1st Quarter - Report

OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY for OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$80,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Firearms/Guns/Ammunition FIR

FY 2017 Funding for Centers for Disease Control research on gun violence.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL HARRISON —
ABIGAIL TIBBS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL HARRISON —
ABIGAIL TIBBS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Pharmacy PHA

340b Drug Discount Program for safety net hospitals and Health Resources and Services Administration proposed omnibus guidance.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL HARRISON —
ABIGAIL TIBBS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Veterans VET

Access to care for veterans and physician workforce issues.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL HARRISON —
ABIGAIL TIBBS —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Maintaining the current charitable tax deduction; HR 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (PL 115-97; issues related to tax reform.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL HARRISON —
ABIGAIL TIBBS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1 (115th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Protecting innovators from frivolous patent lawsuits: "Innovation Act" (HR 9).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL HARRISON —
ABIGAIL TIBBS —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 9 (115th)

Health Issues HCR

Adequacy of health care workforce associated with expansion of health care coverage; Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) repeal and Market Stabilization Proposed Rule, H.R. 1628 American Health Care Act of 2017/Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017; Reauthorization of the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP); issues related to health care coverage; H.R. 2257, Guard and Reservists Education Improvement Act; H.R.2267/S. 1301, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017; H.R. 4143, Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017; H.R. 2797, Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL HARRISON —
ABIGAIL TIBBS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2797 (115th), S. 1301 (115th), H.R. 2257 (115th), H.R. 1628 (115th), H.R. 4143 (115th), H.R. 2267 (115th)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011s Sequestration on medical records; use of animals in biomedical research; moving medical research from bench to beside more quickly including greater sharing of research data, reducing administrative burden on medical researchers, streamline of clinical trials, increased flexibility in the FDAs approval process for drugs and devices tried with additional review in post-market: 21st Century Cures Act (H.R> 34); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (H.R. 5054/S. 2956); importance of research using fetal tissue; importance of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Technology Transfer Research Program; FDA regulation of laboratory developed test.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL HARRISON —
ABIGAIL TIBBS —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2956 (115th), H.R. 5054 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (H.R. 5054/ S.2956); FY2018 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies Appropriations; H.R. 244, Consolidated Appropriations Act 2017 (P.L. 115-31); H.R. 3358/S. 1771, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2018; H.R. 1370, Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (P.L. 115-96); H.R. 1892, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-123); H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (P.L. 115-141); FY19 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations; health and science related funding issues.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL HARRISON —
ABIGAIL TIBBS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1370 (115th), S. 1771 (115th), H.R. 1892 (115th), H.R. 5054 (115th), S. 2956 (115th), H.R. 244 (115th), H.R. 3358 (115th), H.R. 1625 (115th)

Animals ANI

Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act; issues related to the use of animals in biomedical research.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL HARRISON —
ABIGAIL TIBBS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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.