1st Quarter - Report — NATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS NETWORK for NATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS NETWORK (2008)

Firm

NATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS NETWORK

Client

NATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS NETWORK

Income

—

Expenses

$16,131

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Efforts to get legislation enacted establishing moritoria on numerous Medicaid proposed and interim rules, including Rehabilitation Services Option, Case Management/Targeted Case Management, and School-Based Services.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN HAUGHTON MCGINLEY	—

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Council on Disability; White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Housing HOU

HUD implementation of current law

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN HAUGHTON MCGINLEY	—

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Council on Disability; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2009 Appropriations bills for Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Housing and Urban Development. Fy 2009 Budget Resolutions

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ERIC DAVID BUEHLMANN	—
CURTIS LEE DECKER	—
TOM HLAVACEK	—
KATHLEEN HAUGHTON MCGINLEY	—

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Natl Council on Disability; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Education EDU

Limiting the use of restraint and seclusion in schools as part of SAMHSA Reauthorization Preparation for reauthorization of No Child Left Behind

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ERIC DAVID BUEHLMANN	—
KATHLEEN HAUGHTON MCGINLEY	—

Contacted: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Natl Council on Disability; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Funding for disability employment projects

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CURTIS LEE DECKER	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Council on Disability; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); White House Office; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE

Homeland Security HOM

Disability issues related to emergency preparedness

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CURTIS LEE DECKER	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Council on Disability; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); SENATE

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Efforts to develop legislation providing protections for juveniles in "boot camp" settings and the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ERIC DAVID BUEHLMANN	—
KATHLEEN HAUGHTON MCGINLEY	—

Contacted: Natl Council on Disability; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Americans with Disabilities Restoration Act - H.R.3195/S.1818 H.R. 3995

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ERIC DAVID BUEHLMANN	—
CURTIS LEE DECKER	—
KATHLEEN HAUGHTON MCGINLEY	—

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Council on Disability; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Bills named: H.R. 3195 (110th), S. 1818 (110th), H.R. 3995 (110th)

Health Issues HCR

Reauthorization of Traumatic Brain Injury Act -- H.R. 1414/S.793 Reauthorization of SAMHSA Act, including Protection and Advocacy for Mental Illness program and the elimination of restraint and seclusion in schools Implementation of the previous reauthorization of PAIMI, including issuance of regulations

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ERIC DAVID BUEHLMANN	—
CURTIS LEE DECKER	—
KATHLEEN HAUGHTON MCGINLEY	—

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Natl Council on Disability; SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Bills named: H.R. 1414 (110th), S. 793 (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.