AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION

Tobacco TOB

Candy Tobacco Tax Parity Act (H.R. 65) Scientific Evaluation of Modified Risk Tobacco Product Applications (FDA-2011-N-0443) Tobacco Use in VA Facilities (no bill number) Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011 (H.R. 1639)

Contacted: SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Social Security Administration (SSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Education, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 65 (112th), H.R. 1639 (112th)

Agriculture AGR

Common or Usual Name for Raw Meat and Poultry Products Containing Added Solutions (FSIS-2010-0012) Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (P.L. 111-296) - Implementation

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Social Security Administration (SSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Health Issues HCR

1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act (H.R. 4) Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011 (H.R. 1206) Draft Legislation to Prevent Enforcement of Grandfathered Health Plan Regulation EMS Quality, Innovation, and Cost Effectiveness Improvements Act of 2010 Health Equity and Accountability Act (H.R. 2954) Health Risk Assessments in Medicare Comments (CDC) Heart Disease Education, Analysis and Research, and Treatment for Women Act (HEART for Women Act) (S.438) Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools (HEARTS) Act (H.R. 1377) Medical Loss Ratio Interim Final Regulation (HHS) National Prevention Strategy, Request for Comments (HHS - Surgeon General) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148; P.L. 111-152) - Implementation Proposed Data Collection Standards for Race, Ethnicity, Primary Language, Sex and Disability Status (ACA Section 4302) Regulations on Menu/Vending Machine Calorie Labeling (FDA) Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act (H.R. 2) To Repeal Mandatory Funding Provided to States in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 1213) To Repeal Medical Loss Ratio Requirements (H.R. 2077) To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R. 1217)

Contacted: Social Security Administration (SSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 1217 (112th), H.R. 4 (112th), H.R. 1206 (112th), H.R. 1377 (112th), H.R. 2077 (112th), S. 438 (112th), H.R. 1213 (112th), H.R. 2954 (112th), H.R. 2 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System for 2012 Proposed Rule (CMS-1525-P) Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act (S. 829/H.R. 1546) Medicare National Coverage Analysis for Intensive Behavioral Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease (CAG-00424N) Medicare National Coverage Analysis for Intensive Behavioral Therapy for Obesity (CAG-00423N) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2012 Proposed Rule (CMS-1524-P) State Flexibility Act (S. 868/H.R. 1683) - Medicaid/CHIP Maintenance of Effort Repeal

Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Social Security Administration (SSA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Education, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Bills named: S. 829 (112th), H.R. 1683 (112th), H.R. 1546 (112th), S. 868 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Appropriations - provisions relating to FDA, Labor-HHS-Education (CS159; H.R. 3070) Budget/Debt Limit - provisions relating to Medicaid and Medicare Consolidated Appropriations Act - provisions relating to NIH, CDC, and HRSA (H.R. 3082) Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 - provisions relating to NIH, CDC, and HRSA (H.R. 1) Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction - provisions relating to Medicaid, Medicare, and the ACA

Contacted: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Social Security Administration (SSA); Education, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3082 (112th), H.R. 3070 (112th), H.R. 1 (112th)

Education EDU

Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act (FIT Kids Act) (S. 576/H.R. 1057) Renovation of Physical Education Facilities

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Social Security Administration (SSA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Bills named: S. 576 (112th), H.R. 1057 (112th)