppose policies that would increase burdensome regulations and negatively impact patients access to care by allowing FDA regulation of the development of LDTs at academic medical centers. Issue: Educate Congress on the medical education and training continuum, the annual residency Match, and the role of the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) in medical education and residency. Issue: Provide guidance on the implementation of the No Surprises Act (P.L.116-260). Issue: Educate Congress and the administration on the role of academic medicine in the provision of mental and behavioral health care, including initiatives to respond to the opioid epidemic. Support policies to strengthen the behavioral health workforce, promote the uptake of integrated behavioral health models, advance mental health research, and ensure access to coverage and care. Issue: Educate Congress about the financial challenges facing academic medical centers, including reimbursement challenges, workforce challenges, inflation, and others. Issue: Educate Congress and the administration about the impact of the unwinding of the COVID-19 public health emergency on the academic medicine community and the patients they serve. H.R.3887 - Childrens Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2023 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 Issue: Support clean reauthorization of the Childrens Hospital GME program. Issue: Express concern regarding actions to inappropriately undermine FDA regulatory authority. Issue: Educate Congress and the administration about medical education on nutrition, hunger, and health; reproductive health; substance use disorders; medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorders; trans health; preventing fraud and abuse; diversity, equity, and inclusion; menopause management; health care for people with disabilities; and maternal health. Issue: Educate Congress and the administration about resident physician practice decision making post Dobbs. Issue: Educate Congress on resident expectations related to clinical practice and oppose so-called physician service mandates. H.R.7855 - Rural Residency Planning and Development Act of 2024 Issue: Support codification of HRSAs rural residency planning and development program. Issue: Educate Congress on vaccine safety. Issue: Encourage changes to HRSA financial aid programs as a result of FAFSA updates. Issue: Educate Congress on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in academic medicine. S.4031 - Providing Resources and Opportunities for Health Education and Learning (PRO-HEAL) Act Issue: Support HRSA grants to expand provider pipeline programs to create pathways to health care careers. H.R.7258/S.3968 - Community Training, Education, and Access for Medical Education, and Access for Medical Students (TEAMS) Act Issue: Support enhanced community-based training opportunities for medical students, particularly in rural and medically underserved areas, and fostering long-term sustainable physician practices in high-need communities. H.R.7153/S.3673 - Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act Issue: Support ability of HRSA to implement evidenced-based practices for preventing suicide and improving mental health and resiliency among health care professionals, and for training health care professionals in appropriate strategies to address substance use disorders. Issue: Provide input on Next Generation Cures initiative. Issue: Promote overdose prevention.

Client expense: $617,103 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Natl Council on Disability, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office

H.R.3046/S.1403 - Medical Student Education Authorization Act of 2023 Issue: Support grants for primary care training in medically under-resourced communities. Draft Social Determinants Accelerator Act Issue: Support grants to address social determinants of health. H.R.9161/S.4773 - Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2024 Issue: Support programs to improve health equity and address social determinants of health. S.2333 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Response Act H.R.4420 - Preparedness and Response Reauthorization Act H.R.4421 - Preparing for All Hazards and Pathogens Reauthorization Act H.R.4697 - Protecting PAHPA Act of 2023 Issues: Support the reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act with increased funding authorization levels. Issue: Support authorities to strengthen CDCs and ASPRs ability to prevent and respond to existing and emerging threats. S.1995 - Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act Issue: Support investments in core public health infrastructure. Issue: Educate Congress on how the 340B Drug Pricing Program helps safety-net providers to fulfill their missions and care for patients and communities. Support measures to preserve and strengthen the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Oppose efforts to reduce the scope of the program, restrict the use of contract pharmacies, define patient in the context of the program, and impose additional reporting requirements on 340B hospitals. Oppose pharmaceutical industry efforts to transition 340B into a rebate model. H.R.2534 - Preserving Rules Ordered for the Entities Covered Through 340B Act of 2023 (PROTECT 340B Act) Issue: Support measures to prevent pharmacy benefit managers and commercial insurers from imposing discriminatory reimbursement policies on 340B covered entities. H.R.7635 - 340B Pharmaceutical Access to Invest in Essential, Needed Treatments and Support (340B PATIENTS) Act Issue: Support amending the 340B statute to codify covered entities ability to use contract pharmacies. H.R.3290 - To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to ensure transparency and oversight of the 340B drug discount program. Issue: Oppose efforts to impose additional reporting requirements on 340B hospitals. Draft Supporting Underserved and Strengthening Transparency, Accountability, and Integrity Now and for the Future of 340B (SUSTAIN 340B) Act Issue: Support efforts to prohibit pharmaceutical and pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) discrimination against covered entities. Oppose efforts to define patient in the context of the program. Oppose efforts to impose additional administrative and reporting requirements on 340B hospitals. H.R.8574 - 340B ACCESS Act Issue: Oppose efforts to restrict hospital eligibility for the 340B program. Issue: Oppose insurance plans that do not meet Affordable Care Act requirements. Issue: Support policies to improve maternal health outcomes through expanded Medicaid coverage, enhanced data collection, and improved access to behavioral health care during the perinatal period. H.R.2369 - Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2023 Issue: Educate Congress on development of laboratory developed tests (LDTs) at academic medical centers and oppose policies that would increase burdensome regulations and negatively impact patients access to care by allowing FDA regulation of the development of LDTs at academic medical centers. Issue: Educate Congress on the medical education and training continuum, the annual residency Match, and the role of the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) in medical education and residency. Issue: Provide guidance on the implementation of the No Surprises Act (P.L.116-260). Issue: Educate Congress and the administration on the role of academic medicine in the provision of mental and behavioral health care, including initiatives to respond to the opioid epidemic. Support policies to strengthen the behavioral health workforce, promote the uptake of integrated behavioral health models, advance mental health research, and ensure access to coverage and care. Issue: Educate Congress about the financial challenges facing academic medical centers, including reimbursement challenges, workforce challenges, inflation, and others. Issue: Educate Congress and the administration about the impact of the unwinding of the COVID-19 public health emergency on the academic medicine community and the patients they serve. H.R.3887 - Childrens Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2023 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 Issue: Support clean reauthorization of the Childrens Hospital GME program. Issue: Express concern regarding actions to inappropriately undermine FDA regulatory authority. Issue: Educate Congress and the administration about medical education on nutrition, hunger, and health; reproductive health; substance use disorders; medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorders; trans health; preventing fraud and abuse; diversity, equity, and inclusion; menopause management; health care for people with disabilities; and maternal health. Issue: Educate Congress and the administration about resident physician practice decision making post Dobbs. Issue: Educate Congress on resident expectations related to clinical practice and oppose so-called physician service mandates. H.R.7855 - Rural Residency Planning and Development Act of 2024 Issue: Support codification of HRSAs rural residency planning and development program. Issue: Educate Congress on vaccine safety. Issue: Encourage changes to HRSA financial aid programs as a result of FAFSA updates. Issue: Educate Congress on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in academic medicine. S.4031 - Providing Resources and Opportunities for Health Education and Learning (PRO-HEAL) Act Issue: Support HRSA grants to expand provider pipeline programs to create pathways to health care careers. H.R.7258/S.3968 - Community Training, Education, and Access for Medical Education, and Access for Medical Students (TEAMS) Act Issue: Support enhanced community-based training opportunities for medical students, particularly in rural and medically underserved areas, and fostering long-term sustainable physician practices in high-need communities. H.R.7153/S.3673 - Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act Issue: Support ability of HRSA to implement evidenced-based practices for preventing suicide and improving mental health and resiliency among health care professionals, and for training health care professionals in appropriate strategies to address substance use disorders. Issue: Provide input on Next Generation Cures initiative. Issue: Promote overdose prevention.

Client expense: $617,103 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Natl Council on Disability, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office

House H.R. 572, the Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act - support. H.R. 1843, the Telehealth Expansion Act - support. H.R. 824, the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 - support. H.R. 2811, the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 - support. H.R. 4721, the Main Street Tax Certainty Act - support. H.R. 3881, the Credit Card Competition Act - support. H.R. 3799, the CHOICE Arrangement Act - support. S.J.Res.11, CRA resolution of disapproval for the EPA final rule relating to increased emissions standards for new heavy duty trucks - support. H.R. 2868, the Association Health Plan Act - support. H.R. 2813, the Self-Insurance Protection Act - support. H.R. 4428, the Guidance Clarity Act - support. H.R. 890, the Guidance Out Of Darkness (GOOD) Act - support. H.R. 5378, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act - support. Norcross amendment (submitted as #144) to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2024 - oppose. H.R. 3417, FAIR Act - support. H.R. 1163, the Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act - support. H.R. 4035, the Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 - support. H.J.Res. 98, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status. - support. S.J. Res. 32, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B). - support. H.R. 6514, Holding Agencies Accountable Act - support. H.R. 906, the REPAIR Act - support. H.R. 7198, Prove It Act - support. H.R. 7035, the Death Tax Repeal Act - support. H.J.Res. 147, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration relating to "Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process - support. H.R. 358, the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act (SBRFIA) - support H.R. 8639, Warehouse Worker Protection Act - oppose. H. J. RES. 129, the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to repeal the Departments of Labor, the Treasury, and Health and Human Services Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage rule - support. H.R. 8147, Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act - support. H.J.Res.116, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Labor relating to "Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act" - support Senate S. 1108, the Death Tax Repeal Act - support. S. 122, the Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act - support. S. 954, the Affordable Insulin NOW Act of 2023 - oppose. S. 1001, the Telehealth Expansion Act - support. H.J.Res. 27, the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval for the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) final rule - support. S.J.Res. 8, the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval for the Department of Labor (DOL) final rule relating to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors for investment decisions - support. S. 1706, the Main Street Tax Certainty Act - support. S. 1838, the Credit Card Competition Act - support. Nomination of Acting Secretary Julie Sus for Secretary of DOL - oppose. S. 1339, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act - support. S. 567, the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2023 - oppose. S. 728, the Paycheck Fairness Act - oppose. S. 1664, the Healthy Families Act - oppose. Marshall amendment to H.R. 4366, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 - support. S. 1869, Site-based Invoicing and Transparency Enhancement (SITE) Act - support. S. 3167, the Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement Act (MEWA Act) - support. the Employer Reporting Improvement Act and the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act - support. S. 2033, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act - support. S. 3227, Paperwork Burden Reduction Act - support. S. 3673, Commonsense Reporting Act - support. S. 1411, Prove It Act of 2023 - support. S. 1108, Death Tax Repeal Act - support. H.J.Res. 98, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status. - support. Extending the $7.5 million debt cap under Subchapter V of the Chapter 11 Bankruptcy code - support. H.R. 1147, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act - support. S. 3204, the Employer Reporting Improvement Act - support. S. 3202, the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act - support. S.J. Res. 61, the Congressional Review Act (CRA) Joint Resolution of Disapproval to nullify the Federal Highway Administrations (FHWA) final rule imposing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions performance measures on state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations - support. S.J. Res. 58, the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to repeal the Department of Energy (DOE) final rule on gas furnace efficiency standards - support. S. 4297, Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act - support. S.J. Res. 76, the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to repeal the Departments of Labor, the Treasury, and Health and Human Services Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage rule - support. S.J.Res.63, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act" - support. S.4260, Warehouse Worker Protection Act - oppose. Nomination (PN1789) of Lauren McGarity McFerran, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2029 - oppose. Testimony NFIB Statement for the Record, House Committee on Small Business, hearing titled, Under the Microscope: Examining FinCENs Implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act. April 30, 2024 Other Healthcare reform Joint trade letter - request for abandonment or at least postponement of DOLs anticipated overtime regulations under the FLSA Joint trade letter - support of the pending proposal to amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require disclosure of third-party litigation funding (TPLF) investment arrangements in any civil action filed in federal court Restoration of R&D expensing (Section 174) - support. Regulatory Flexibility Act reform - support. Joint trade letter - Congressional Review Act resolution to repeal the U.S. Department of Labor final rule, Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations - support. Joint trade letter - H.R. 4035, Small Business Information Act - support. Joint trade letter - Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act - oppose. Nomination of Acting Secretary Julie Su for Secretary of Labor (DOL) - oppose. Paid leave - oppose. American Privacy Rights Act. ENABLERS Act - oppose.

Client expense: $1,261,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE