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LOBBYING REPORT

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

1. Registrant Name Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual
California Hospital Association

2. Address

Address1
1215 K STREET, #800
 Address2
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City
SACRAMENTO
 State
CA
 Zip Code
95814
 Country
USA

3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)

City
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State
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Zip Code
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4a. Contact Name b. Telephone Number c. E-mail
​Mrs.
​Kim Blanc
​9165527590
​kblanc@calhospital.org
5. Senate ID#
​7747-12
7. Client Name Self Check if client is a state or local government or instrumentality
​California Hospital Association
6. House ID#
​334020000
TYPE OF REPORT 8. Year
​2019
 Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) Q4 (10/1 - 12/31)

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

10. Check if this is a Termination Report Termination Date
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity
INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13
12. Lobbying 13. Organizations
INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were:
Less than $5,000
Less than $5,000
$5,000 or more $
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$5,000 or more $
​410,000.00
Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options.
Method A. Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only

Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code

Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code

Signature
Digitally Signed By: Anne O'Rourke
 Date
4/19/2019 6:01:51 PM

LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code HCR

16. Specific lobbying issues

H.R. 506 Hospital Competition Act of 2019

S. 131 Protect Medicaid Act

H.R. 1384 Medicare for All Act of 2019

S. 1129 A bill to establish a Medicare-for-all national health insurance program

H.R. 1041 Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2019

H.R. 1052 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for direct payment to physician assistants under the Medicare program for certain services furnished by such physician assistants

H.R. 1425 State Health Care Premium Reduction Act

H.R.1386 Expand Navigators Resources for Outreach, Learning, and Longevity (ENROLL) Act

H.R.1385 State Allowance for a Variety of Exchanges (SAVE) Act

H.R. 269 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019

S. 895 Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2019

H.R. 1767 Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act

H.R. 1010 To provide that the rule entitled "Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance" shall have no force or effect

H.R. 1763 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019

S. 348 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019

OPTN Policy re: Equitable Distribution of Livers for Transplantation
SUBJECT: Proposed Changes to Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings Methodology (Submitted 3/29/2019)

SUBJECT: RIN 2900-AQ46; Veterans Community Care Program; Proposed Rule, Federal Register (Vol. 84, No. 36), February 22, 2019 (Submitted 3/26/2019)

SUBJECT: CMS-3367-NC, Accrediting Organizations Conflict of Interest and Consulting Services; Request for Information; Federal Register (Vol. 83, No. 244) December 20, 2018 (Submitted 2/19/2019)

SUBJECT: Request for Information on Modifying HIPAA Rules to Improve Coordinated Care (RIN 0945- AA00), 83 Fed. Reg. 64302 (Dec. 14, 2018) (Submitted 2/12/2019)

SUBJECT: Worksheet S-10 Data (Sent 1/31/2019)

SUBJECT: Draft Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs (Submitted 1/28/2019)

SUBJECT: Early Findings from the National Beta Test of Standardized Patient Assessment Data Elements (Submitted 1/15/2019)

SUBJECT: Proposed Rule: CMS-2408-P. Medicaid Program; Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance Program Managed Care (Submitted 1/14/2019

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Social Security Administration (SSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

First Name Last Name Suffix Covered Official Position (if applicable) New
Anne
O'Rourke
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

Address
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City
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State
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Zip Code
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21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

City
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State
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Zip Code
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22. New General description of client’s business or activities

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LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

First Name
Last Name
Suffix
First Name
Last Name
Suffix
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ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)

Internet Address:

Name Address Principal Place of Business
(city and state or country)
Street Address
City State/Province Zip Country
City
State Country

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

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FOREIGN ENTITIES

27. Add the following foreign entities:

Name Address Principal place of business
(city and state or country) 		Amount of contribution for lobbying activities Ownership percentage in client
Street Address
City State/Province Country
City
State Country
%

28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization

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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE

29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?

Lobbyist Name Description of Offense(s)