Lobbying Relationship

Client

Texas Association for Home Care

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Lobbying firm

THE LOEFFLER GROUP

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  • Issues related to home and hospice care, rural health, telehealth. medicare and state's health insurance program legislation, Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009 (S. 457); Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009 (S. 4); The Elder Care Tax Credit (H. R. 517); Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (H. R. 2).The Craig Thomas "Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act" (S. 1157) Medicare "Rural Home Health Preservation Act" (S. 1123) "Seniors and Taxpayers Obligation Protection Act of 2009" (S. 975) "Medicaid Accountability through Transparency Act" (S. 974) "Home Healthcare Nurse Promotion Act of 2009" (H. R. 1928) "Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009" (S. 457) "The Employee Free Choice Act" (S. 560/H. R. 1409)
  • Issues related to home and hospice care, rural health, telehealth, medicare and state's health insurance program legislation, health moratorium; rural health add-on payment issues.

Duration: to

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues

Spending: about $530,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2006: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Bills mentioned

S.457: Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

S.4: Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.517: Elder Care Tax Credit Act of 2009

Sponsor: Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)

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

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

S.1157: Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009

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

S.1123: Medicare Rural Home Health Preservation Act of 2009

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

S.975: Seniors and Taxpayers Obligation Protection Act of 2009

Sponsor: Mel Martinez (R-Fla.)

S.974: Medicaid Accountability through Transparency Act of 2009

Sponsor: Mel Martinez (R-Fla.)

H.R.1928: Home Healthcare Nurse Promotion Act of 2009

Sponsor: Steve Kagen (D-Wis.)

S.560: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

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

H.R.1409: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

H.R.140: To withhold certain highway funds if a State does not comply with...

Sponsor: Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.)

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

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

H.R.2860: Health Care Access and Rural Equity (H-CARE) Act of 2007

Sponsor: Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.)

S.1605: Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2007

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

S.1678: Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2007

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

S.2181: Home Health Care Access Protection Act of 2007

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.3865: Home Health Care Access Protection Act of 2007

Sponsor: Jim McGovern (D-Mass.)

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)

S.3484: Hospice Protection Act of 2008

Sponsor: Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

H.R.6873: Medicare Hospice Protection Act of 2008

Sponsor: Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)

S.1628: Nurse Faculty and Physical Therapist Education Act of 2007

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

H.R.6826: Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2008

Sponsor: Allyson Y. Schwartz (D-Pa.)

H.R.5704: Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2008

Sponsor: John Lewis (D-Ga.)

S.3656: Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008

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

H.R.7241: Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008

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

H.R.2567: Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2007

Sponsor: Eliot L. Engel (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?
Carolyn Hensarling Deputy Chief of Staff, Congressman Henry Bonilla
Travis Richmond Legislative Aide, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
Christine E. Bruno Legislative Correspondent, Sen. John Cornyn
Tom Loeffler n/a
Susan E. Nelson n/a
Wallace Henderson n/a
Hans C. Rickhoff n/a
Lane M. Luskey n/a
Marcus A. Kraker n/a
Thomas G. Loeffler n/a
Hans Rickhoff n/a
Rob Finney n/a
Lane Luskey 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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