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MELISSA BURROUGHS

Filings

Clients

Firms

Years active

2024–2026

Associated filing income

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Clients represented

Client	Filings	Years
CAREQUEST INSTITUTE FOR ORAL HEALTH, INC.	9	2024–2026

Lobbying firms

Firm	Filings	Years
CAREQUEST INSTITUTE FOR ORAL HEALTH, INC.	9	2024–2026

Bills explicitly cited in this lobbyist’s assigned issues (8)

No topic inference: each bill number appears in source LDA issue text assigned to this lobbyist.

H.R. 8469

Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.

Client: CAREQUEST INSTITUTE FOR ORAL HEALTH, INC. · Firm: CAREQUEST INSTITUTE FOR ORAL HEALTH, INC.

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Cited source text

H.R. 8469: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MILCONVA) Appropriations Act 2027: Funding for Mobile Dental Pilots Rural Veteran's Dental Pilot Program Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) Dental Policy: Policy Options to Improve Provider Support, Training, etc. Medicare/Medicaid Dental Issues Veterans Dental: Advancement of Veterans Dental Bills and Pilot Program Oversight

H.R. 8469

Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.

Original LDA source filings (9)

Specific issues are shown only where the LDA source assigned them to this lobbyist. Targets apply to the associated filing.

CAREQUEST INSTITUTE FOR ORAL HEALTH, INC. via CAREQUEST INSTITUTE FOR ORAL HEALTH, INC.

2026 · third_quarter · Q3

Firm income: —Client expense: $150,000Open original LDA filing ↗

Assigned issues and filing targets (2 issues)

MMM

Medicare/Medicaid

Co-sponsorship Requests re: Rural Veteran's Dental Pilot Program and Medicare/Medicaid Dental Issues

HCR

Health Issues

Co-sponsorship Requests re: Rural Veteran's Dental Pilot Program and Medicare/Medicaid Dental Issues

Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Source: Senate LDA

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CAREQUEST INSTITUTE FOR ORAL HEALTH, INC. via CAREQUEST INSTITUTE FOR ORAL HEALTH, INC.

2025 · third_quarter · Q3

Firm income: —Client expense: $40,000Open original LDA filing ↗

Assigned issues and filing targets (1 issues)

MMM

Medicare/Medicaid

Oral Cancer Screening Dental Workforce Bill

Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

CAREQUEST INSTITUTE FOR ORAL HEALTH, INC. via CAREQUEST INSTITUTE FOR ORAL HEALTH, INC.

2025 · second_quarter · Q2

Firm income: —Client expense: $70,000Open original LDA filing ↗

Assigned issues and filing targets (2 issues)

MMM

Medicare/Medicaid

Medicaid, including Medicaid Cuts, Maternal Health, HEADs UP Act of 2023; Fluoride

BUD

Budget/Appropriations

Medicaid, including Medicaid Cuts

Filing targets: SENATE

CAREQUEST INSTITUTE FOR ORAL HEALTH, INC. via CAREQUEST INSTITUTE FOR ORAL HEALTH, INC.

2025 · first_quarter · Q1

Firm income: —Client expense: $70,000Open original LDA filing ↗

Assigned issues and filing targets (2 issues)

MMM

Medicare/Medicaid

Opposition to Medicaid Cuts in Budget Reconciliation

BUD

Budget/Appropriations

Opposition to Medicaid Cuts in Budget Reconciliation

Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

CAREQUEST INSTITUTE FOR ORAL HEALTH, INC. via CAREQUEST INSTITUTE FOR ORAL HEALTH, INC.

2024 · third_quarter · Q3

Firm income: —Client expense: $90,000Open original LDA filing ↗

Assigned issues and filing targets (1 issues)

VET

Veterans

H.R.1342 - Medicaid Dental Benefit Act of 2023 H.R.8580 - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 H.R.8371 - Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act

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

CAREQUEST INSTITUTE FOR ORAL HEALTH, INC. via CAREQUEST INSTITUTE FOR ORAL HEALTH, INC.

2024 · second_quarter · Q2

Firm income: —Client expense: $90,000Open original LDA filing ↗

Assigned issues and filing targets (1 issues)

HCR

Health Issues

Inclusion of dental benefits in Medicare and Medicaid: FY25 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill

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