LD-2 disclosure · 1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS
Coverage · No income or expenses were reported on this filing.
Client
- Description
- National resource and support organization for anyone touched by Down syndrome
- Location
- Georgia · United States of America
Registrant
- Description
- Disability rights advocacy and education
- Location
- Potomac, Maryland, United States of America
Lobbying activities
3 issuesCivil Rights/Civil Liberties
Elimination of Section 14(c) of Fair Labor Standards Act which provides for people with disabilities to be paid sub minimum wage and support legislation which promotes competitive integrated employment for people with disabilities. Improvement and expansion of the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act. Enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Preserve and improve the Affordable Care Act and protection of pre-existing conditions.
LobbyistsHEATHER SACHS
TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Education, Dept of · Labor, Dept of (DOL)
Medicare/Medicaid
Reauthorization of Money Follows the Person program; increased Medicaid funding; pushed back against Medicaid block grants and work requirements, Support expansion of Long Term Services & Supports, Home and Community-based Settings
LobbyistsHEATHER SACHS
TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Education, Dept of · Labor, Dept of (DOL)
Education
Improvements to, funding and accountability enforcement for Every Student Succeeds Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Higher Education Act
LobbyistsHEATHER SACHS