Lobbying Relationship

Client

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

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Lobbying firm

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

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  • Funding related to biomedical and cancer research and innovation at the NIH and NCI, funding for Childhood Cancer research, funding for ARPA-H in the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education bill; funding for cancer prevention and smoking cessation programs at the CDC.
  • Issues related to quality of life, survivorship and access for cancer patients including the Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act (HR 4363) a bill to provide coverage for wigs as durable medical equipment under the Medicare program (HR 4034), the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act, (S 2443) Extension of federal telehealth policies post-pandemic including the Connect for Health Act (HR 4189, S 2016) among other telehealth bills, the PREVENT HPV Cancers Act(HR 3633) the Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act (HR 3089, S 1544)and The Site-based Invoicing and Transparency Enhancement (SITE) Act (S. 1869) and other matters related to provider reimbursement. Issues related to the oncology drug shortage and various efforts to address.
  • Issues related to health care access and reimbursement through the Medicare and Medicaid programs including site neutrality and prior authorization policies in the Medicare program, specifically, The PATIENT Act of 2023 (H.R. 3561),the Healthcare Price Transparency Act (H.R. 4822) and The Medicare Patient Access to Cancer Treatment (MPACT) Act (H.R. 4473).
  • Issues related to the civil rights of our employees, patients, and their families such as the Equality Act (HR 15, S 5).
  • Support for LIFT the BAR Act (HR 4170, S 2038) which would restore access to programs like Medicaid, CHIP, and SNAP by removing the five-year bar and other barriers that deny critical care and aid to people who are lawfully present.
  • Support policies to remove barriers to clinical trials, promote research generally, address issues in childhood cancer research including Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0 (HR 3391, S 1624); Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act(HR 3089, S 1544); Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 (HR 6664)
  • Supporting FDA's role to vigorously enforce the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act including the regulation of flavors, menthol and small cigars.

Duration: to

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Immigration, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Tobacco, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $889,725 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2021: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), President of the U.S.

Bills mentioned

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

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.1512: CONNECT for Health Act of 2021

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

H.R.5030: DIVERSE Trials Act

Sponsor: Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.)

S.2706: DIVERSE Trials Act

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

H.R.623: Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0

Sponsor: Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.)

S.1521: Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0

Sponsor: Tim Kaine (D-Va.)

H.R.3089: Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act

Sponsor: Katherine Clark (D-Mass.)

S.1544: Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.1948: VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021

Sponsor: Mark Takano (D-Calif.)

S.518: FINISH Act

Sponsor: Todd Young (R-Ind.)

H.R.3149: HEAL for Immigrant Families Act of 2021

Sponsor: Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.)

S.1660: HEAL for Immigrant Families Act of 2021

Sponsor: Cory Booker (D-N.J.)

H.R.3321: Credit for Caring Act of 2021

Sponsor: Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.)

S.1670: Credit for Caring Act of 2021

Sponsor: Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)

H.R.5: Equality Act

Sponsor: David Cicilline (D-R.I.)

S.393: Equality Act

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

H.R.6119: Further Extending Government Funding Act

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.6000: Cures 2.0 Act

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

H.R.5585: ARPA–H Act

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

S.610: Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act

Sponsor: Tim Kaine (D-Va.)

S.4260: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

S.2209: VALID Act of 2021

Sponsor: Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)

H.R.4128: VALID Act of 2021

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

S.3799: PREVENT Pandemics Act

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.3630: Lymphedema Treatment Act

Sponsor: Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)

S.1315: Lymphedema Treatment Act

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

H.R.5227: LIFT the BAR Act of 2021

Sponsor: Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.)

H.R.4363: Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act

Sponsor: Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.)

H.R.4034: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for...

Sponsor: Jim McGovern (D-Mass.)

H.R.4189: Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies...

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

S.2016: CONNECT for Health Act of 2023

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

H.R.3633: Promoting Resources to Expand Vaccination, Education and New Treatments...

Sponsor: Kathy Castor (D-Fla.)

H.R.3089: NDO Fairness Act

Sponsor: Scott Fitzgerald (R-Wis.)

S.1544: Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2023

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

H.R.15: Equality Act

Sponsor: Mark Takano (D-Calif.)

S.5: Equality Act

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

H.R.4170: Lifting Immigrant Families Through Benefits Access Restoration Act

Sponsor: Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.)

S.2038: LIFT the BAR Act of 2023

Sponsor: Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii)

H.R.3391: Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0

Sponsor: Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.)

S.1624: Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0

Sponsor: Tim Kaine (D-Va.)

S.2443: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.1869: SITE Act

Sponsor: Mike Braun (R-Ind.)

H.R.3561: PATIENT Act of 2023

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

H.R.4822: Health Care Price Transparency Act of 2023

Sponsor: Jason Smith (R-Mo.)

H.R.4473: Medicare Patient Access to Cancer Treatment Act

Sponsor: Jodey Arrington (R-Texas)

H.R.6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

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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.

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Caroline Powers Legislative Assistant/Legislative Director Congressman Stephen F. Lynch
Kathryn Audette 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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