The AOTA Standards and Ethics Commission publishes the “Core Values of Occupational Therapy.” AOTPAC holds its first Legislative Conference (now Hill Day), with nearly 350 attendees advocating for the profession on Capitol Hill. AOTA accepts AMA’s invitation to become one of the founding non-physician associations to constitute the Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee participating in the development of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, which also paid OTs in private practice. The Association provided formal recognition to the Black Occupational Therapy Caucus, which provided the foundation for groups supporting Hispanic (TODOS), LGBTQ (The Network), Asian/Pacific Islander (AAPOTA), Native American (NNAP), disabled (NOTPD), and Orthodox Jewish ((OJOTC) practitioners.