2nd Quarter - Report

THE RABEN GROUP for THE MENTOR NETWORK

Firm
Client
Income
$20,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Veterans VET

General education on the delivery of health and human services by providers to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and at risk youth; General education on family preservation and foster care reforms and models; General education on federal rule pertaining to Home and Community Based Services, and on 1115 Medicaid demonstration waivers; Support for Administration's FY 2016 budget proposal encouraging states to provide evidence-based therapeutic interventions to children and youth in foster care; Support for S.298/H.R.456, The Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act of 2015, to provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services in Medicaid and extend medical assistance coverage to therapeutic foster care services; Support for the Department of Veterans Affairs'. Assisted Living Pilot Program for veterans with traumatic brain injury.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JONATHAN J KENT Staff Assistant, Rep. Peter Welch
DANIEL PENCHINA —
ROBERT RABEN Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs Counsel, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property Counsel, Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA)

Contacted: Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 456 (114th), S. 298 (114th)

Family issues/Abortion/Adoption FAM

General education on the delivery of health and human services by providers to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and at risk youth; General education on family preservation and foster care reforms and models; General education on federal rule pertaining to Home and Community Based Services, and on 1115 Medicaid demonstration waivers; Support for Administration's FY 2016 budget proposal encouraging states to provide evidence-based therapeutic interventions to children and youth in foster care; Support for S.298/H.R.456, The Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act of 2015, to provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services in Medicaid and extend medical assistance coverage to therapeutic foster care services; Support for the Department of Veterans Affairs'. Assisted Living Pilot Program for veterans with traumatic brain injury.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JONATHAN J KENT Staff Assistant, Rep. Peter Welch
DANIEL PENCHINA —
ROBERT RABEN Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs Counsel, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property Counsel, Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA)

Contacted: Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 456 (114th), S. 298 (114th)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

General education on the delivery of health and human services by providers to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and at risk youth; General education on family preservation and foster care reforms and models; General education on federal rule pertaining to Home and Community Based Services, and on 1115 Medicaid demonstration waivers; Support for Administration's FY 2016 budget proposal encouraging states to provide evidence-based therapeutic interventions to children and youth in foster care; Support for S.298/H.R.456, The Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act of 2015, to provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services in Medicaid and extend medical assistance coverage to therapeutic foster care services; Support for the Department of Veterans Affairs'. Assisted Living Pilot Program for veterans with traumatic brain injury.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JONATHAN J KENT Staff Assistant, Rep. Peter Welch
DANIEL PENCHINA —
ROBERT RABEN Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs Counsel, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property Counsel, Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA)

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Administration for Children & Families (ACF)

Bills named: H.R. 456 (114th), S. 298 (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.