AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Medical Liability Reform

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Indian Health Service; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Indian/Native American Affairs IND

FY 2009 Budget for Indian Health Service Indian Health Care Improvement Act Native American Boarding School SCHIP Reauthorization

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Indian Health Service; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); White House Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Transportation TRA

Child Passenger Protection Legislation SAFETEA Transportation Reauthorization Legislation Child Restraint System for Autos and Aircraft ATV Safety

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Indian Health Service; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

Disaster Preparedness National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program Pandemic Influenza FEMA National Advisory Council National Response Framework National Commission on Children and Disasters National Clearinghouse on Children and Disasters

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Indian Health Service; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Treasury, Dept of

Health Issues HCR

State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) HR 3162/S.1893/HR 976 Veto Override Managed Care Reform Title VII, PHS act Appropriate Physician payment levels/systems Medical Records Confidentiality Deficit Reduction Act Children's Access to health insurance Immunizations WIC national Immunizations program (administration) The Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act Medikids Health Insurance Act of 2007 Immunization Coding Issues Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act (HR 1424) Health Care Coverage Expansion and Quality Improvement Act Children's Access to Vision Improvement Act Pandemic Influenza Heath Information Technology/Electronic Health Records Emergency Medical Services for Children' Act Reauthorization Injury Prevention Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act s. 558 Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 Preemie Act Pediatrics Disaster Preparedness Education Begins at Home Act Child Maltreatment Foster Care and Adoption Native American Child Health Genetic Nondiscrimination Reauthorization of SCHIP S. 588 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act HR 3/S. 5 Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act HR 881 Mercury Free Vaccines Act HR 2184 Enhanced Health Care Value For All Act HR 2584 High Need Physician Workforce Incentives Act S. 1576 Minority Health Improvement and Health Disparity Elimination Act HR 1153 Parental Right to Decide Protection Act Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007 HR 1244/S. 600 School-Based Health Clinics Establishment Act HR 1198/S. 1069 Early Hearing and Detection and Intervention HR 1108/S. 625 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act FACT Act HR 2063/S.1232 Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Act HR 1881/S. 937 Expanding the Promise for Individuals w/ Autism Act S. 877 Controlling the Abuse of Prescriptions Act of 2007 HR 4911 Human Growth Hormone Prescription Act HR 3411 Juvenile Crime Reduction Act HR 5178/S. 2451 First Step Forward Act HR 5178 Youth Reentry Improvement Act S. 2376 Medical Homes Act of 2007 HR 5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 HR 5629 Pathway for Biosimilars Act HR 5613 Protecting the Medicaid Soliety Net Act of 2008 E-Meds Act SCHIP Reauthorization Act S. 1551, Comprehensive TB Elimination Act S. 2456, Influenza Vaccine Security Act Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Child and Adolescent Mental Health Resilience Act of 2007 Arthritis Prevention control and care act of 2007 Underage Drinking Prevention Act of 2007 Patient and Pharmacy Protection Act of 2007 Non-prescription Drug Modernization Act of 2007 Global Pediatric HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Act HR 5268 S.2819

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Indian Health Service

Bills named: S. 2451 (110th), H.R. 4911 (110th), H.R. 5268 (110th), H.R. 976 (110th), H.R. 1153 (110th), S. 1576 (110th), H.R. 1108 (110th), H.R. 881 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th), S. 1893 (110th), S. 937 (110th), S. 877 (110th), S. 1069 (110th), S. 600 (110th), S. 1551 (110th), S. 5 (110th), H.R. 2584 (110th), S. 558 (110th), H.R. 1881 (110th), H.R. 3411 (110th), H.R. 1198 (110th), S. 588 (110th), H.R. 1244 (110th), H.R. 2063 (110th), S. 2456 (110th), H.R. 5629 (110th), H.R. 5178 (110th), H.R. 3162 (110th), S. 1232 (110th), H.R. 3 (110th), S. 2819 (110th), H.R. 5613 (110th), H.R. 2184 (110th), S. 2376 (110th), S. 625 (110th), H.R. 5501 (110th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicaid Budget/Funding/Reconciliation RBRVS Issues State Children's Health Insurance Program Funding SCHIP EQRO Standards Funding for Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education Program (CHGME) Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME) policies School-based transportation and administration regulations Medicaid Regulations-Targeted Case Management, Rehab, School-based Care HR 5612/S. 2819

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Indian Health Service; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Bills named: H.R. 5612 (110th), S. 2819 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.Con.Res./S. Con.Res.70 FY 2009 Budget Resolution Indian Health Service Budget FY 2008=9 FY 2009 Agriculture Appropriations Bill (funding for FDA) FY 2008 Environmental Protections Agency Budget FY 2008 Agency for Toxic Substance & Disease Registry Budget National Children's Study FY 2009 Labor HHS Education Appropriations (provisions related to health and social welfare for infants, children and adolescents primary care training (Titles VII and VIII health professions education programs), (funding for pediatric studies for generic drugs), family planning (Title X), biomedical and health services research, immunizations, pediatric emergency medical services date collection). Children's Hospital GME Title VII MCH blockgrant

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Indian Health Service; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 70 (110th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Carcinogen Exposure in Early Childhood Pesticide Regulations Clear Air Act HR 3697/S.2313 Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance Act Lead Mercury EPA funding Radiation safety Environmental Research Ethics Food Safety National Children's Study

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Indian Health Service; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Bills named: H.R. 3697 (110th), S. 2313 (110th)

Firearms/Guns/Ammunition FIR

FY 2009 Labor/HHS/appropriations bill-National Violent Death Reporting System CDC Injury Care

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Indian Health Service; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Family issues/Abortion/Adoption FAM

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act H.R. 3372 Emergency Contraception Education Act Title X Family Planning---appropriations FY 2009 Violence Against Women Act Children in Foster Care Home visitation Kinship Care Preemie Care Title V, Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Child Care H.R. 687/S.3372 Keeping Families Together Act

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Indian Health Service; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 687 (110th), H.R. 3372 (110th), S. 3372 (110th)

Insurance INS

Children's Dental Health Insurance Act Patient Protection Act Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (HR 493/S. 358) Medical Records Privacy Children's Access to Health Insurance Association Health Plans Small Business Health Plans Indian Health Improvement Act Children's Health Insurance Accountability Act Medikids Health Coverage, Affordability, Responsibility Equity (CARE) Act Small Business Health Fairness Act Children's Access to Vision Care Act Health Savings Account (HSAs) Sen. Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act HR 1424 Mental Health Parity Act S. 558 Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation and Surgery Act Healthy Americans Act

Contacted: Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Indian Health Service; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 493 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th), S. 358 (110th), S. 558 (110th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

CPSC Reform S. 2045, The CPSC Reform Act. Product Safety ATVs HR 4040, The Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Treasury, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Indian Health Service; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Bills named: S. 2045 (110th), H.R. 4040 (110th)

Education EDU

Head Start/Early Head Start/Indian Head Start Reauthorization Funding for Early Care and Education HR 1244/S. 600School Based Health Clinics Establishment ACt No Child Left Behind H.R.3257/s. 2173 Fit Kids Act 20/220 Pathway-Economic Hardship Deferrment

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Indian Health Service; White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 1244 (110th), H.R. 3257 (110th), S. 2173 (110th)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 HR 3/S.5 Clinical Trials Registry National Children's Study Agency For Health Care Research and Quality Preservation of Antibiotics of Medical Treatment Act Preemie Act HR 2184 Enhanced Health Care Value For All Act S. 1576 Minority Health Improvement and Health Disparity Elimination Act Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007 HR 1244/S. 600 School-Based Health Clinics Establishment Act HR 1198/S. 1069 Early Hearing and Detection and Intervention HR 1108/s. 625 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act FACT Act S.2773 Pediatric Research Consortia Establishment Act

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Indian Health Service; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Bills named: S. 600 (110th), S. 2773 (110th), H.R. 1244 (110th), S. 1069 (110th), H.R. 1108 (110th), S. 625 (110th), S. 5 (110th), H.R. 1198 (110th), H.R. 3 (110th), H.R. 2184 (110th), S. 1576 (110th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Children and advertising Media and childhood obesity Federal Trade Commission Reauthorization Act of 2008

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Indian Health Service; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)