Lobbying Relationship

Client

Houston Methodist

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Lobbying firm

McDonald Hopkins Government Strategies, LLC

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  • Monitor the following: H.R.5293/S.3000, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, FY2017, generally Public 114-223, Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act, generally H.R.5926/S.3040, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2017, Overtime Rule Tax reform issues, generally Public Law No: 114-255, 21st Century Cures Act, generally
  • H.R.5273, Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016, Hospital payment issues Public Law 114-255, 21st Century Cures Act Public Law No: 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, generally Monitor the following: H.R.2646, Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015, Psychiatric workforce issues S.1945, Mental Health Reform Act of 2015, Psychiatric workforce issues Translational research related issues Biomedical research and development issues Cancer Moonshot Initiative
  • Public Law 114-222, Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, International Law Implications
  • Monitor CMS Post-Acute Care regulatory reform related issues

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General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Medicare/Medicaid, Immigration

Spending: about $760,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2013: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Bills mentioned

H.R.5293: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017

Sponsor: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)

S.3000: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017

Sponsor: Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)

H.R.5926: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

S.3040: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.5273: Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016

Sponsor: Pat Tiberi (R-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.5325: Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs,...

Sponsor: Tom Graves (R-Ga.)

H.R.6: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.4650: Preserving Patient Access to Post-Acute Hospital Care Act of 2016

Sponsor: Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)

S.2108: Preserving Patient Access to Post-Acute Hospital Care Act of 2015

Sponsor: Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.)

H.R.5713: Sustaining Healthcare Integrity and Fair Treatment Act of 2016

Sponsor: Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio)

H.R.4732: Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2016

Sponsor: Reid Ribble (R-Wis.)

S.2671: Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2016

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.2685: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)

S.1558: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)

S.1695: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.1343: Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act...

Sponsor: Jim Renacci (R-Ohio)

H.R.2124: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2015

Sponsor: Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)

S.1148: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2015

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.4870: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015

Sponsor: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)

H.R.5780: Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act of 2014

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

H.R.4302: Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014

Sponsor: Joe Pitts (R-Pa.)

S.1284: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.J.RES.59: Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.R.2810: SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

S.577: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.1180: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013

Sponsor: Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1201: Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act

Sponsor: Aaron Schock (R-Ill.)

S.744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2131: SKILLS Visa Act

Sponsor: Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

S.1034: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

Sponsor: Carl Levin (D-Mich.)

H.R.1960: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

Sponsor: Howard P. McKeon (R-Calif.)

S.600: H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2013

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

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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?
Jennifer LaTourette Chief of Staff, Congressman Steven LaTourette
Jennifer LaTourette (COP cont.) Special Asst/Senior LA/Scheduler, Congressman Robert Borski Press Intern/Deputy Finance Director, Senator Max Baucus SpecialAsst/SeniorLA/Scheduler, Congressman Robert Borski Press Intern/DeputyFinanceDirector, Senator Max Baucus
Hilary Fulp Legislative Asst/Staff Asst, Congressman Steve LaTourette Legislative Asst/Staff Asst, Congressman Steven LaTourette LegAsst/StaffAsst/Intern, Congressman Steven LaTourette
Matt Henken Legislative Director, Congressman Ed Perlmutter
Lauren Cowles Appropriations Legislative Assistant, Senator Mark Pryor; Professional Staff Member, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; Legislative Correspondent; Senator Mark Pryor; Staff Assistant, Senator Mark Pryor Appropriations Legislative Assistant, Senator Mark Pryor; Professional Staff Member, Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee; and Legislative Correspondent/Staff Assistant, Senator Mark Pryor
Steven C. LaTourette Member, U.S. House of Representatives
Matt Henken (COP cont.) Associate Staff, House committee on Rules Congressional Aide, Congressman Mark Udall

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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