1st Quarter - Report — AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND F… for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND F… (2013)

Firm

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY

Client

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY

Income

—

Expenses

$25,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Education EDU

ESEA

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN R RASMUSSEN	Government Affairs Mgr.
TRACY TODD	PPA Director

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Education, Dept of

Insurance INS

Mental Health & Substance Use Parity in health insurance products

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN R RASMUSSEN	Government Affairs Mgr.
TRACY TODD	PPA Director

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Veterans VET

Implementation of law relating to Department of Veterans Affairs health programs to ensure marriage and family therapists are authorized eligible mental health providers.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN R RASMUSSEN	Government Affairs Mgr.
TRACY TODD	PPA Director

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Education, Dept of

Defense DEF

Dept of Defense hiring of Marriage & Family Therapists

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN R RASMUSSEN	Government Affairs Manager
TRACY TODD	PPA Director

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Transportation TRA

Status of Marriage & Family Therapists as Substance Abuse Practitioners (SAPs).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN R RASMUSSEN	Government Affairs Mgr.
TRACY TODD	PPA Director

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

All provisions relating to federal income deductibility of marriage and family counseling and therapy or services of marriage & family therapists.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN R RASMUSSEN	Government Affairs Mgr.
TRACY TODD	PPA Director

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Education, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Health Issues HCR

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, All provisions relating to mental health services and mental health providers in health programs, (no specific bill).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN R RASMUSSEN	Government Affairs Manager
TRACY TODD	PPA Director

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare Part B independent-practice coverage of Marriage and Family Therapists

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN R RASMUSSEN	Government Affairs Mgr.
TRACY TODD	PPA Director

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

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.