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TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

Lobbying for TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · Texas Children's Hospital is a not-for-profit, freestanding children's & women's hospital.

 Filing 4th Quarter - Report
Reporting period
4th Quarter 2025
Oct 1 - Dec 31 · Posted Jan 20, 2026
Expenses
$90,000.00
What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.
Client based in
Texas

Official filing document

 Lobbyists on this filing 1
  • JOHNNA CARLSON
    Previously held: U.S. House of Representatives: 2009-2013 and 2017-2019

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

 Government bodies contacted 2
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  • SENATE

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

 Bills named in this filing 2
  • HR 1509
    Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act of 2025
  • S 752
    Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act
 Lobbying activity 4
Budget/Appropriations

Educated congressional offices about the importance of Medicaid and supplemental funding to Texas Children's Hospital. Advocated for continued support for the children's hospitals graduate medical education program (CHGME) in the FY2025 appropriations bill.

Health Issues

Lobbied for support for the Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act (H.R. 1509/S. 752) which would create a new pathway for pediatric providers to enroll in multiple state Medicaid programs and improve childrens timely access to essential health care. Advocated that lawmakers prevent proposals that jeopardize childrens access to care including: Opposing site neutral policies, including eliminating facility fees or other policies that reduce support for, and would have a negative impact on, pediatric care. And protecting the 340B program from changes that could impede childrens hospitals ability to serve low-income, uninsured, and underinsured pediatric patients.

Medicare/Medicaid

Advocated for continued support for Medicaid and supplemental funding for Texas Children's Hospital.

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs

Educated lawmakers and congressional staff about how potential cuts to NIH indirect cost rates will dramatically impact pediatric research and pediatric patients.

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.

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