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Lobbyist Entity disclosure reporting period:   01/01/2019 - 06/30/2019
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 

Client Compensation
NameAmount
Massachusetts Senior Care Association $20,000.00
Massachusetts Medical Society $75,000.00
Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons $15,000.00
Children's Hospital Boston $20,000.00
Professional Liabilty Foundation $35,000.00
Stronach Group $30,000.00
Total salaries received $195,000.00

 
Compensation/Salaries Paid
Lobbyist or Entity nameSalaries
Joseph M Grant $75,000.00
Total salaries paid $75,000.00
 
Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles
No activities, bill numbers or bill titles were disclosed for this reporting period.
 
Operating Expenses
DateRecipientType of expenseAmount
06/19/2019 Liquidweb Advertising expenses $433.78
04/03/2019 Best Buy Computer equipment, supplies $858.98
04/18/2019 Staples Office supplies, equipment $287.05
06/01/2019 Boston View Corporation Rent $14,282.25
06/27/2019 Amazon Office supplies, equipment $387.59
06/05/2019 Verizon Telephone, cell phone, handheld $1,277.96
06/28/2019 Eversource Utilities (heat, water, electricity) $190.86
06/27/2019 Comcast Internet fees $990.96
  Total operating expenses $18,709.43
 
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.
 
Lobbyist: 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 / SenateBill Number or Agency NameBill title or activityAgent positionAmountDirect business association
Senate Bill 3 An Act 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 Support $0.00 none
House Bill 3800 An Act 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 Support $0.00 none
House Bill 610 An Act relative to stabilizing the Commonwealth?s nursing facilities Support $0.00 none
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 none
House Bill 604 An Act to create an emergency nursing home task force Support $0.00 none
    Total amount $0.00  
Lobbyist: 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 / SenateBill Number or Agency NameBill title or activityAgent positionAmountDirect business association
House Bill 932 An Act relative to out of network billing Support $0.00 none
Senate Bill 558 An Act relative to insurance companies and quality measures Support $0.00 none
House Bill 1001 An Act relative to behavioral health telemedicine Neutral $0.00 none
Senate Bill 681 An Act relative to maintenance of certification Support $0.00 none
Senate Bill 661 An Act relative to MassHealth rates Support $0.00 none
Senate Bill 1254 An Act promoting health information exchanges Support $0.00 none
House Bill 1929 An Act to ban smoking in certain public places Support $0.00 none
House Bill 1140 An Act to reduce administrative burdens for healthcare providers Support $0.00 none
House Bill 1084 An Act assuring prompt access to health care Support $0.00 none
House Bill 1121 An Act relative to direct primary care Support $0.00 none
House Bill 508 An Act improving students? access to life saving treatments Support $0.00 none
House Bill 3486 An Act relative to the prescription monitoring program Support $0.00 nonr
House Bill 1862 An Act to promote team based health care Support $0.00 none
Senate Bill 604 An Act relative to removing barriers to non-opioid pain management Support $0.00 none
Senate Bill 843 An Act to improve medical decision making Support $0.00 none
House Bill 1412 An Act relative to patient care access Support $0.00 none
Senate Bill 235 An Act improving students' access to life saving treatments Support $0.00 none
House Bill 931 An Act promoting high value and high quality care Support $0.00 none
Senate Bill 542 An Act relative to communications between health insurers and patients Support $0.00 none
    Total amount $0.00  
Lobbyist: 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 / SenateBill Number or Agency NameBill title or activityAgent positionAmountDirect business association
House Bill 1923 An Act modernizing optometric patient care Oppose $0.00 none
House Bill 1906 An Act ensuring consumer choice and equal access to eye care Oppose $0.00 none
House Bill 1925 An Act studying the impacts of the diagnosis restrictions on optometrists Oppose $0.00 none
House Bill 3933 An Act ensuring consumer choice and equal access to eye care Oppose $0.00 none
House Bill 1924 An Act relative to the treatment of glaucoma Oppose $0.00 none
Senate Bill 2278 An Act ensuring consumer choice and equal access to eye care Oppose $0.00 none
Senate Bill 1239 An Act ensuring consumer choice and equal access to eye care Oppose $0.00 none
    Total amount $0.00  
Lobbyist: 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 / SenateBill Number or Agency NameBill title or activityAgent positionAmountDirect business association
Senate Bill 1 Message from His Excellency the Governor relative to the general concerns of the Commonwealth Neutral $0.00 none
House Bill 3800 An Act 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 none
House Bill 1002 An Act expanding access to telemedicine services Neutral $0.00 none
House Bill 991 An Act advancing and expanding access to telemedicine services Neutral $0.00 none
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 none
    Total amount $0.00  
Lobbyist: Joseph M Grant
Client: Professional Liabilty Foundation
Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $35,000.00
House / SenateBill Number or Agency NameBill title or activityAgent positionAmountDirect business association
House Bill 931 An Act promoting high value and high quality care Support $0.00 none
House Bill 1382 An Act protecting minor children from medical malpractice Oppose $0.00 none
House Bill 1547 An Act to amend the medical peer review law Oppose $0.00 none
Senate Bill 956 An Act removing the liability cap for malpractice resulting in serious injury or death Oppose $0.00 none
House Bill 1412 An Act relative to patient care access Support $0.00 none
Senate Bill 967 An Act relative to prejudgment interest rates Support $0.00 none
House Bill 1151 An Act to encourage quality reviews and reduce costs in health care Support $0.00 none
House Bill 1932 An Act relative to informed consent for concurrent surgical procedures Oppose $0.00 none
House Bill 3370 An Act reducing interest liability in treble damage settlements Support $0.00 none
Senate Bill 996 An Act removing the charitable immunity cap Oppose $0.00 none
House Bill 1346 An Act removing the liability cap for malpractice resulting in serious injury or death Oppose $0.00 none
    Total amount $0.00  
Lobbyist: Joseph M Grant
Client: Stronach Group
Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $30,000.00
House / SenateBill Number or Agency NameBill title or activityAgent positionAmountDirect business association
House Bill 322 An Act to promote horse racing in the Commonwealth Neutral $0.00 none
House Bill 13 An Act relative to horse racing and wagering Neutral $0.00 none
Senate Bill 101 An Act relative to regulating horse racing and wagering Neutral $0.00 none
    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
DateLobbyist nameRecipient nameOffice soughtAmount
04/03/2019 Joseph M Grant Committee to Elect Julian Cyr Senate Cape and Islands $200.00
04/12/2019 Joseph M Grant Committee to Elect Danielle W. Gregoire Representative 4th Middlesex $200.00
04/12/2019 Joseph M Grant Committee to Elect Edward F. Coppinger Representative 10th Suffolk $200.00
04/12/2019 Joseph M Grant Committee to Elect Daniel R. Cullinane Representative 12th Suffolk $200.00
04/30/2019 Joseph M Grant Committee to Elect Daniel J. Hunt Representative 13th Suffolk $200.00
05/13/2019 Joseph M Grant Committee to Elect Michael Rodrigues Senate First Bristol and Plymouth $200.00
05/19/2019 Joseph M Grant Committee to Elect Karen Spilka Senate Second Middlesex and Norfolk $200.00
05/21/2019 Joseph M Grant Committee to Elect Michael Day Representative 31st Middlesex $200.00
06/03/2019 Joseph M Grant Committee to Elect Thomas Golden Representative 16th Middlesex $200.00
06/10/2019 Joseph M Grant Committee to Elect William Galvin Representative 6th Norfolk $200.00
06/13/2019 Joseph M Grant Committee to Elect Mark Cusack Representative 5th Norfolk $200.00
06/17/2019 Joseph M Grant Committee to Elect Louis L. Kafka Representative 8th Norfolk $200.00
06/23/2019 Joseph M Grant Committee to Elect Aaron Michlewitz Representative 3rd Suffolk $200.00
   Total contributions $2,600.00
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