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Lobbyist Entity disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2016 - 06/30/2016

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	$75,000.00
Total salaries paid	$75,000.00

Operating Expenses

Date	Recipient	Type of expense	Amount
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Advertising expenses	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Photocopies, scans	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Staples	Computer equipment, supplies	$181.12
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Professional dues	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Fax charges	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Comcast	Internet fees	$1,612.89
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Legal fees	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Postage, shipping, delivery	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Office supplies, equipment	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Printing expenses	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Public relations expenses	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Boston View Corp	Rent	$13,190.40
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Office and support staff salaries	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Professional subscriptions	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Taxes	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Verizon Wireless	Telephone, cell phone, handheld	$1,065.22
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Eversource	Utilities (heat, water, electricity)	$118.12
1/1/2016-6/30/2016		Other operating expenses	$0.00
		Total operating expenses	$16,167.75

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

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
House Bill	4450	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2017 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	571	An Act relative to pediatric nursing care facilities	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	524	An Act relative the elimination of nursing home fees	Oppose	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	2305	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2017 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	520	An Act relative to stabilizing the Commonwealth's nursing facilities	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	4201	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2017 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	352	An Act relative to stabilizing the Commonwealth's nursing facilities	Support	$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: $20,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	4450	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2017 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	2305	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2017 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	4201	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2017 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
			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	82	An Act providing for insurance coverage for vision screening for children	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	993	An Act relative to Health Policy Commission reviews of scope of practice proposals	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1973	An Act relative to the modernization of optometric patient care	Oppose	$0.00	NA
House Bill	2012	An Act relative to defining surgery	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	1846	An Act relative to the Save Our Children's Sight Fund	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	164	An Act relative to Reciprocity for Licensing Optometrists	Oppose	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1983	An Act relative to optometrists	Oppose	$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: $75,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	1903	An Act Promoting Substance Abuse Prevention through Positive Social Norms Marketing	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	4062	An Act To Benzopiazapines And Non-Benzodiazepine Hypnotics	Oppose	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	579	An Establishing Medicare for All in Massachusetts	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	4188	An Act Relative To State Oversight Of Professional Licensing Boards	Neutral	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	604	An Act Establishing a Public Health Insurance Option	Neutral	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	1818	An Act relative to bicycle safety	Neutral	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	1114	An Act To Eliminate Health Disparities In The Commonwealth	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	3931	The Massachusetts Fair Health Care Pricing Act	Oppose	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	2305	making appropriations for the fiscal year 2017 for the maintenance of the departments, boards commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	647	An to Ensure Effective Health Care Cost Control	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1033	An Act Establishing a Public Health Insurance Option	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	4201	making appropriations for the fiscal year 2017 for the maintenance of the departments, boards commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	965	An to Ensure Effective Health Care Cost Control	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1026	An Establishing Medicare for All in Massachusetts	Neutral	$0.00	NA
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Joseph M Grant

Client: Professional Liability Foundation

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $35,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	909	An Act to allow insurance coverage for insurance providers and self insured organizations	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1230	An Act regulating the payment of interest	Neutral	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	856	An Act relative to prejudgment interest rates	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1307	An Act relative to expert witnesses in actions for medical malpractice	Support	$0.00	NA
House Bill	1979	An Act relative to medical malpractice insurance	Neutral	$0.00	NA
House Bill	986	An Act to allow insurance coverage for insurance providers and self insured organizations	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	1171	An Act to encourage quality reviews and reduce costs in health care	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
01/14/2016	Joseph M Grant	Gerard Cassidy	Representative Ninth Plymouth	$200.00
01/20/2016	Joseph M Grant	Thomas M. Petrolati	Representative Seventh Hampden	$200.00
02/26/2016	Joseph M Grant	Marc R. Pacheco	Senate First Plymouth and Bristol	$200.00
03/22/2016	Joseph M Grant	Diana DiZoglio	Representative Fourteenth Essex	$200.00
03/30/2016	Joseph M Grant	Brian S. Dempsey	Representative Third Essex	$200.00
03/31/2016	Joseph M Grant	Denise C. Garlick	Representative Thirteenth Norfolk	$200.00
04/04/2016	Joseph M Grant	Paul Brodeur	Representative Thirty-second Middlesex	$200.00
04/08/2016	Joseph M Grant	James T. Welch	Senate Hampden	$200.00
04/08/2016	Joseph M Grant	Thomas A. Golden, Jr.	Representative Sixteenth Middlesex	$200.00
04/28/2016	Joseph M Grant	Jennifer E. Benson	Representative Thirty-seventh Middlesex	$200.00
04/29/2016	Joseph M Grant	committee to elect a democratic senate	committee to elect a democratic senate	$200.00
05/23/2016	Joseph M Grant	Louis L. Kafka	Representative Eighth Norfolk	$200.00
05/25/2016	Joseph M Grant	Mark J. Cusack	Representative Fifth Norfolk	$200.00
06/13/2016	Joseph M Grant	John J. Mahoney	Representative Thirteenth Worcester	$200.00
			Total contributions	$2,800.00

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