Lobbying Relationship

Client

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY

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Lobbying firm

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY

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  • Outreach to CMS to advocate for the implementation of a provision in the Consolidation Appropriations Act, 2023, (P.L. 117-328), which adds Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists as Medicare-eligible providers, effective January 2024.
  • Full implementation of and improvement of law allowing licensed marriage and family therapists to serve as providers in facilities operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (H.R. 4366 & S. 2127)
  • Advocate for the continued and increased funding of the SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program for FY 2024. H.R. 2882 - Further Consolidations Appropriations Act of 2024
  • Advocate for the creation of an occupational series classification for marriage and family therapists.

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General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Veterans, Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Health Issues, Education, Defense, Insurance, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Transportation

Spending: about $1,435,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), General Services Administration (GSA), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Education - Dept of, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.3032: Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2017

Sponsor: John Katko (R-N.Y.)

S.1325: Better Workforce for Veterans Act of 2017

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

H.R.3358: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

S.1830: Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2015

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

S.671: Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.)

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

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

H.R.1693: Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.)

H.R.3090: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009

Sponsor: Donna M.C. Christensen (D-Virgin Islands)

H.R.3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

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

S.1879: Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2017

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.R.5531: Opioid Emergency Response Act

Sponsor: Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)

S.3158: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.5515: John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

Sponsor: William M. Thornberry (R-Texas)

H.R.945: Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

S.286: Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2019

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

S.785: Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act...

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

H.R.2740: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign...

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.2431: Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act of 2019

Sponsor: John Katko (R-N.Y.)

H.R.8144: VA Mental Health Staffing Act

Sponsor: Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.)

H.R.432: Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2021

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

S.828: Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.R.4502: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural...

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

H.R.4366: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

Sponsor: John Carter (R-Texas)

S.2127: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.2882: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

Sponsor: Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.)

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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?
David Connolly Former Professional Staff Member, Education and Workforce Committee
Edward Hill Government Affairs Manager
Brian Rasmussen Government Affairs Manager Government Affairs Mgr. GR mgr
Tracy Todd PPA Director
Melissa Stamps Government Affairs Mgr. Government Affairs Manager
David Bergman LGA Director
David Connnoly n/a
David Connoly 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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