Lobbying Relationship

Client

Health Net Federal Services

Healthcare managed-care corporation More records

Lobbying firm

THE DUBERSTEIN GROUP, INC.

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  • Comprehensive healthcare reform, all provisions - potential legislation. Health IT and privacy issues in stimulus bill - HR 1, Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
  • SCHIP - HR 2, To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
  • Changes to Medicare Advantage program - potential legislation.

Duration: to

General Issues: Health Issues, Insurance, Medicare/Medicaid, Veterans

Spending: about $500,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office

Bills mentioned

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

H.R.2: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.6898: Health-e Information Technology Act of 2008

Sponsor: Pete Stark (D-Calif.)

S.1693: Wired for Health Care Quality Act

Sponsor: Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)

H.R.6357: PRO(TECH)T Act of 2008

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.558: Mental Health Parity Act of 2007

Sponsor: Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.)

H.R.1424: A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and...

Sponsor: Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.)

H.R.4848: To extend for one year parity in the application of certain limits to...

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.6049: Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.6983: Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction...

Sponsor: Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.)

S.3335: Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.5658: Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009

Sponsor: Ike Skelton (D-Mo.)

S.3001: Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009

Sponsor: Carl Levin (D-Mich.)

H.R.2638: Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing...

Sponsor: David E. Price (D-N.C.)

S.3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

S.3118: Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.2642: Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008

Sponsor: Chet Edwards (D-Texas)

H.R.3963: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.2499: Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.CON.RES.312: Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for...

Sponsor: John M. Spratt Jr. (D-S.C.)

S.CON.RES.70: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Kent Conrad (D-N.D.)

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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?
Kenneth Duberstein Chief of Staff, President Reagan
Brian Griffin StaffAsst, DemPolicyComm; FlrAsst, MinoritySec Sr. Ldrship Advisor, Sen. Dorgan ExecFlrAsst, H. Maj. Whip; ExecDir, H.DemCauc.
Eric Ueland Chief of Staff, Sen. Frist AsstEditor/Ed./Res.Dir, Sen.Rep.PolicyComm; PressSec/Economist/Policy&CommunicationsDir. Sen.Rep.PolicyComm;DCOS/COS,Sen.Asst.MajLd COS, Sen.RulesComm; TransitionStaff Sen.Maj.Ldr; AsstCOS/COS, Sen.Maj.Ldr. COS, Sen.RulesComm; TransitionStaff,
Steven Champlin ExecFlrAsst, H. Maj. Whip; ExecDir, H.DemCauc.
Marti Thomas Asst to COS to Maj. Ldr Gephardt Flr Aide & Exec.Flr Asst. to Maj. Ldr Gephardt Deputy Asst Sec Tax & Budget, Treasury Acting & Asst Sec. Legis. Affrs, Treasury
Daniel Meyer Admin. Asst, Cong. Vin Weber Chief of Staff, Speaker Newt Gingrich Asst. to President,Legis.Affairs, Pres. GW Bush
Michael Berman n/a
Steve Champlin n/a
Henry Gandy n/a

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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