AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC. for AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues relating to the tax treatment of nonprofits, deductability of charitable donations, including governance of nonprofit organizations. Includes taxpayer deductibility and tobacco tax provisions in the President's FY15 Budget.

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issues relating to implementation of changes to Medicare and Medicaid, pursuant to P.L. 111-148, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, and tobacco cessation programs within Medicaid. Issues relating to inclusion of palliative care as a bundled service within CMS "value-based purchasing", and H.R.1070 & S.2348, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2013; H.R.2810, Medicare Patient Access & Quality Improvement Act, S.1871, the SGR Repeal & Medicare BeneficiaryAccess Act, and S. 2157, the Commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Bills named: S. 2157 (113th), H.R. 2810 (113th), S. 2348 (113th), H.R. 1070 (113th), S. 1871 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Federal budget and appropriations for cancer research and programs, including federal appropriations for NIH, NCI, CDC, FDA; the Prevention & Public Health Fund; the Affordable Care Act provisions; programs for breast and cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, tobacco regulation and cessation, patient navigators, patient quality of life, global health, and other appropriated accounts relating to cancer. Also, H.Con.Res. 96, House-passed budget for FY15, un-numbered House & Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations drafts forFY15, and H.J.Res. 124, Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015.

Contacted: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.J.Res. 124 (113th), H.Con.Res. 96 (113th)

Tobacco TOB

Issues relating to smoking cessation, tobacco sales to minors, tobacco taxes, product regulation, and smokefree environments, including: (1) implementation of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (P.L. 111-31), including the proposed FDA deeming regulations: (2) cessation and prevention programs authorized as part of P.L. 111-148, the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act of 2010; (3) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). S.39, Healthy Lifestyles and PreventionAmerica Act, H.R.792 & S.772, cigar exemption from FDA regulations; S.194, Tobacco Tax Equity Act and tobacco tax proposals contained in the President's FY15 Budget. Issues relating to tobacco and trade, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, legislation relating to trade promotion authority, and proposed cigar exemption amendment to Agriculture Appropriations legislation for FY15, H.R.4800 & S.2389.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 39 (113th), S. 2389 (113th), S. 772 (113th), S. 194 (113th), H.R. 4800 (113th), H.R. 792 (113th)

Health Issues HCR

Issues relating to health disparities, health care reform, childhood cancer, quality of life and palliative care, federal health care programs, genetic information, cancer, nutrition, tanning beds, skin cancer, and wellness, including H.R.1666 & S.2800, the Patient Centered Quality Care for Life Act, and, H.R.1339 & S.641, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act; S.621 and H.R.2607 & S.1251, the Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act; H.R.2058 & S.1247 the Childhood CancerSurvivors Quality of Life Act; H.R.2019, the Kids First Research Act; and H.R.460, the Patients' Access to Treatments Act; H.R.5145 & S.2622, the Breast Density & Mammography Reporting Act, H.R.4250 and S.2141, the Sunscreen Innovation Act, and regulations relating to tanning beds. In addition, regulatory issues before the F.D.A relating to laboratory developed tests, colorectal cancer screening tests, electronic medical devices, and issues relating to the 21st Century Cures Initiative of the House Energy & Commerce Committee.

Contacted: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 460 (113th), H.R. 4250 (113th), S. 1247 (113th), S. 641 (113th), S. 2622 (113th), S. 621 (113th), H.R. 2019 (113th), S. 2800 (113th), H.R. 2607 (113th), H.R. 2058 (113th), H.R. 5145 (113th), H.R. 1339 (113th), S. 1251 (113th), S. 2141 (113th), H.R. 1666 (113th)