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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2018 - 06/30/2018

Lobbyist name	Emily Dulong
Business name	Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association
Address	101 Arch Street Suite 1741
City, state, zip code	Boston, MA 02110
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	781-262-6025

Operating Expenses

No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $50,500.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	523	An Act relative to uncollected co-pays, co-insurance and deductibles	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2864	An Act to protect youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2183	An Act relative to insurance companies and quality measures	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4623	An Act to create a stroke continuum of care	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2157	An Act alleviating health care burdens for Massachusetts employers	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2211	An Act furthering health empowerment and affordability by leveraging transformative health care.	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2302	An Act to promote a clean energy future	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4605	An Act establishing the Honorable Peter V. Kocot Act to enhance access to high quality, affordable and transparent healthcare in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1099	An Act relative to patient choice to promote prescription safety	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	665	An Act regarding shared responsibility for funding of health care oversight agencies	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3329	An Act to promote healthy alternatives to sugary drinks	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1162	An Act relative to preventing death by drug overdose	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2585	An Act protecting youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	595	An Act relative to providing short term health care plans	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2250	Standards of employee safety	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4366	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2018 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities a...	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4639	An Act establishing the Honorable Peter V. Kocot Act to enhance access to high quality, affordable and transparent healthcare in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2984	An Act to restore adequate funding for disproportionate share hospitals	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1188	An Act relative to nurse licensure compact in Massachusetts	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	543	An Act to provide equal access to medication assisted treatment	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4256	An Act to protect access to confidential healthcare	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4113	An Act relative to patient safety and hospital transparency	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1237	An Act to prevent death and disability from stroke	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1210	An Act relative to the advanced nursing practice	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2481	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2018 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities a...	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Executive		MassHealth – FY18 and FY19 state budget, Medicaid reimbursement/payment methodology for hospitals and individual providers, claims processing system implementation and coding functions, utilization review, Medicare-Medicaid dual eligible program, application and eligibility determination processes, Accountable Care Organization program, Medicaid Waiver related issues, and other Medicaid state program initiatives. Department of Mental Health – mental health parity, MassHealth carve-out coverage, access issues. Division of Insurance – administrative simplification, mental health parity, standardized coding, credentialing, healthcare payment reform, risk requirements. Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector – application and eligibility determination processes, Affordable Care Act innovation waiver.	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1214	An Act to enhance access to prescription information and overdose reporting for care coordination	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1205	An Act to implement consistent protections for health information	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	527	An Act to improve access to child and adolescent mental health services	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2239	An Act establishing a newborn health and safe sleep pilot program	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	566	An Act relative to an affordable health plan	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1261	An Act relative to medical malpractice	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1257	An Act to contain health care costs and improve access to value based nurse practitioner care as recommended by the IOM and FTC	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4546	An Act relative to community benefit districts	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4418	An Act requiring health care employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2180	An Act relative to patient choice to promote prescription safety	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2982	An Act maintaining confidentiality of proprietary information within health care	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	488	An Act to increase access to children?s mental health services in the community	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1219	An Act relative to conducting fetal and infant mortality review	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2459	An Act ensuring universal access to urgent and retail care	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	538	An Act for health care non-discrimination	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2211	An Act furthering health empowerment and affordability by leveraging transformative health care.	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4382	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2018 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities a...	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2573	Affordable Health Care	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	616	An Act ensuring protections for hospitals that contract with Medicaid managed care organizations	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	520	An Act relative to health insurer reserve requirements	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	524	An Act improving access to child and adolescent mental health services	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2296	An Act to protect access to confidential healthcare	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4112	An Act relative to patient safety and hospital transparency	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2442	An Act to create a stroke system of care	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2437	An Act to promote team based health care	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4400	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2019 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activitie...	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Executive		All regulatory, policy and clinical/operational guidance materials pertaining to healthcare providers pending before the executive branch and other constitutional offices, including: Attorney General’s Office – mental health parity, community benefits, hospital cost reporting, and Medicaid fraud control unit reviews. Department of Public Health – hospital, clinic, and other healthcare provider licensure regulations, quality reporting, changes to provider prescribing and coordination of care for special populations (substance use disorder and others), legislatively mandated clinical committees; Division of Insurance – risk bearing provider organizations, standardized prior authorization forms and other Chapter 224 requirements. Center for Health Information and Analysis - hospital assessment for Center for Health Information and Analysis administrative expenses, all payer claims database, cost reporting, hospital financial reports.	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	623	An Act to address the financial sustainability of the health safety net	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1186	An Act to promote patient care transparency and nurse advancement	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4033	An Act relative to combatting addiction, accessing treatment, reducing prescriptions, and enhancing prevention	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4315	An Act to limit retroactive denials of health insurance claims for behavioral health and substance abuse services	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3230	An Act clarifying patient safety procedures	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4360	An Act to establish standards for medical gas piping systems	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1266	An Act relative to liability protection for disaster volunteers	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2493	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2018 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities a...	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	614	An Act relative to administering national standards to Medicaid medical necessity reviews	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3242	An Act to review the quality and patient safety of dispensing certain cancer and chronic disease related drugs	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1070	An Act to further define medical necessity determinations	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2453	An Act to further define medical necessity determinations	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3236	An Act creating autism teams in hospitals	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2542	An Act relative to the closing of hospital essential services	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2208	An Act relative to the scheduling of employees	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4401	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2019 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activitie...	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2404	An Act to improve access to behavioral health services	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	603	An Act regarding shared responsibility for funding of health care oversight agencies	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1562	An Act to promote healthy alternatives to sugary drinks	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	495	An Act to ensure focused quality improvement	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2571	An Act protecting youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	565	An Act alleviating health care burdens for Massachusetts employers	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4116	An Act relative to Alzheimer’s and related dementias in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4332	An Act Advancing and Expanding Access to Telemedicine Services	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4617	An Act establishing the Honorable Peter V. Kocot Act to enhance access to high quality, affordable and transparent healthcare in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	611	An Act updating masshealth reimbursement rates for chronic disease and rehabilitation hospitals	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1211	An Act to review the quality and patient safety of dispensing certain cancer and chronic disease related drugs	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1093	An Act to further define medical necessity determinations	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2403	An Act to limit retroactive denials of health insurance claims for mental health and substance abuse services	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2436	An Act to protect patients with Alzheimer's, dementia, and other psychiatric illnesses	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2473	An Act protecting consumers of sign language and oral interpretation and transliteration.	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2443	An Act to promote timely physician licensure and credentialing	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2471	An Act advancing and expanding access to telemedicine services	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	549	An Act advancing and expanding access to telemedicine services	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1218	An Act to protect youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1244	An Act facilitating the provision of telehealth services	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2543	An Act creating Autism teams in hospitals	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1246	An Act relative to health care	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2	An Act Making Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2019	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4284	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2018 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities a...	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2530	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2019 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activitie...	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	592	An Act restoring affordable health connector coverage	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3239	An Act to improve access to and reporting of pharmacy services in hospitals	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	44	An Act to protect children's mental health services	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4454	An Act to improve oral health for all Massachusetts residents	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1221	An Act creating Autism teams in hospitals	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1144	An Act relative to safe patient handling in certain health facilities	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3226	An Act relative to timely care and saving lives	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	4	An Act Making Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2019	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	595	An Act to address the financial sustainability of the health safety net	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1162	An Act relative to nurse licensure compact in Massachusetts	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4109	An Act to protect youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1960	An Act relative to child passenger safety	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2439	An Act relative to medical peer review	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4333	An Act to require written notice of medical tests outside a patient's network for insurance purposes	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2457	An Act relating to liability protection for disaster volunteers	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4470	An Act for Prevention and Access to Appropriate Care and Treatment of Addiction	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Executive		Executive Office of Health and Human Services – health care payment reform, FY18 & FY19 state budget, Medicaid and Health Safety Net funding, application and eligibility determination processes, Health Safety Net eligible services and payment regulations, Medicare/Medicaid dual eligible program, Medicaid Waiver related issues, and Affordable Care Act innovation waiver. Executive Office of Administration and Finance –FY18 and FY19 state budget, Medicaid and Health Safety Net funding. Health Policy Commission – Market impact reviews, cost/medical expense calculations and reviews, Intensive Care Unit staffing; registered provider organizations, Patient Centered Medical Home certification, and the out-of-network billing and the Office of Patient Protection Appeals Process.	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2469	An Act to enhance access to prescription information and overdose reporting for care coordination	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	563	An Act to prevent inappropriate denials for medically necessary services	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	547	An Act to increase access to children?s mental health services in the community	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1265	An Act relative to public safety and public health worker protections	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2460	An Act ensuring safe urgent and retail care	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2446	An Act relative to maintenance of certification	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2451	An Act to contain health care costs and improve access to value based nurse practitioner care as recommended by the IOM and FTC	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4385	An Act relative to community benefit districts	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4725	An Act for Prevention and Access to Appropriate Care and Treatment of Addiction	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	630	An Act to restore affordable Health Connector coverage	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2322	An Act relative to emergency and disaster planning for health care providers	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1184	An Act creating a nursing advisory board	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4479	An Act to protect youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3227	An Act relative to do-not-resuscitate orders	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1167	An Act relative to safe patient handling in certain health facilities	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1245	An Act relative to timely care and saving lives	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4520	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2018 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities a...	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	578	An Act advancing and expanding access to telemedicine services	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1193	An Act relative to emergency and disaster planning for health care providers	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2434	An Act to facilitate the provision of telehealth services	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4486	An Act protecting youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3515	An Act requiring notation of do not resuscitate orders on electronic medical records	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1199	An Act relative to the closing of hospital essential services	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4231	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2018 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities a...	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4514	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2018 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities a...	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
01/26/2018	Robert DeLeo Committee	House 19th Suffolk	$200.00
01/30/2018	Jeffrey Sanchez Committee	House 15th Suffolk	$100.00
02/12/2018	Brendan Crighton Committee	Senate 3rd Essex	$100.00
02/15/2018	Harriette Chandler Committee	Senate 1st Worcester	$100.00
03/11/2018	Mike Moran Committee	House 18th Suffolk	$100.00
03/13/2018	Kate Hogan Committee	House 3rd Middlesex	$200.00
03/15/2018	Aaron Michlewitz Committee	House 3rd Suffolk	$100.00
04/10/2018	Jason Lewis Committee	Senate 5th Middlesex	$200.00
04/11/2018	Jen Benson Committee	House 37th Middlesex	$200.00
04/11/2018	Tom McGee Committee	Mayor Lynn, MA	$100.00
04/11/2018	Danielle Gregoire Committee	4th Middlesex	$100.00
04/23/2018	Mark Cusack Committee	House 5th Norfolk	$100.00
05/01/2018	Nick Collins Committee	Senate 4th Suffolk	$100.00
05/10/2018	Ron Mariano Committee	House 3rd Norfolk	$100.00
05/17/2018	Barry Finegold Committee	Senate 2nd Essex & Middlesex	$100.00
05/22/2018	John Lawn Committee	House 10th Middlesex	$100.00
06/14/2018	Karen Spilka Committee	Senate 2nd Middlesex & Norfolk	$100.00
06/14/2018	Mike Moran Committee	House 18th Suffolk	$50.00
06/21/2018	Stu Loosemore Committee	House 17th Worcester	$100.00
		Total contributions	$2,250.00

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