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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): biosimilar provisions

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 436 Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2011; HR 8 American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (R&D credit)

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 436 (112th), H.R. 8 (112th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

HR 6621 Technical corrections to the America Invents Act; S. 3486, the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Bills named: S. 3486 (112th), H.R. 6621 (112th)

Health Issues HCR

P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 (ACA) and P.L. 111-152, The Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010: biosimilar provisions

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 (ACA) and P.L. 111-152, The Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010; CMS Proposed Coverage Decision Memorandum for Intensive Behavioral Therapy for Obesity; Medicare Diabetes Screening; HR 6548 Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2012; S 3463 Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2012; HR 2741, Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2011 and Prediabetes generally; Medicaid coverage of obesity counseling and expanding provider type; Issues related to Medicare Part D and Medicaid rebates as contained in P.L. 112-25 Budget Control Act of 2011 (deficit reduction) and HR 8 American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2741 (112th), H.R. 8 (112th), H.R. 6548 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

S. 3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY2013 (National Diabetes Prevention Program); HR 6482 The Preventative Health Savings Act of 2012 (modernizing cost estimates with respect to CBO scoring of preventive health legislation); and National Diabetes Prevention Program

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Bills named: H.R. 6482 (112th), S. 3295 (112th)

Pharmacy PHA

P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 (ACA) and P.L. 111-152, The Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010: Issues regarding comparative effectiveness, implementation of Physician Payment Sunshine provisions and Prescription Drug Sample reporting provisions; S.3187 FDA Safety and Innovation Act; H.R. 4274 Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act/Pediatric Research Exclusivity Act; H.R. 3026 Safeguarding America's Pharmaceuticals Act of 2011; Pharmaceutical Traceability Enhancement Code (Rx TEC) Act and draft legislation on downstream supply chain safety/serialization; H.R. 5973 FY2013 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (FDA funding); 340B; HR 1513 / S 810 Great Apes Protection Act

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 1513 (112th), S. 3187 (112th), H.R. 4274 (112th), H.R. 5973 (112th), H.R. 3026 (112th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

P.L. 112-186, SAFE DOSES Act (Modernizing criminal laws concerning theft of medical products)

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL)