4th Quarter - Report

THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC for CIGNA CORPORATION

Period 4th Quarter 2008 Filed Jan 16, 2009 Signed by Doug Badger, Partner

Official filing
Firm
THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC
Client
CIGNA CORPORATION
Income
$60,750
Expenses
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What was lobbied

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

Retirement RET

H.R. 7327, Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act & H.R. 3361, Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act, issues related to pension funding requirements.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DOUG BADGER Deputy Assistant to the President for Leg. Affairs
HAZEN MARSHALL U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Staff Director
DON NICKLES U.S. Senator

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 7327 (110th), H.R. 3361 (110th)

Health Issues HCR

S. 358 / H.R. 493, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007; S. 628, Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2007; S. 558, Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S. 495, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2007; S. 1693, Wired For Health Care Quality Act; S. 1455, National Health Information Technology and Privacy Advancement Act of 2007; S. 1408, Health Information Technology Act of 2007; H.R. 6357, Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing Communication through Care Technology Act (PRO(TECH)T) Act; H.R. 1368, Personalized Health Information Act of 2007; H.R.1367 / H.R. 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R. 6331 / S. 3101, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act, as it pertains to availability of Medicare Advantage to seniors; S. 3118, Preserving Access to Medicare Act, as it pertains to availability of Medicare Advantage to seniors; H.R. 1424, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, as it pertains to mental health parity; H.R. 6049, Energy & Tax Extenders Act, as it pertains to mental health parity.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DOUG BADGER Deputy Assistant to the President for Leg. Affairs
HAZEN MARSHALL U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Staff Director
DON NICKLES U.S. Senator

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 6331 (110th), S. 358 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th), S. 1408 (110th), S. 1693 (110th), S. 628 (110th), S. 3101 (110th), S. 3118 (110th), H.R. 1368 (110th), S. 1455 (110th), H.R. 6049 (110th), H.R. 1367 (110th), S. 495 (110th), S. 558 (110th), H.R. 6357 (110th), H.R. 493 (110th)

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.