4th Quarter - Report — VSP for VSP (2021)

Firm

VSP

Client

VSP

Income

—

Expenses

$110,000

Expense method

C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

Pub. L. 111-148 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Section 1311); Pub. L. 111-152, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (section 1406); Monitor issues related to stand alone vision plans and related legislation, telehealth policy and the expansion of Medicare proposals. Additionally, monitor S.1793 and H.R.3461 (DOC Access Act of 2021)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CECIL SWAMIDOSS	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3461 (117th), S. 1793 (117th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Monitor legislation to add vision benefits to Medicare; discuss ways to reduce the coverage gap in Medicare in the short term. Support efforts to provide vision services through Medicare

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CECIL SWAMIDOSS	—

Contacted: SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Monitor competition issues in the global eyewear market

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CECIL SWAMIDOSS	—

Contacted: SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Monitor competition issues in the global eyewear market

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CECIL SWAMIDOSS	—

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

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.