2nd Quarter - Report

THE ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE for ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$86,195
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

Affordable Care Act, all provisions and related regulations, including employer mandate, wellness issues, out-of-pocket (OOP) limits, and nondiscrimination PCORI & comparative effectiveness, coverage mandates on ERISA plans, access to preventive care items and services ADA and GINA, HIPAA compliance, privacy and security of health information, access to claims data, and all payers claims databases Cybersecurity, artificial intelligence Coverage of and access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment Tax treatment of employer-sponsored benefits and insurance Patent reforms, prescription drug costs, rebates, generics, and biosimilars, Rx supply chain, medical management, value-driven care in public and private coverage, patient safety and quality Medicare Advantage, Medicare secondary payer, end stage renal disease (ESRD), and retiree health, COBRA, Medicare expansion and public option Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plan modernization ERISA preemption, plan administration, electronic delivery Transparency and accountability in the health care system, vertical integration impacts on health care Caregiving, surprise medical billing, hospital billing, consolidation, anti-competitive practices Telehealth expansion, interstate provider licensing

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MELISSA BARTLETT New Privacy Program Specialist, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Office for Civil Rights Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce
JAMES PATRICK GELFAND —
CHRISTINA STROGIS —

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); White House Office; Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Retirement RET

Paid leave issues Emergency savings Single-employer defined benefit issues Retirement plan disclosures Retirement plan investment requirements, options, duties, and related issues Retirement plan contribution flexibility Modernizing retirement plan administration Retirement plan recordkeeping issues PBGC premiums SECURE 2.0 Act implementation Multiemployer pensions Litigation and enforcement affecting benefit plans Retirement plan coverage Retirement incentives

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANDREW BANDUCCI Professional Staff Member and Workforce Policy Counsel, House Comm. on Education and the Workforce;Labor and Pensions Policy Director, Sen. HELP Comm.;Chief Policy Officer, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp;Pensions Detailee, Sen. Finance Comm.
JAMES PATRICK GELFAND —
CHRISTINA STROGIS —

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefits Modernizing high-deductible health plans (HDHPs)/health savings accounts(HSAs) Treatment of 1st-dollar coverage of HDHP/HSA telehealth services, excepted benefits for stand-along telehealth plans Retirement-related tax issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANDREW BANDUCCI Professional Staff Member and Workforce Policy Counsel, House Comm. on Education and the Workforce;Labor and Pensions Policy Director, Sen. HELP Comm.;Chief Policy Officer, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp;Pensions Detailee, Sen. Finance Comm.
MELISSA BARTLETT Privacy Program Specialist, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Office for Civil Rights Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce
JAMES PATRICK GELFAND —
CHRISTINA STROGIS —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.