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

Lobbyist name	Lydia Conley
Business name	Association for Behavioral Healthcare
Address	251 W. Central Street #21
City, state, zip code	Natick, MA 01760
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	508-647-8385

Operating Expenses

No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Association for Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $57,291.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	1040	An Act to require health care coverage for emergency psychiatric services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	Medication Administration Program (MAP). The Medication Administration Program (MAP) is overseen by Department of Public Health pursuant to G.L. c. 94C in partnership with Departments of Mental Health, Developmental Services and Children and Families. Advocated for extension of COVID-related procedures available to staff authorized to administer medications.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	672	An Act to require health care coverage for emergency psychiatric services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	MassHealth Systems Transformation. Made recommendations relating to ongoing MassHealth systems transformation implementation, specifically the redesign of outpatient and crisis behavioral health care.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1302	An Act relative to applied behavioral health clinic rates	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Division of Insurance (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	211 CMR 52.00: Managed Care Consumer Protections and Accreditation of Carriers. Made recommendations to strengthen consumer protections relative to the delivery of health care services via telehealth.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1268	An Act to facilitate access to treatment	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1293	An Act relative to accountable care organizations	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	Opioid Treatment Program Services Payment Bundle. Made recommendations to the Executive Office of Health and Human Services on the adoption of Medicare's payment bundle for Opioid Treatment Program services.	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	101 CMR 346.00: Rates for Certain Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders Programs. Made recommendations to improve and increase rates proposed by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services for addiction treatment and recovery services.	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4288	An Act establishing the behavioral health trust fund and the behavioral health advisory commission	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	101 CMR 448.00: Workforce Investment Rates for Certain Health and Human Services Programs. Supported proposal of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to institute time-limited payment rate increases for health and human service providers to recruit and retain staff.	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	781	An Act relative to applied behavioral health clinic rates	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Department of Mental Health (DMH)	104 CMR 28.00: Licensing and Operational Standards for Community Standards. Made recommendations to clarify and streamline requirements for crisis stabilization units to be licensed by the Department of Mental Health.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1316	An Act establishing a commission to study the availability of a continuum of care for persons	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4700	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2023 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	n/a
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	101 CMR 352.00: Rates of Payment for Certain Children’s Behavioral Health Services. Made recommendations to improve access, staff recruitment, retention, training and supervision and increase rates proposed by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services for children's behavioral health services.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2127	An Act establishing a commission to study the availability of a continuum of care for persons with substance use disorder	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	4	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2023 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	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	101 CMR 426.00 – Rates for Certain Adult Community Mental Health Services. Made recommendations to improve staff recruitment and retention and to adjust rates to account for clinical skill needed by workforce to serve the intended population, and to increase rates proposed by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services for Adult Community Clinical Services purchased by the Department of Mental Health.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	455	An Act relative to Division of Professional Licensure demographics reporting	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Department of Public Health (DPH)	105 CMR 164.00: Licensure of Substance Abuse Treatment Programs. Made recommendations relative to proposed amendments to treatment program regulations to clarify ambiguous language, to increase staffing flexibility, to align language with prevailing provider practice, and to remove language contrary to purchasing law requirements.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2079	An Act relative to creating a universal consent process to share sensitive health information between healthcare providers	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	780	An Act relative to accountable care	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4879	An Act addressing barriers to care for mental health	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	101 CMR 447.00: Rates for Certain Home- and Community-based Services Related to Section 9817 of the American Rescue Plan Act. Supported proposal of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to institute time-limited payment rate increases for Home and Community Based Services providers to recruit and retain staff.	Support	$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

Date	Recipient name	Office sought	Amount
02/07/2022	Committee to Elect John Keenan	Senate, Norfolk & Plymouth	$200.00
03/11/2022	Committee to Elect Aaron Michlewitz	House, 3rd Suffolk	$200.00
03/31/2022	Committee to Elect Kate Hogan	House, 3rd Middlesex	$200.00
04/22/2022	Committee to Elect Karen Spilka	Senate, Middlesex and Norfolk	$200.00
04/27/2022	Committee to Elect Denise Garlick	House, 13th Norfolk	$100.00
05/25/2022	Committee to Elect Adrian Madaro	House, 1st Suffolk	$200.00
		Total contributions	$1,100.00

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