• Public Law No: 114-225/ H.R. 34: 21st Century Cures Act H.R. 2713 Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2015 S. 3245 Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2016 S. 578, H.R. 1342 The Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2015 S. 257, H.R. 1611 Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act S. 628, H.R. 1209 The Improving Access to Maternity Care Act H.R. 1021 Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act of 2015 (PIMA) H.R. 2253, S. 737 Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act S.1456 Rural ACO Improvement Act of 2015 S. 2259 ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2015 H.R.6261 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the way beneficiaries are assigned under the Medicare shared savings program by also basing such assignment on primary care services furnished by nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and clinical nurse specialists. H.R.2948 - Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2015 H.R. 2646 Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015 S.1945 Mental Health Reform Act of 2015 S.2680 Mental Health Reform Act of 2016 H.R. 4756 Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act S.1641 Jason Simcakoski Memorial Opioid Safety Act H.R.4981 - Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Expansion and Modernization Act S. 2562, H.R. 4396 Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Reduction Act S.1455, H.R. 2536 Recovery Enhancement for Addiction Treatment (TREAT) Act Public Law No: 114-198, S.524/ H.R. 953 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery (CARA) Act of 2016 S.488/H.R.3355 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs. Chronic Care: S.3504 - Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2016 Medication Assisted Therapies (MATs) Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) Opioid Abuse Epidemic
• H.R.1247 Improving Veterans Access to quality Healthcare Act of 2015 S. 297 Frontlines to Lifelines Act of 2015 S. 2279, H.R. 4134 Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act H.R. 5985 Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2016 H.R. 6277 To prohibit the implementation of a proposed Department of Veterans Affairs rule relating to the practice authority of advanced practice registered nurses. Advanced Practice Nursing full practice authority in the Veterans Health Administration
• Public Law No: 114-254/H.R. 2028: Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act 2017 S. 3040/H.R. 5926 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 Access to Home Health Care Services Title VIII Nursing Workforce Funding

Duration: January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2017

General Issues: Health Issues, Veterans, Budget/Appropriations, Medicare/Medicaid, Education

Spending: about $360,000 (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 2014: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), White House Office, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Education - Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)