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ResCare, Inc. (DBA BrightSpring Health Services)

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The Smith-Free Group, LLC

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  • S 1976 Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act (all sections of full text)(support) HR 4104 Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act (all sections of full text)(support) Discussions involving Medicaid access rule Discussions involving funding for state Medicaid programs to improve home- and community-based services Discussions involving federal definition of Long-Term Care pharmacies Discussions involving CMS finalized physician fee schedule Discussions involving home health Monitored HR 4822 Health Care Price Transparency Act of 2023 Monitored implementation of P.L. 117-169 Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 Monitored discussions pertaining to proposed legislation regarding Pharmacy Benefit Managers Monitored discussions involving Medicare prescription drug proposals Monitored discussions involving hospice proposals
  • HR 6655 A Stronger Workforce for America Act; provisions pertaining to Use of Funds for Employment and Training Activities Monitored discussions pertaining to proposed Department of Labor rule on overtime
  • Discussions involving VA reimbursement rates
  • Monitored discussions involving tax policy negotiations

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General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Veterans, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Health Issues, Small Business, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $1,090,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2017: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Labor - Dept of (DOL)

Bills mentioned

H.R.1628: American Health Care Act of 2017

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

S.1574: Long-Term Care Pharmacy Definition Act of 2021

Sponsor: Tim Scott (R-S.C.)

S.2210: Better Care Better Jobs Act

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.5068: Prioritize Evacuation of U.S. Citizens in Afghanistan Act

Sponsor: Greg Steube (R-Fla.)

S.2652: Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act

Sponsor: Mark Warner (D-Va.)

H.R.5632: Long-Term Care Pharmacy Definition Act of 2021

Sponsor: Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.602: Relaunching America’s Workforce Act

Sponsor: Robert C. Scott (D-Va.)

S.200: Relaunching America’s Workforce Act

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

S.3314: Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Boozman (R-Ark.)

H.R.6020: Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2021

Sponsor: Ami Bera (D-Calif.)

S.2562: Choose Home Care Act of 2021

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.5514: Choose Home Care Act of 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.4131: Better Care Better Jobs Act

Sponsor: Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.4605: Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2022

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.8581: Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2022

Sponsor: Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)

H.R.1976: To provide for a limitation on availability of funds for Department of...

Sponsor: Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.)

S.1976: Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act

Sponsor: Mark Warner (D-Va.)

H.R.4104: Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act

Sponsor: Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)

H.R.4822: Health Care Price Transparency Act of 2023

Sponsor: Jason Smith (R-Mo.)

H.R.6655: A Stronger Workforce for America Act

Sponsor: Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

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Jack S. Deuser Ch. of Staff, U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning; Leg. Dir., U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning
Robert Hickmott Counselor to the Secretary, HUD; Assoc. Admin. for Cong. and Leg. Affairs, EPA
Trevor Kolego Leg. Assist, Rep. Chris Cannon; Leg. Director, Rep. Jon Porter; Manager of Member Services, Leader John Boehner; Director of Member Services, Speaker John Boehner
Summer Mersinger DC Chief of Staff, Sen John Thune; S Policy Adv, Senate Commerce Committee; Dep Chief of Staff, Sen John Thune; Gen Couns, Sen John Thune; Exec Dir, Sen John Thune; Confidential Assist, OPIC; Exec Assist, Rep John Thune; Staff Assist, Rep John Thune
Michael A. Gaffin ​Leg. Director, Sen. Sherrod Brown; Leg. Director, Rep. Rob Andrews; Leg. Asst., Rep. Anna Eshoo; Jr. Leg. Assoc., House Ed. and Labor Committee, Rep. George Miller; Staff Assist., Senate HELP Committee, Sen. Edward Kennedy Monitored S.2210, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand access to home and community-based services (HCBS) under Medicaid, and for other purposes.
Max Becker Coalitions Coordinator, House Republican Conference; Staff Assistant, Rep. Liz Cheney
W. Timothy Locke n/a
Chris Scribner n/a
John Christie n/a

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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