• PRESERVATION OF MEDICAID PAYMENTS FOR SCHOOL-BASED ADMINISTRATION AND TRANSPORTATION HR 2642 - Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 Implementation - Medicaid Payments to Schools * PRESERVATION OF MEDICAID PAYMENTS FOR SCHOOL-BASED ADMINISTRATION AND TRANSPORTATION Preservation of Medicaid payments to local school districts for Medicaid school-based administration and school-based transportation after March 31, 2009, through budgetary reserves, other legislation, or regulatory action * HR 2642: SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 IMPLEMENTATION - MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO SCHOOLS Implementation of funding and provisions that preserve Medicaid payments to local school districts for Medicaid school-based administration and related Medicaid school-based transportation, through a moratorium until April 1, 2009 on certain related federal Medicaid regulations * PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL STATE MEDICAID FUNDING (FMAP) To boost State Medicaid resources sufficiently so that cuts in State Medicaid health services to public school children are not necessary in order to balance State budgets
• S 578/HR 1017: Protecting Children's Health in Schools Act of 2007 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Children's Health Services Regulations * S 578/HR 1017: PROTECTING CHILDREN'S HEALTH IN SCHOOLS ACT OF 2007 To amend Title XIX, Medicaid, and Title XXI State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act, to improve provisions for Medicaid services through an educational program or setting for children, to establish requirements of health care for children, including those with special needs, and related administrative and transportation costs covered under Medicaid * CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES CHILDREN'S HEALTH SERVICES REGULATIONS To preserve and enhance Medicaid services and payments to local school districts for Medicaid school-based administration and school-based transportation through legislation or suspension of certain Medicaid regulatory changes after March 31, 2009

Duration: January 1, 2008 to July 31, 2008

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues

Spending: about $18,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)