3rd Quarter - Report

WHEAT GOVERNMENT RELATIONS for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS

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No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 2713 Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2015 S. 3245 Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2016 S. 578, H.R. 1342 The Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2015 S. 257, H.R. 1611 Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act S. 628, H.R. 1209 The Improving Access to Maternity Care Act H.R. 6 21st Century Cures Act H.R. 1021 Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act of 2015 (PIMA) H.R. 2253, S. 737 Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act S.1456 Rural ACO Improvement Act of 2015 S. 2259 ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2015 H.R.6261 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the way beneficiaries are assigned under the Medicare shared savings program by also basing such assignment on primary care services furnished by nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and clinical nurse specialists. H.R.2948 - Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2015 H.R. 2646 Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015 S.1945 Mental Health Reform Act of 2015 S.2680 Mental Health Reform Act of 2016 H.R. 4756 Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act S.1641 Jason Simcakoski Memorial Opioid Safety Act H.R.4981 - Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Expansion and Modernization Act S. 2562, H.R. 4396 Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Reduction Act S.1455, H.R. 2536 Recovery Enhancement for Addiction Treatment (TREAT) Act Public Law No: 114-198, S.524/ H.R. 953 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery (CARA) Act of 2016 S.488/H.R.3355 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs. Medication Assisted Therapies (MATs) Opioid Abuse Epidemic Chronic Care Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALAN WHEAT —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: S. 2259 (114th), S. 1945 (114th), S. 1455 (114th), H.R. 4981 (114th), S. 2680 (114th), H.R. 4756 (114th), H.R. 6 (114th), H.R. 4396 (114th), S. 578 (114th), H.R. 3355 (114th), H.R. 6261 (114th), S. 737 (114th), S. 1456 (114th), H.R. 1342 (114th), H.R. 2646 (114th), H.R. 1021 (114th), S. 488 (114th), H.R. 2713 (114th), S. 1641 (114th), H.R. 953 (114th), H.R. 2253 (114th), S. 2562 (114th), S. 3245 (114th), H.R. 2948 (114th), S. 257 (114th), H.R. 1611 (114th), H.R. 1209 (114th), S. 628 (114th), H.R. 2536 (114th), S. 524 (114th)

Veterans VET

H.R.1247 Improving Veterans Access to quality Healthcare Act of 2015 S. 297 Frontlines to Lifelines Act of 2015 S. 2279, H.R. 4134 Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act H.R. 5985 Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2016 H.R. 6277 To prohibit the implementation of a proposed Department of Veterans Affairs rule relating to the practice authority of advanced practice registered nurses. Veterans Health Administrations Proposed Rule Advanced Practice Nursing full practice authority

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALAN WHEAT —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: S. 297 (114th), S. 2279 (114th), H.R. 4134 (114th), H.R. 6277 (114th), H.R. 1247 (114th), H.R. 5985 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Public Law No: 114-223, H.R. 5325 - Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act S. 3040/H.R. 5926 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 Access to Home Health Care Services Title VIII Nursing Workforce Funding

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALAN WHEAT —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE

Bills named: S. 3040 (114th), H.R. 5926 (114th), H.R. 5325 (114th)

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.