2nd Quarter - Report — AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NUR… for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NUR… (2009)

Firm

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING

Client

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING

Income

—

Expenses

$30,000

Expense method

B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

Lobbied Members of Congress regarding the shortage of nurses and nurse faculty and the need for highly educated nurses to provide quality health care. Lobbied Members of Congress regarding healthcare reform and recommended that a significant investment be made to increase the capacity of nursing schools to educate more nurses. Specifically, requesting increased funding for and the reauthorization of Title VIII (Nursing Workforce Development Programs) of the Public Health Service Act was discussed. Additionally, lobbied Members of Congress to promote the role Advanced Practice Registered Nurses will play in a reformed healthcare delivery system.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHANDRA BURNSIDE	Government Affairs Manager
SUZANNE MICHELLE MIYAMOTO	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Veterans VET

Lobbied for scholarships and loan repayment for nurses who pursue a career in the Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system. Lobbied Members of Congress for VA research opportunities.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHANDRA BURNSIDE	Government Affairs Manager
SUZANNE MICHELLE MIYAMOTO	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Lobbied Members of Congress to create a graduate nursing education program for Advanced Practice Registered Nurse clinical education authorized under the Social Security Act and administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHANDRA BURNSIDE	Government Affairs Manager
SUZANNE MICHELLE MIYAMOTO	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Education EDU

Lobbied Members of Congress regarding the number of students turned away from schools of nursing and the need to support federal education programs to address this issue. Specifically, lobbied Members of Congress to appropriate funding for the nursing provisions authorized in the College Opportunity and Affordability Act (P.L. 110-315) in the proposed FY 2010 LHHS Appropriations bill.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHANDRA BURNSIDE	Government Affairs Manager
SUZANNE MICHELLE MIYAMOTO	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

Lobbied Members of Congress for additional funding for nursing research in the proposed FY 2010 LHHS Appropriations bill through the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHANDRA BURNSIDE	Government Affairs Manager
SUZANNE MICHELLE MIYAMOTO	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Lobbied Members of Congress to include funding for nursing education and research (Titles IV, VII, and VIII of the Public Health Service Act, the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Nursing Research, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Indian Health Service) under the proposed FY 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS), Education and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHANDRA BURNSIDE	Government Affairs Manager
SUZANNE MICHELLE MIYAMOTO	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

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.