Committee Purpose

Committee Functions

• To recommend to the OTAC Board of Directors legislative positions on all bills and/or regulations viewed.
• To recommend amendments to bills or regulations, to the legislature to assure integrity of occupational therapy practice in California.
• To provide oral and written testimony on government affairs issues as appropriate.
• To provide the OTAC lobbyist with informaton necessary to carry positions to the OTAC Board of Directors.
• To encourage direct interaction of the OTAC membership with legislators at local and state levels.
• To have direct communication with the OTAC regions.

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Meet the OTAC Lobbyist

Jennifer Snyder, MPA, is a partner in Capitol Advocacy, LLC, one of Sacramento's premier lobbying firms. She has 20 years of legislative and advocacy experience with an emphasis on health and human services issues in California. She has a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in health administration. Ms. Snyder's legislative career was spent in the California State Senate for five years as a legislative consultant specializing in health and education issues. She then served as the legislative director for the California Association of Health Facilities and the California Alliance of Child and Family Services. In 2000, she was hired by the California Hospital Association to spearhead their psychiatric hospital advocacy program. Ms. Snyder joined Capitol Advocacy in 2003, and became a partner in 2006. She has since worked with a broad range of clients on a wide array of issues in the legislative, administrative, and regulatory settings.

Jessica Moran, MPH, joined Capitol Advocacy as a lobbyist in 2025. Most recently, she was a legislative advocate at the California Dental Association. Moran has led successful budget and legislative campaigns resulting in multiple bills being signed into law and $50 million in state investments to create a grant program improving access to dental care for individuals with special health needs and disabilities. Moran started her career at Health Access California, where she was part of the team that negotiated the eligibility expansion for undocumented young adults (age 19-25) and a commitment to expand to seniors in the following year. The received a Bachelor of Science in public health from California State University, Los Angeles, and a Master of Public Health from the University of Southern California.