4th Quarter - Report

TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC for ABBOTT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ALERE INC.)

Firm
Client
Income
$80,000
Expenses
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What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S. 108- Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act H.R. 184 - Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 1- Tax Cuts and Jobs Act H.R. 195 - CR

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

Bills named: H.R. 195 (115th), H.R. 1 (115th), H.R. 184 (115th), S. 108 (115th)

Health Issues HCR

medical device user fee reauthorization, diagnostics regulation, in vitro diagnostics, influenza preparedness, opioids PL 114-255 - 21st Century Cures, implementation H.R. 2430 - FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act S. 3120 - HEAL Substance Use Disorders Act S. 2680 - Opioid Crisis Response Act

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

Bills named: H.R. 2430 (115th), S. 3120 (115th), S. 2680 (115th), H.R. 6 (115th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare reimbursement Medicare competitive bidding for diabetic supplies H.R. 3921 - Healthy Kids Act S. 1827 - Kids Act of 2017 Opioids diagnostics PAMA, CLIA Self-testing Nutrition

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

Bills named: S. 1827 (115th), H.R. 3921 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 1625 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 H.R. 6157 - HHS appropriations and continuing resolution H.R. 695 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act

LobbyistCovered 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 Leg. Counsel, Senator Jim DeMint; Health Counsel, Majority Leader Bill Frist; Counsel and Budget Analyst, House Budget Cmte.; 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
EMILY H MURRY Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Health, W&M Cmte; Sr. Policy Advisor, Majority Leader McCarthy; Policy Advisor, Majority Whip McCarthy; Professional Staff, Republican Study Cmte.; Leg. Aid, Rep. Ken Calvert; Leg. Asst., Rep. Tom Price
PAMELA SMITH Leg. Dir., Sen. Tom Harkin; Dep. Staff Dir., Senate HELP Cmte; Staff Dir., Senate HELP Cmte; Counselor to the Asst. AG, Civil Div., Dept of Justice; Spec Counsel, Ofc of Leg. Affairs, Dept of Justice; Counsel and LA, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun
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); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 695 (115th), H.R. 6157 (115th), H.R. 1625 (115th), H.R. 1892 (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.