Lobbying Relationship

Client

C2 GROUP (on behalf of SHPS, Inc.)

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Lobbying firm

Bates Capitol Group, Inc.

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  • Monitor legislation re: Flexible Spending Accounts (S.312, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act; H.R.1004, Medical FSA Improvement Act of 2011; S.1049, Small Business Health Relief Act of 2011; S.1098, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011). Support repeal of the FSA use it or lose it rule (S. 1404, H.R. 1004).

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General Issues: Health Issues

Spending: about $60,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2010: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Senate

Affiliated organizations: SHPS, Inc.

Bills mentioned

S.312: Patients' Freedom to Choose Act

Sponsor: Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas)

H.R.1004: Health Flexible Spending Arrangements Improvements Act of 2012

Sponsor: Charles Boustany Jr. (R-La.)

S.1049: Small Business Health Relief Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)

S.1098: Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.1404: Medical FSA Improvement Act of 2011

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

S.1034: Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2011

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

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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?
G. Hunter Bates Chief of Staff, Office of Senator Mitch McConnell Chief Counsel for Senate Rules Committee Legal Counsel, Office of Senator Mitch McConnell

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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