3rd Quarter - Report — CEPHEID for CEPHEID (2008)

Firm

CEPHEID

Client

CEPHEID

Income

—

Expenses

$60,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing	Filed	Amount	Counted
3rd Quarter - Report	Oct 15, 2008	$80,000	Replaced
3rd Quarter - Report (this page)	Jan 12, 2009	$60,000	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

S 2278/HR 4214, Community and Healthcare-Associated Infections Reduction Act S 2312/HR 3697, Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance Act S 2525, MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act HR 1174, Healthy Hospital Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
HALLIE CHRISTINE LEWIS	Manager, Government Affairs
MICHELE M SCHOONMAKER	Director, Government Affairs

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 1174 (110th), H.R. 4214 (110th), H.R. 3697 (110th)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
HALLIE CHRISTINE LEWIS	Manager, Government Relations
MICHELE M SCHOONMAKER	Director, Government Affairs

Contacted: SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 4214 (110th), H.R. 3697 (110th), H.R. 1174 (110th)

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.