1st Quarter - Report

AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION

Period 1st Quarter 2012 Filed Jul 31, 2012 Signed by Scott Barstow, Director of Public Policy and Legislation

Official filing
Firm
AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION
Client
AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION
Income
—
Expenses
$7,500
Expense method
B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare coverage of licensed professional counselors (S. 604)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT BARSTOW —

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: S. 604 (112th)

Defense DEF

recognition of licensed professional counselors as independent mental health practitioners within Department of Defense health care programs

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT BARSTOW —

Contacted: SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Education, Dept of

Veterans VET

recognition of licensed professional counselors as mental health service providers within the VA health care system

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT BARSTOW —
ARTURO ENRIQUE TERRAZAS Legislative Assistant - U.S. Rep. Harry Teague

Contacted: SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Education, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Budget/Appropriations BUD

budget and appropriations for federal education programs

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT BARSTOW —

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Education EDU

recognition of and support for school counselors and similar school-based pupil services personnel

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT BARSTOW —

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.