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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2022 - 06/30/2022

Lobbyist name	Bhagyashree Sonwane
Business name	Massachusetts Association of Health Plans
Address	2 Hancock Street Apt 304
City, state, zip code	Quincy, MA 02171
Country	US
Agent type	LegislativeAgent
Phone	215-951-3066

Operating Expenses

No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, Inc.

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $4,251.70

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Executive	Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC)	Discussions with Massachusetts Health Policy Commission on Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1061	An Act to strengthen and expand access to behavioral healthcare	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1090	An Act to improve child and adolescent mental health services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1113	An Act providing insurance coverage for Alfi’s syndrome	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1153	An Act relative to ensuring treatment for genetic craniofacial conditions	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1192	An Act relative to qualified health plans	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1217	An Act requiring reimbursement for the costs of providing competent interpreter services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2094	An Act to ensure full system accountability for mental health parity	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	634	An Act relative to women's health	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	651	An Act relative to transparency of consumer health insurance rights	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	681	An Act providing coverage for hearing aids	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	713	An Act to increase access to lactation care and services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	MassHealth	Discussions with MassHealth regarding ACO Procurement Discussions with MassHealth regarding Behavioral Health Vendor and 24/7 Helpline Discussions with MassHealth regarding Redeterminations Discussi ons with MassHealth regarding Emergency Department Boarding Discussions with MassHealth regarding Guidelines for Medical Necessity Determination for CardioMEMS	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1062	An Act for supportive care for serious mental illness	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1091	An Act providing for certain health insurance coverage	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1114	An Act relative to mental health providers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1154	An Act expanding coverage of dental procedures	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1194	An Act promoting consumer choice in health care	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1218	An Act relative to insurance companies and quality measures	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2095	An Act relative to requiring insurance providers cover a minimum of 30 days for in-patient substance abuse treatment	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	635	An Act addressing duplicative notifications of UR approvals (administrative simplification)	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	654	An Act relative to out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drug coverage	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	683	An Act for greater fairness in insurance policies	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	714	An Act relative to dental insurance assignment of benefits	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2023	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1066	An Act to protect consumers from surprise billing	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1097	An Act ensuring pharmacy access	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1125	An Act relative to epinephrine injectors	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1173	An Act relative to a dental patient bill of rights	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1199	An Act relative to specialty medications and patient safety	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1232	An Act relative to transparency of hospital margins & ensuring hospital efficiency	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4145	An Act relative to colon cancer screening	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	641	An Act relative to special education health care costs	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	669	An Act relative to rehabilitation periods for those in addiction recovery	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	689	An Act relative to the care and treatment of patients with mitochondrial disease	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	730	An Act relative to mandated benefits	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1053	An Act relative to consumer deductibles	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1083	An Act relative to insurance coverage of mobile integrated health	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1105	An Act relative to insurance coverage for post-COVID syndrome	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1143	An Act relative to fair access for qualifying patients	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1181	An Act relative to increasing patient choice through assignment of benefits	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1208	An Act relative to ensuring treatment for genetic craniofacial conditions	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2064	An Act to require equitable payment from the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	4	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2023	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	646	An Act for supportive care for serious mental illness	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	675	An Act relative to mental health parity implementation	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	696	An Act to help patients and reduce healthcare costs by ensuring patient adherence to medications	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1295	An Act to remove administrative barriers to behavioral health services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1039	An Act providing continuity of care for mental health treatment	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1066	An Act to protect consumers from surprise billing	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1096	An Act concerning the safety of autistic and alzheimer individuals	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1122	An Act establishing pregnancy as a qualifying event	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1171	An Act relative to dental insurance assignment of benefits	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1198	An Act to ensure access to the full range of treatment options for people with obesity	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1231	An Act relative to health insurance coverage	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2116	An Act providing access to full spectrum addiction treatment services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	640	An Act relative to preserving fertility	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	667	An Act relative to group insurance commission procurement	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	688	An Act to prevent inappropriate denials by insurers for medically necessary services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	729	An Act relative to health purchasing cooperatives	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1056	An Act requiring insurance coverage of annual lung cancer screenings for firefighters	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1086	An Act relative to uncollected co-pays, co-insurance and deductibles	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1107	An Act relative to health insurer reserve requirements	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1147	An Act relative to dual diagnosis treatment coverage	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1184	An Act relative to colon screenings	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1211	An Act relative to parental choice for medically fragile students	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2078	An Act to promote high value and evidence-based behavioral health care	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	629	An Act improving lives by ensuring access to brain injury treatment	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	648	An Act relative to ensuring treatment for genetic craniofacial conditions	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	678	An Act relative to telehealth and digital equity for patients	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	699	An Act to increase health insurer reporting transparency	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1043	An Act relative to insurance coverage for mammograms and breast cancer screening	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1078	An Act improving lives by ensuring access to brain injury treatment	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1101	An Act relative to telehealth and digital equity for patients	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1136	An Act to further define medical necessity determinations	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1177	An Act relative to the treatment of infantile cataracts	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1202	An Act to ensure access to generic medication	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1237	An Act relative to non-medical switching	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4700	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2023	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	644	An Act relative to consumer deductibles	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	673	An Act ensuring access to full spectrum pregnancy care.	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	694	An Act to ensure access to epinephrine for minors	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	733	An Act relative to unilateral contract changes	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Department of Mental Health (DMH)	Discussions with Department of Mental Health on Expedited Psychiatric Inpatient Admissions Protocol	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1063	An Act relative to payments for use of ambulance services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1093	An Act relative to dental anesthesia	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1116	An Act relative to preserving fertility	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1157	An Act relative to transparent health care data	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1196	An Act ensuring access to full spectrum pregnancy care	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1228	An Act relative to epinephrine injectors	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2109	An Act to further define medical necessity determinations	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	637	An Act to improve the health insurance prior authorization process	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	658	An Act relative to prescription drug voice synthesizers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	686	An Act promoting continuity of care for multiple sclerosis treatment	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	723	An Act relative to pediatric care appointments	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1040	An Act to require health care coverage for emergency psychiatric services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1069	An Act empowering health care consumers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1098	An Act relative to colon cancer under the age of 50 years of age, prevalence, screening and insurance coverage and care in the Commonwealth aka Martha's Bill	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1132	An Act relative to emergency insulin access	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1175	An Act relative to the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1200	An Act to improve the health insurance prior authorization process	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1233	An Act relative to MassHealth	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4340	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2022 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	642	An Act empowering health care consumers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	670	An Act relative to uncollected co-pays, co-insurance and deductibles	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	690	An Act relative to applied behavioral analysis therapy	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	731	An Act relative to ambulance service reimbursement	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1055	An Act relative to costs for treatment and management of diabetes	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1085	An Act relative to ambulance service reimbursement	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1106	An Act relative to human donor milk coverage	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1145	An Act relative to applied behavioral analysis therapy	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1182	An Act relative to medical loss ratio reporting for dental benefits corporations	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1210	An Act relative to drug prices paid by carriers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2065	An Act to update mental health parity	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	627	An Act relative to promoting healthcare access and affordability for patients	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	647	An Act relative to health insurer reserve requirements	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	677	An Act relative to increasing consumer access to licensed rehabilitation counselors	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	697	An Act relative to insurance coverage for mammograms and breast cancer screening	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	Discussions with Executive Office of Health and Human Services on Beharioral Health RoadMap Discussions with Executive Office of Health and Human Services on COVID Coverage after the Public Health Emergency	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1064	An Act to increase health insurer reporting transparency	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1095	An Act relative to access to care for Ehler Danlos syndrome patients	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1118	An Act relative to unpaid health insurance deductibles	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1160	An Act relative to unilateral contract changes	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1197	An Act relative to out-of-network billing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1229	An Act relative to greater fairness in insurance	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2113	An Act to remove administrative barriers to behavioral health services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	639	An Act relative to pharmacy benefit managers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	664	An Act ensuring access to medications	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	687	An Act relative to removing barriers to non-opioid pain management	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	726	An Act relative to breast cancer equity and early detection	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Department of Public Health (DPH)	Discussions with Department of Public Health on Mass General Brigham Determination of Need Applications	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1063	An Act relative to payments for use of ambulance services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1092	An Act to provide early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment to privately insured children under the age of 21	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1115	An Act for health care non-discrimination	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1155	An Act to ensure access to generic medications	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1195	An Act assuring prompt access to health care	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1224	An Act relative to promoting healthcare access and affordability for patients	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2096	An Act relative to the establishment of and payments into an opioid stewardship fund	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	636	An Act providing continuity of care for mental health treatment	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	655	An Act relative to anti-corrupt insurance medical examinations	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	685	An Act relative to dual diagnosis treatment coverage	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	717	An Act relative to human donor milk coverage	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1042	An Act relative to transparency of consumer health insurance rights	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1074	An Act relative to children's auditory health	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1100	An Act relative to breast cancer equity and early detection	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1135	An Act providing health insurance coverage for scalp and facial hair prosthesis	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1176	An Act relative to colorectal cancer screenings	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1201	An Act ensuring access to medications	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1235	An Act relative to the safety of autistic and alzheimer individuals	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4345	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2022 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	643	An Act promoting consumer choice in health care	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	672	An Act to require health care coverage for emergency psychiatric services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	691	An Act relative to emergency insulin access	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	732	An Act relative to insurance coverage of mobile integrated health	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Division of Insurance (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Discussions with Division of Insurance on Expedited Psychiatric Inpatient Admissions Protocol Discussions with Division of Insurance on Payments for Emergency Department Boarders and Codes for Behavioral Health Screening Discussions with Division of Insurance on Draft Bulletin on Reimbursement for Behavioral Health Services in Emergency Departments	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1059	An Act relative to patient financial protection	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1087	An Act regarding cervical cancer and women's preventative health	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1110	An Act to extend coverage for any willing provider to qualify as a mental health professional	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1148	An Act to prevent inappropriate denials by insurers for medically necessary services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1190	An Act relating to patient cost, benefit, and coverage information, choice, and price transparency	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1212	An Act relative to direct primary care	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2083	An Act relative to behavioral health urgent care	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	631	An Act relative to increasing patient choice through assignment of benefits	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	649	An Act relative to fair access for qualifying patients	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	679	An Act ensuring prompt access to health care	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	701	An Act providing health insurance coverage for scalp and facial hair prostheses	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1045	An Act to increase access to lactation care and services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1081	An Act to increase limited and tiered network enrollment	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1104	An Act further mandating infertility insurance coverage	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1137	An Act relative to cancer patient access to biomarker testing to provide appropriate therapy	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1179	An Act relative to the practice of acupuncture	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1203	An Act relative to insurance coverage for individuals with autism	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1238	An Act relative to notices by insurance companies	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4701	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2023	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	645	An Act for Medical Necessity Fairness	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	674	An Act relative to out-of-network billing	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	695	An Act Relative to Specialty Medications and Patient Safety	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1292	An Act providing access to full spectrum addiction treatment services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA)	Discussions with Center for Health Information and Analysis on Mandated Benefit Review on Senate Bill 769, House Bill 2065, House Bill 1147/SB685, Discussions with Center for Health Information and Analysis on Census Block Data Collection Discussions with Center for Health Information and Analysis on Annual Report	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1060	An Act relative to removing barriers to non-opioid pain management	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1089	An Act promoting continuity of care for Multiple Sclerosis treatment	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1112	An Act relative to increasing consumer access to licensed rehabilitation counselors	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1149	An Act relative to service dogs	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1191	An Act to help patients and reduce health care costs by ensuring patient adherence to medications	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1214	An Act relative to ensuring treatment for genetic craniofacial conditions	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2084	An Act to create a thriving public health response for adolescents	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	632	An Act relative to medical loss ratio reporting for dental benefits corporations	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	650	An Act relating to patient cost, benefit and coverage information, choice, and price transparency	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	680	An Act relative to out of network billing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	704	An Act relative to increasing consumer access to licensed rehabilitation counselors	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
			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

No campaign contributions were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

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