3rd Quarter - Report — TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC for VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED (2011)

Firm

TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC

Client

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED

Income

$60,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

**see addendum page ***, no specific bill, Raising Awareness of Hepatitis C, HHS National Strategy ***, no specific bill, public health funding for Hepatitis, appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services, screening guidelines, PDUFA, federal flu policy PL 111-148 - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, implementation H.R. 1217 - to Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RAISSA H DOWNS	—
MICHELLE P EASTON	—
ISAAC A FORDJOUR	—
LINDA E TARPLIN	—
JENNIFER B YOUNG	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 1217 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

**see addendum page budget resolution, health care reform, prevention fund, debt ceiling negotiations, Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction H.R. 2693, S. 365, S. 627 - Budget Control Act of 2011 H.R. 2560 - Cut, Cap and Balance Act of 2011 H.R. 2608, H.R. 2017 - Continuing Appropriations Act of 2012

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RAISSA H DOWNS	Prin. Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst.
MICHELLE P EASTON	Chief Health Counsel, Sen. Cmte. On Finance;
ISAAC A FORDJOUR	—
LINDA E TARPLIN	Congressman Billy Tauzin
JENNIFER B YOUNG	Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg.

Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Bills named: S. 365 (112th), H.R. 2560 (112th), S. 627 (112th), H.R. 2017 (112th), H.R. 2693 (112th), H.R. 2608 (112th)

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.