1st Quarter - Report — TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC for PHRMA (2017)

Firm

TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC

Client

PHRMA

Income

$80,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Patent reform

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RAISSA H DOWNS	—
MICHELLE P EASTON	—
CHARLOTTE SPEARS IVANCIC	—
ELIZABETH T MURRAY	—
JENNIFER B YOUNG	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

budget resolution, reconciliation, deficit reduction, debt ceiling, appropriations S.Con.Res. 3 - Senate budget resolution

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RAISSA H DOWNS	Prin. Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Employment, Sen. HELP Cmte.
MICHELLE P EASTON	Chief Health Counsel, Sen. Cmte. on Finance; Staff Dir., Senate Aging Cmte.; Leg. Asst., Congressman Billy Tauzin
CHARLOTTE SPEARS IVANCIC	Legislative Counsel, Senator Jim DeMint; Health Counsel, Majority Leader Bill Frist; Counsel and Budget Analyst, House Budget Committee; Asst. to the Speaker for Policy, Speaker John Boehner
ELIZABETH T MURRAY	Senior Policy Advisor, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer; Legislative Asst. for Rep. Mike Thompson, Rep. Bob Matsui, and Senator Bob Graham
JENNIFER B YOUNG	Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Cmte. Staff, House Cmte. on Ways and Means; Cmte. Staff, Sen. Cmte. on Finance

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 3 (115th)

PL 114-255 - 21st Century Cures, implementation S. 771 - Improving Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs Act S. 637 - Creating Transparency to Have Drug Rebates Unlocked Act of 2017 Stopping the Pharmaceutical Industry From Keeping Drugs Expensive Act of 2017 S. 469 - Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation act H.R. 749 - Lower Drug Costs Through Competition Act S. 204 - Right to Try Act of 2017 S. 456 - RACE for Children Act no specific bills, 340B, Innovation, Transparency, Precision Medicine, NIH, Importation, Non-Interference

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RAISSA H DOWNS	—
MICHELLE P EASTON	—
CHARLOTTE SPEARS IVANCIC	—
ELIZABETH T MURRAY	—
JENNIFER B YOUNG	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: S. 204 (115th), H.R. 749 (115th), S. 469 (115th), S. 456 (115th), S. 637 (115th), S. 771 (115th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

S. 870 - Chronic Care ***, no specific bill(s), Medicare and Medicaid Drug Reimbursement, Medicaid Rebate, dual eligibles, Sunshine, discount cards, MedPAC, biosimilars, Alternative Payment Models, Value based Purchasing, coding, CMMI, Part B, Part D, non-interference

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RAISSA H DOWNS	—
MICHELLE P EASTON	—
CHARLOTTE SPEARS IVANCIC	—
ELIZABETH T MURRAY	—
JENNIFER B YOUNG	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE

Bills named: S. 870 (115th)

Pharmacy PHA

PL 114-255 - 21st Century Cures, implementation H.R. 1628 - American Health Care Act of 2017 ***, no specific bill(s), prescription drug importation, import safety, supply chain integrity, Prescription Drug User Fee Act Fee Reauthorization and associated policies, user fee sequester, innovation

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RAISSA H DOWNS	—
MICHELLE P EASTON	—
CHARLOTTE SPEARS IVANCIC	—
ELIZABETH T MURRAY	—
JENNIFER B YOUNG	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 1628 (115th)

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.