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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 07/01/2019 - 12/31/2019

Lobbyist name	Marc Spooner
Business name	Tufts Associated Health Maintenance Organization
Address	705 Mount Auburn Street
City, state, zip code	Watertown, MA 02472
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	617-972-1054

Operating Expenses

No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Tufts Associated Health Maintenance Organization

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $2,499.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	1707	An Act to promote high value and evidence-based behavioral health care	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1185	An Act enhancing the market review process	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1715	An Act relative to requiring insurance providers cover a minimum of 30 days for in-patient substance abuse treatment	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1186	An Act strengthening HPC and CHIA market oversight	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1716	An Act to promote high value and evidence-based behavioral health care	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1194	An Act establishing Medicare for all in Massachusetts	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	913	An Act to increase consumer transparency about insurance provider networks	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	564	An Act relative to health insurer reserve requirements	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Division of Insurance (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Discussion on provider directories	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1133	An Act to ensure prescription drug cost transparency and affordability	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1162	An Act to promote transparency in prescription drug prices	Support	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Office of Medicaid/MassHealth (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Discussion on bulletin on Behavioral Health for Children and Adolescents	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1815	An Act known as the companion animal protection act of Massachusetts	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	683	An Act establishing medicare for all in Massachusetts	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	972	An Act to increase limited and tiered network enrollment	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	610	An Act to increase consumer transparency about insurance provider networks	Support	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Attorney General's Office (AGO)	Discussion on urgent care centers and surprise billing	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3490	An Act relative to the joint negotiation prohibition for integrated systems	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	694	An Act to assist community hospitals	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1098	An Act relative to qualified health plans	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1124	An Act to strengthen the PIP process	Support	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Office of Medicaid/MassHealth (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Discussion regarding OneCare procurement	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1	making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 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	n/a
House Bill	3536	An Act relative to the cannabis control commission's authority regarding host community agreements	Support	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Division of Insurance (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Implementation of Bulletin on Bulletin on Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health Services	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	949	An Act relative to non-medical switching	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	588	An Act relative to mental health parity implementation	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Division of Insurance (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Discussion on merged market advisory council special examination	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	977	An Act relative to a senior citizen buy in program for health care	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	706	An Act to ensure prescription drug cost transparency and affordability	Support	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC)	Discussion on cost growth benchmark	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1178	An Act relative to promoting transparency in the pharmaceutical industry	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1163	An Act establishing a special commission to study the implementation of single payer health care in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	992	An Act relative to controlling healthcare cost growth for consumers by directing carriers to constrain the variation in payment to providers within their networks	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2295	An act to increase transparency about insurance provider networks	Support	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	Discussion on quality measurement task force	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1086	An Act stabilizing nonprofit independent DSH community hospitals via competitive commercial insurance rates for their affiliated physicians	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2433	An act relative to step therapy	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Office of Medicaid/MassHealth (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Discussion on rate development for accountable care organizations and managed care organizations	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	980	An Act to improve child and adolescent mental health services	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1235	An Act relative to step therapy and patient safety	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Discussion on Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health Services	Neutral	$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
10/23/2019	Maura Healey	Attorney General	$200.00
		Total contributions	$200.00

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