3rd Quarter - Report — MCDONALD HOPKINS GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES,… for HOUSTON METHODIST (2013)

Firm

MCDONALD HOPKINS GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES, LLC

Client

HOUSTON METHODIST

Income

$50,000

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.

Health Issues HCR

H.R.2810, Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2013, Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) issues Diabetes grant related issues Monitor the following: Graduate Medical Education (GME) and Indirect Medical Education related issues as follows: S.577/H.R.1180, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 H.R.1201, Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
HILARY FULP	LegAsst/StaffAsst/Intern, Congressman Steven LaTourette
MATT HENKEN	—
JENNIFER LATOURETTE	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 577 (113th), H.R. 1180 (113th), H.R. 1201 (113th), H.R. 2810 (113th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R.2810, Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2013, Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) issues Monitor the following: Graduate Medical Education (GME) and Indirect Medical Education related issues as follows: S.577/H.R.1180, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 H.R.1201, Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
HILARY FULP	LegAsst/StaffAsst/Intern, Congressman Steven LaTourette
MATT HENKEN	—
JENNIFER LATOURETTE	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2810 (113th), S. 577 (113th), H.R. 1201 (113th), H.R. 1180 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

S.1284, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2014, Translational research related issues; and NIH funding S.1034/H.R.1960, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) issues Sequestration issues generally

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
HILARY FULP	LegAsst/StaffAsst/Intern, Congressman Steven LaTourette
MATT HENKEN	—
JENNIFER LATOURETTE	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1960 (113th), S. 1034 (113th), S. 1284 (113th)

Immigration IMM

Monitor the following: S.744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, High skilled visa issues H.R.2131, Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas (SKILS) Act, High skilled visa and waiver related issues

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATT HENKEN	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 744 (113th), H.R. 2131 (113th)

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.