Lobbying Relationship

Client

American Psychological Association Services, Inc. (fka APA Practice Org.)

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Lobbying firm

West Front Strategies LLC

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  • Legislation to amend the definition of physician in Medicare to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians, for purposes of providing clinical psychologist services under Medicare, including Increasing Mental Health Options Act (S. 699); Accelerating the Development of Advanced Psychology Trainees (ADAPT) Act (S.2511); issues related to reimbursement of psychologists in Medicare; issues related to integration of behavorial health services in primary care.
  • Issues related to research activities at the Department of Veterans Affairs; issues related to mental health services for veterans, including Veterans' Health Empowerment, Access, Leadership, and Transparency for our Heroes (HEALTH) Act of 2023 (S. 1315).

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General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Veterans, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

Spending: about $805,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.1173: Medicare Mental Health Access Act

Sponsor: Kristi Noem (R-S.D.)

S.448: Medicare Mental Health Access Act

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.4277: Medicare Mental Health Access Act

Sponsor: Kristi Noem (R-S.D.)

S.2597: Medicare Mental Health Access Act

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.2646: Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2016

Sponsor: Tim Murphy (R-Pa.)

S.1945: Mental Health Reform Act of 2015

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

H.R.884: Medicare Mental Health Access Act

Sponsor: Judy Chu (D-Calif.)

S.4306: Improving Access to Behavioral Health Integration Act

Sponsor: Tina Smith (D-Minn.)

H.R.5218: Collaborate in an Orderly and Cohesive Manner Act

Sponsor: Lizzie Fletcher (D-Texas)

H.R.5721: VIPER Act of 2021

Sponsor: Mark Takano (D-Calif.)

S.699: Foster Youth and Driving Act

Sponsor: Margaret Hassan (D-N.H.)

S.1315: Veterans' Health Empowerment, Access, Leadership, and Transparency for...

Sponsor: Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

S.2511: ADAPT Act

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

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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.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Cindy Brown Chief of Staff, Rep. Ron Kind
Ashley Davis Special Asst. to the Homeland Security Director
Ashley Davis cont. Deputy Director of Management and Adminstration, EOP
Malloy McDaniel Policy Advisor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
Malloy McDaniel cont. Whip Liaison, Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell Floor Assistant, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott Cloakroom Assistant, Office of the Republican Secretary
Kristi Remington Deputy Assistant Attorney General, US Department of Justice
Kristi Remington cont. Senior Counsel, House Government Reform Committee
Shimon Stein Senior Policy Advisor, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor
Shimon Stein cont. Program Manager, US Department of Justice Legislative Correspondent, Senator John Ashcroft Paid Intern, Congressman Robert Aderholt
Craig Kalkut Staff Director/Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee; Analyst, Senate Budget Committee; Counsel, Legislative Assistant, Special Assistant to Chief Staff, Senator Kent Conrad
Christopher Buki Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, Representative John Culberson; Legislative Assistant/Senior Legislative Assistant, Representative Bill Shuster; Legislative Director/Deputy Chief of Staff, Representative David McKinley

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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

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