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Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice

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AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

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  • Issues related to home care and hospice, telehealth, Medicare reimbursement, workforce; Legislative and regulatory proposals affecting home care and hospice, including S. 100/H.R. 547 - the Better Care Better Jobs Act; S.2137/H.R.5159 - Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023; and S. 3430 - The Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act.
  • Issues related to home care and hospice, telehealth, Medicare reimbursement, workforce; Legislative and regulatory proposals affecting home care and hospice, including S. 100/H.R. 547 - the Better Care Better Jobs Act; S.2137/H.R.5159 - Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023; and S. 3430 - The Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act; Implementation of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-328).

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General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $3,450,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2011: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Bills mentioned

S.353: Preserve Access to Medicare Rural Home Health Services Act of 2017

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.1825: Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2017

Sponsor: Chris Collins (R-N.Y.)

S.445: Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2017

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.1676: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

Sponsor: Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.)

S.693: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

H.R.1284: Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017

Sponsor: Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.)

S.2214: Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.1828: Rural Access to Hospice Act of 2017

Sponsor: Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.)

S.980: Rural Access to Hospice Act of 2017

Sponsor: Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)

H.R.2663: Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2017

Sponsor: Kenny Marchant (R-Texas)

H.R.3820: Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017

Sponsor: Pat Meehan (R-Pa.)

S.977: Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017

Sponsor: Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.)

S.870: Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic...

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.2797: Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

S.1334: Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017

Sponsor: Mark Warner (D-Va.)

H.R.3992: Rural Home Health Extension and Regulatory Relief Act

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

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

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

S.1028: RAISE Family Caregivers Act

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

S.433: Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.6074: Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

S.3548: CARES Act

Sponsor: Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3371: Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth Act

Sponsor: Jodey Arrington (R-Texas)

H.R.6201: National Liberty Memorial Preservation Act

Sponsor: Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.)

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.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.610: Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act

Sponsor: Tim Kaine (D-Va.)

S.4854: National Education Association Charter Repeal Act

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

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

Sponsor: Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)

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

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

S.100: Better Care Better Jobs Act

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.547: Better Care Better Jobs Act

Sponsor: Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.2617: Choices for Stranded Passengers Act of 2023

Sponsor: Katie Porter (D-Calif.)

S.2137: Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.5128: Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023

Sponsor: Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)

H.R.5159: Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023

Sponsor: Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)

S.3430: Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act of 2023

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Karen Green Cnsl to Rep Robert Matsui, Aug 95-Feb 98; legal intern to S Aging Subcomm, Jun 91-Aug 91
Kendall Hussey Sen Health Labor Pension Comm, 05-08
Chris Treanor Pol Analyst, Energy & Env, H Energy & Commerce Comm
Julie Nolan SA to Sen Lugar, 06-07 Dep.CoS and LD, Nov.17-Nov. 18; LD, Nov.16-17; LA Oct. 15-16 to Rep. Patrick Meehan; Staff Asst, Sen. Richard Lugar Jan. 06-Jan. 07.
Matt Thomas Staff asst (and intrn), ofc of Sen Bill Nelson, 2006-08
Jamie Tucker Leg cnsl to Rep Northup, 1999; leg cnsl to Rep Inglis, 1997-99; legal intern to Spkr Gingrich, 1996; leg aide to Sen Coverdell, 1993-94
Virgil Miller Policy Fellow, Rep. Edolphus Towns, Aug06 - Feb07; Prof Staff Mber, Commit on Eng and Com, Feb 07 - Jan 11; Health Policy Advisor, Rep. John D. Dingell, Jan 09 - Jan 11; CoS, Rep. Cedric Richmond, Jan 11 - Mar 19.
Matthew Hittle Staff Asst, H Comm W&M May, 11-Jan. 12; Sr Staff Asst, H Comm W&M, Jan 12-May 12; Leg Asst, H Comm on W&M Ovrst Subcom, May 12-Feb 15; Sr Leg Asst, Rep Noem, Feb. 15-March 17; LD, Rep. Noem, March 17-Dec 18; Sr Advisr to Administr, CMS, Dec 18-Dec 20
Sam Olswanger Leg staff, Rep Webster, Jan 11-Jun 11; intrn, Rep Blackburn, Sep 08-Dec 08
Kathleen A. Malloy Intern for Senator Tammy Baldwin, September-December 2020
Tom Loeffler n/a
Hans Rickhoff n/a
Eli Tomar n/a
Martie Kendrick n/a
Sean Feely n/a
Jose Borjon n/a

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

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