Lobbyist Public Search

Records prior to registration year 2005 are not available online. Contact the Lobbyist Division here for assistance.	Search data is collected from registration records and disclosure reports submitted by lobbyists, lobbying entities, and their clients. Massachusetts General Law requires any party providing or retaining lobbying services to register annually, and submit disclosure reports twice a year.
	Your comments are welcome: submit feedback

Disclosure reporting details

Back to search detail summary

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

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

Compensation/Salaries Paid

Lobbyist or Entity name	Salaries
Joseph M Grant	$75,000.00
Total salaries paid	$75,000.00

Operating Expenses

Date	Recipient	Type of expense	Amount
1/1/2018-6/30/2018		Advertising expenses	$0.00
1/1/2018-6/30/2018		Photocopies, scans	$0.00
1/1/2018-6/30/2018	Best Buy	Computer equipment, supplies	$169.99
1/1/2018-6/30/2018		Professional dues	$0.00
1/1/2018-6/30/2018		Fax charges	$0.00
1/1/2018-6/30/2018	Comcast	Internet fees	$1,507.62
1/1/2018-6/30/2018		Legal fees	$0.00
1/1/2018-6/30/2018		Postage, shipping, delivery	$0.00
1/1/2018-6/30/2018	Staples	Office supplies, equipment	$137.09
1/1/2018-6/30/2018		Printing expenses	$0.00
1/1/2018-6/30/2018		Public relations expenses	$0.00
1/1/2018-6/30/2018	Boston View Corporation	Rent	$14,153.80
1/1/2018-6/30/2018		Office and support staff salaries	$0.00
1/1/2018-6/30/2018		Professional subscriptions	$0.00
1/1/2018-6/30/2018		Taxes	$0.00
1/1/2018-6/30/2018	Verizon	Telephone, cell phone, handheld	$1,123.70
1/1/2018-6/30/2018	Eversource	Utilities (heat, water, electricity)	$156.45
1/1/2018-6/30/2018		Other operating expenses	$0.00
		Total operating expenses	$17,248.65

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Sub-agent: Joseph M Grant

Client: Stronach Group

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $30,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	9	An Act relative to horse racing and wagering	Neutral	$0.00	NA
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: 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 / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	1176	An Act to ban smoking in certain public places	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1260	An Act relative to the definition of podiatry	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	878	An Act reducing interest liability in treble damage settlements	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	608	An Act relative to Health Policy Commission reviews of scope of practice proposals	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	788	An Act to protect girls from genital mutilation	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	492	An Act to reduce health care costs through improved medication management	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2202	An Act furthering health empowerment and affordability by leveraging transformative health care.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2333	An Act to protect girls from genital mutilation	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	578	An Act advancing and expanding access to telemedicine services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1092	An Act relative to benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	626	An Act to promote Graduate Medical Education	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	214	An Act relative to the administration of diabetes medication	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2453	An Act relative to electronic prescribing of opiates and other controlled substances	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	549	An Act advancing and expanding access to telemedicine services	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	1174	An Act relative to optometrists	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2470	An Act relative to defining surgery	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1160	An Act relative to bicycle safety	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	551	An Act reducing health care costs through improved medication management	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1138	An Act relative to truth in advertising	Support	$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	3829	An Act promoting affordable health care options	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1142	An Act relative to the practice of athletic training	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	627	An Act to promote transparency in prescription drug prices	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2214	An Act relative to parity of treatment with substance abuse	Support	$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	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1169	An Act ensuring consumer choice and equal access to eye care	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2446	An Act relative to maintenance of certification	Support	$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	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2174	An Act expanding access to telemedicine services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2463	An Act relative to the treatment of glaucoma and other eye related disorders	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4033	An Act relative to combatting addiction, accessing treatment, reducing prescriptions, and enhancing prevention	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2437	An Act to promote team based health care	Support	$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	Oppose	$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
House Bill	791	An Act relative to patient care access	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3594	An Act relative to benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	278	An Act improving students? access to life saving treatments	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3223	An Act to promote transparency in prescription drug prices	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	624	An Act to require equitable access to behavioral health services for MassHealth consumers	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2450	An Act relative to the definition of podiatry	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	636	An Act to improve access to family physicians	Support	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: 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 / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	527	An Act relative to telemedicine	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2179	An Act relative to telemedicine	Neutral	$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	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	2864	An Act to protect youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction	Support	$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
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Joseph M Grant

Client: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $35,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	4486	An Act protecting youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction	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
House Bill	2864	An Act to protect youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction	Support	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: Joseph M Grant

Client: Professional Liability Foundation

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $35,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	1162	An Act relative to preventing death by drug overdose	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3514	An Act relative to informed consent for concurrent surgical procedures	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3093	An Act improving medical decision making	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3250	An Act relative to informed written consent for use of psychotropic drugs	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	791	An Act relative to patient care access	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2259	An Act to facilitate separate settlements in multi-defendant negligence cases	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	904	An Act to clarify the charitable purposes of certain organizations	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2339	An Act amending laws relative to certain judicial procedures	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2260	An Act to simplify administrative aspect of evidentiary use of medical information	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2439	An Act relative to medical peer review	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	813	An Act to eliminate the charitable immunity cap	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1181	An Act requiring pain assessment and management in healthcare facilities	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	878	An Act reducing interest liability in treble damage settlements	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2477	An Act to amend the medical peer review law	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: 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 / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	81	An Act providing for insurance coverage for vision screening for children	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1174	An Act relative to optometrists	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1138	An Act relative to truth in advertising	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1811	An Act relative to the Save Our Children?s Sight Fund	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2463	An Act relative to the treatment of glaucoma and other eye related disorders	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1169	An Act ensuring consumer choice and equal access to eye care	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2470	An Act relative to defining surgery	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	501	An Act requiring insurers to report malpractice claims for optometrists	Support	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Sub-agent: 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 / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	2070	An Act relative to licensure of nursing facilities	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3204	An Act relative to psychotropic medication	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2076	An Act relative to promoting innovation in eldercare services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2890	An Act relative to the nursing home quality jobs initiative	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4033	An Act relative to combatting addiction, accessing treatment, reducing prescriptions, and enhancing prevention	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1247	An Act relative to medication aides	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	336	An Act relative to stabilizing the Commonwealth?s nursing facilities	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	335	An Act to streamline Care for Elders in a skilled nursing home	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2893	An Act relative to nursing facility care	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	358	An Act relative to the Nursing Home Quality Jobs Initiative	Support	$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
Senate Bill	2211	An Act furthering health empowerment and affordability by leveraging transformative health care.	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	340	An Act relative to the safe care of residents with active substance use disorder accessing skilled nursing facility care	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1203	An Act relative to public health	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	338	An Act relative to public health	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2073	An Act relative to the safe care of residents with active substance use disorder accessing skilled nursing facility care	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2072	An Act relative to stabilizing the Commonwealth?s nursing facilities	Support	$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...	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	Lobbyist name	Recipient name	Office sought	Amount
01/30/2018	Joseph M Grant	Julian Cyr	Senator Cape and Islands	$200.00
03/21/2018	Joseph M Grant	James Welch	Senator Hampden	$200.00
04/07/2018	Joseph M Grant	Nick Collins	Senator First Suffolk	$200.00
04/07/2018	Joseph M Grant	Aaron Michlewitz	Representative 3rd Suffolk	$200.00
04/07/2018	Joseph M Grant	Paul Brodeur	Representative 32nd Middlesex	$200.00
04/07/2018	Joseph M Grant	Danielle Gregoire	Representative 4th Middlesex	$200.00
04/27/2018	Joseph M Grant	Gerry Cassidy	Representative 9th Plymouth	$200.00
04/27/2018	Joseph M Grant	Christine P. Barber	Representative 34th Middlesex	$200.00
05/06/2018	Joseph M Grant	Diana DiZoglio	Representative 14th Essex	$200.00
05/10/2018	Joseph M Grant	Thomas P. Walsh	Representative 12th Essex	$200.00
05/22/2018	Joseph M Grant	David M. Nangle	Representative 17th Middlesex	$200.00
06/04/2018	Joseph M Grant	John J. Lawn, Jr.	Representative 10th Middlesex	$200.00
06/20/2018	Joseph M Grant	Comm to Elect Democratic House	Comm to Elect Democratic House	$200.00
06/25/2018	Joseph M Grant	Frank A. Moran	Representative 17th Essex	$200.00
			Total contributions	$2,800.00

Close this page

Connect with Us