4th Quarter - Report — LESTER HEALTH LAW PLLC for NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM (2015)

Firm

LESTER HEALTH LAW PLLC

Client

NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM

Income

$69,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act; H.R. 2820, the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015; S. 2822 Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015; general reauthorization of the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program and the National Cord Blood Inventory

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN LESTER	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2822 (114th), H.R. 2820 (114th), H.R. 6 (114th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Coverage and reimbursement for bone marrow/cord blood transplants; Hospital Outpatient Proposed Rule; Hospital Inpatient Rule; National Coverage Analysis (NCA) for Stem Cell Transplantation (Sickle Cell Disease, Myelofibrosis, and Multiple Myloema) (CAG-00444R)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN LESTER	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Department of Health and Human Services appropriations for the CW Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program and the National Cord Blood Inventory; Department of Defense appropriations for the bone marrow program; Food and Drug Administration Appropriations; HR 2029 Omnibus appropriations; HR 3020 & S 1695 Labor-HHS appropriations bills

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN LESTER	—

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 2029 (114th), H.R. 3020 (114th)

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.