1st Quarter - Report — TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC for ABBOTT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ALERE INC.) (2018)

Firm

TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC

Client

ABBOTT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ALERE INC.)

Income

$80,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

medical device user fee reauthorization, diagnostics regulation, in vitro diagnostics, influenza preparedness, opioids PL 114-255 - 21st Century Cures, implementation H.R. 2430 - FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RAISSA H DOWNS	—
MICHELLE P EASTON	—
CHARLOTTE SPEARS IVANCIC	—
ELIZABETH T MURRAY	—
PAMELA SMITH	—
JENNIFER B YOUNG	—

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 2430 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S. 108- Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act H.R. 184 - Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 1- Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RAISSA H DOWNS	—
MICHELLE P EASTON	—
CHARLOTTE SPEARS IVANCIC	—
ELIZABETH T MURRAY	—
PAMELA SMITH	—
JENNIFER B YOUNG	—

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Bills named: S. 108 (115th), H.R. 1 (115th), H.R. 184 (115th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare reimbursement Medicare competitive bidding for diabetic supplies H.R. 3921 - Healthy Kids Act S. 1827 - Kids Act of 2017 Opioids diagnostics

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RAISSA H DOWNS	—
MICHELLE P EASTON	—
CHARLOTTE SPEARS IVANCIC	—
ELIZABETH T MURRAY	—
PAMELA SMITH	—
JENNIFER B YOUNG	—

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: S. 1827 (115th), H.R. 3921 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 1625 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RAISSA H DOWNS	Prin. Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Employment, Sen. HELP Cmte.
MICHELLE P EASTON	Chief Health Counsel, Sen. Cmte. on Finance; Staff Dir., Senate Aging Cmte.; Leg. Asst., Congressman Billy Tauzin
CHARLOTTE SPEARS IVANCIC	Leg. Counsel, Senator Jim DeMint; Health Counsel, Majority Leader Bill Frist; Counsel and Budget Analyst, House Budget Cmte.; Asst. to the Speaker for Policy, Speaker John Boehner
ELIZABETH T MURRAY	Senior Policy Advisor, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer; Legislative Asst. for Rep. Mike Thompson, Rep. Bob Matsui, and Senator Bob Graham
PAMELA SMITH	Leg. Dir., Sen. Tom Harkin; Dep. Staff Dir., Senate HELP Cmte; Staff Dir., Senate HELP Cmte; Counselor to the Asst. AG, Civil Div., Dept of Justice; Spec Counsel, Ofc of Leg. Affairs, Dept of Justice; Counsel and LA, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun
JENNIFER B YOUNG	Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Cmte. Staff, House Cmte. on Ways and Means; Cmte. Staff, Sen. Cmte. on Finance

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 1625 (115th), H.R. 1892 (115th)

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.