1st Quarter - Report

THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA) for THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$189,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

No bill number: Continued funding for NIH and a removal of the 15% cap on indirect costs H.Con.Res. 14 - support limiting cuts to Medicaid No Bill Number: HRSA Program Funding (Allied Health Workforce Diversity) No Bill Number: Mental Health Service Professionals Demonstration Grant funding

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANDREW BOPP —
HEATHER N PARSONS —
ABRAHAM SAFFER —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 14 (119th)

Education EDU

No Bill Number: Support for continued role for the Department of Education, especially in administering IDEA and ESSA IDEA Full Funding Act (HR 2598/S 343) No Bill Number: GROW SISPS Act reintroduction No Bill Number: National SISP Appreciation Week Resolution

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANDREW BOPP —
HEATHER N PARSONS —
ABRAHAM SAFFER —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2598 (119th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 2332 State Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment Act (SHARE Act) - support passage H.R. 2483 Substance Use Disorder Prevent that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities (Support Act) - support passage No Bill Number: Asking for public health data to be restored to websites No Bill Number: Asking for reversal to the temporary halt to research funding that occurred in February

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANDREW BOPP —
HEATHER N PARSONS —
ABRAHAM SAFFER —
RYAN MICHAEL YEAGER New —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2483 (119th), H.R. 2332 (119th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R. 2332 State Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment Act (SHARE Act) - support passage

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANDREW BOPP —
HEATHER N PARSONS —
ABRAHAM SAFFER —
RYAN MICHAEL YEAGER New —

Contacted: Education, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2332 (119th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 879 Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act - support passage No bill number: Support an annual inflationary update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule No bill number: support an extension of telehealth waivers under Medicare after the March 31st expiration H.Con.Res. 14 - asking for limited cuts to Mediciad H.R. 1171 Stopping Addiction and Falls for the Elderly Act (SAFE Act) - support passage H.R. 2013 Medicare Home Health Accessibility Act - support passage H.R. 1614 - support passage S.1261 CONNECT for Health Act - advocate for provision to establish OTs as permanent Medicare telehealth providers

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANDREW BOPP —
HEATHER N PARSONS —
ABRAHAM SAFFER —
RYAN MICHAEL YEAGER New —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1171 (119th), H.R. 1614 (119th), S. 1261 (119th), H.Con.Res. 14 (119th), H.R. 879 (119th), H.R. 2013 (119th)

Veterans VET

No Bill Number: requested Congressional intervention related to non-payment of Tri-Care claims across the country, that are the result of a switch in vendors on January 1st.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANDREW BOPP —
HEATHER N PARSONS —
ABRAHAM SAFFER —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

No bill number: Urge NIH to continue funding for therapy research

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANDREW BOPP —

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

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.