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Lobbyist Entity disclosure reporting period: 07/01/2014 - 12/31/2014

Authorizing Officer name	Joseph M Grant
Title	Principal
Business name	Grant Associates
Address	130 Bowdoin Street suite 1701
City, state, zip code	Boston, MA 02108
Country	US
Phone	617-523-6099

Compensation/Salaries Paid

Lobbyist or Entity name	Salaries
Joseph M Grant	$55,000.00
Total salaries paid	$55,000.00

Operating Expenses

Date	Recipient	Type of expense	Amount
7/1/2014-12/31/2014		Advertising expenses	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014		Photocopies, scans	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Best Buy	Computer equipment, supplies	$184.38
7/1/2014-12/31/2014		Professional dues	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014		Fax charges	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Comcast	Internet fees	$1,193.28
7/1/2014-12/31/2014		Legal fees	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014		Postage, shipping, delivery	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Staples	Office supplies, equipment	$250.33
7/1/2014-12/31/2014		Printing expenses	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014		Public relations expenses	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Boston View Corporation	Rent	$12,570.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014		Office and support staff salaries	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014		Professional subscriptions	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014		Taxes	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Verizon 1016.59 Verizon Wireless 1018.56	Telephone, cell phone, handheld	$2,035.15
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	NSTAR	Utilities (heat, water, electricity)	$216.24
7/1/2014-12/31/2014		Other operating expenses	$0.00
		Total operating expenses	$16,449.38

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Sub-agent: Joseph M Grant

Client: Professional Liability Foundation ltd

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $0.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	957	An Act to Encourage Full Insurance coverage of claims	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1024	An act to encourage quality reviews and reduce costs in health care	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1274	An Act relative to eliminating the statute of limitations for sex crimes in Massachusetts for civil cases	Oppose	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	454	An Act relative to patient care access	Support	$0.00	NA
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Joseph M Grant

Client: Massachusetts Medical Society

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $0.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Executive		Testimony in Support of Regulations Regarding Electronic Health Records 243 CMR 2.01(4), 2.02 AND 2.06 Before the Board of Registration in Medicine September 30, 2014	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	4236	An Act to Increase Opportunities for Long Term Substance Abuse Recovery	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	4001	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	4561	An Act relative to Health Policy Commission Reviews of Scope of Practice Proposals	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	939	An Act relative to consumer choice of nurse midwifery services	Oppose	$0.00	NA
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Joseph M Grant

Client: Children's Hospital Boston

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $22,500.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	4001	Bill H.4001 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	2160	Bill S.2160 An Act Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements (House, No. 4001)	Support	$0.00	NA
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Joseph M Grant

Client: Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $15,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	1040	An Act Relative to Compounded Medications	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	43	An Act Providing Insurance Coverage for Vision Screening for Children	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1921	An Act Relative to Vision Safety with Eye Glasses	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	455	An Act Requiring Insurers to Report Malpractice Claims for Optometrists	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1981	An Act relative to the modernization of optometric patient care	Oppose	$0.00	NA
House Bill	2031	An Act Relative to Definition of Surgery	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1922	An Act Relative to the Disclosure of Postoperative Ocular Care	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	1025	An Act Relative to Truth in Advertising	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	1672	An Act Relative to the Save Our Children’s Sight Fund	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1925	An Act Relative to Electronic Health Records	Support	$0.00	NA
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Joseph M Grant

Client: Massachusetts Senior Care Association

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $20,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	304	An Act to repeal the nursing home tax	Oppose	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1005	An Act relative to nursing home liability insurance	Neutral	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	307	An Act to create a statewide assisted living facility master plan	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	4001	Bill H.4001 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1995	An Act providing for unused medication return by health care facilities	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	288	An Act relative to stabilizing the commonwealth's nursing facilities	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	2160	Bill S.2160 An Act Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements (House, No. 4001)	Neutral	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	511	An Act relative to pediatric nursing care facilities	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	4000	An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2015	Neutral	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	511	An Act relative to pediatric nursing care facilities	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	1014	An Act relative to medication administration in nursing homes	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	99	An Act relative to nursing facility reporting	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	526	An Act providing financial relief to long term care facilities required to obtain criminal offender record information for potential employees	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1923	An Act relative to nursing facility care	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	301	An Act relative to reserving beds in nursing homes for residents during certain leaves of absence	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	548	An Act relative to promoting innovation in eldercare services	Support	$0.00	NA
			Total amount	$0.00

Meals, Travel, and Entertainment Expenses

No meals, travel, or entertainment expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Additional Expenses

No additional expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Campaign Contributions

Date	Lobbyist name	Recipient name	Office sought	Amount
07/02/2014	Joseph M Grant	William Galvin	Representative Sixth Norfolk	$200.00
07/15/2014	Joseph M Grant	Brian Joyce	Senate Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth	$200.00
10/02/2014	Joseph M Grant	Joseph Pacheco	Representative Eighth Plymouth	$200.00
10/21/2014	Joseph M Grant	Marc R. Pacheco	Senate First Plymouth and Bristol	$200.00
12/17/2014	Joseph M Grant	Michael F. Rush	Senate Norfolk and Suffolk	$200.00
12/22/2014	Joseph M Grant	Walter F. Timilty	Representative Seventh Norfolk	$200.00
12/26/2014	Joseph M Grant	Stanley C. Rosenberg	Senate Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester	$200.00
12/31/2014	Joseph M Grant	Bruce J. Ayers	Representative First Norfolk	$100.00
			Total contributions	$1,500.00

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