• -Letter introducing the HAB Coalition and suggesting changes to certain regulations regarding the habilitation benefit in the ACA. -Letter urging the Administration to take further action to ensure that states make vaccination protocols, appointment systems, and related materials accessible to all members of the public, including people with disabilities and those with limited English proficiency. -Letter supporting the Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act of 2021 -Statement of policy principles about how to address challenges in child and adolescent mental health -Statement urging policymakers to reject use of the metric "quality-adjusted life years," which results in discrimination against people with disabilities, chronic conditions, and advanced age. -Letters to Congress and the president about ACA, Medicaid and other health priorities for next COVID legislative package -Letter supporting the bill to permanently reauthorize CHIP, the Childrens Health Insurance Program Permanency (CHIPP) Act, introduced by Rep. Nanette Barragan (D-CA) (H.R. 2347)
• -Letter urging swift rescission of the interim final rule (IFR) 42 C.F.R. 433.300, which weakens the beneficiary protections in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. -Letters to Congress and the president on ACA, Medicaid and other health priorities for next COVID legislative package -Comments to Senate sponsors regarding the discussion draft of the Home & Community-Based Services Access Act -Statement of policy principles about how to address challenges in child and adolescent mental health -Letter endorsing the House and Senate Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act (facilitates interstate Medicaid provider approval)
• - Letter urging the Administration to take further action to ensure that states make vaccination protocols, appointment systems, and related materials accessible to all members of the public, including people with disabilities and those with limited English proficiency. -Statement urging policymakers to reject policies employing the metric of "Quality Adjusted Life Years," which discriminates against people with disabilities and chronic conditions, and older adults.

Duration: February 1, 2018 to April 30, 2021

General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Budget/Appropriations, Immigration, Veterans, Insurance, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Education, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Family Issues/Abortion/Adoption, Government Issues, Defense, Welfare, Housing

Spending: about $122,803 (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 2018: Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, President of the U.S., Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Government Accountability Office (GAO), General Services Administration (GSA), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Treasury - Dept of, Social Security Administration (SSA), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)