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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 07/01/2018 - 12/31/2018

Lobbyist name	Michael Weekes
Business name	Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, Inc.
Address	88 Broad Street Fifth Floor
City, state, zip code	Boston, MA 02110
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	617-428-3637

Operating Expenses

Date	Recipient	Type of expense	Amount
7/1/2018-12/31/2018		Advertising expenses	$0.00
7/1/2018-12/31/2018		Photocopies, scans	$0.00
7/1/2018-12/31/2018		Computer equipment, supplies	$0.00
7/1/2018-12/31/2018		Professional dues	$0.00
7/1/2018-12/31/2018		Fax charges	$0.00
7/1/2018-12/31/2018		Internet fees	$0.00
7/1/2018-12/31/2018		Legal fees	$0.00
7/1/2018-12/31/2018		Postage, shipping, delivery	$0.00
7/1/2018-12/31/2018		Office supplies, equipment	$0.00
7/1/2018-12/31/2018		Printing expenses	$0.00
7/1/2018-12/31/2018		Public relations expenses	$0.00
7/1/2018-12/31/2018		Rent	$0.00
7/1/2018-12/31/2018		Office and support staff salaries	$0.00
7/1/2018-12/31/2018		Professional subscriptions	$0.00
7/1/2018-12/31/2018		Taxes	$0.00
7/1/2018-12/31/2018		Telephone, cell phone, handheld	$0.00
7/1/2018-12/31/2018		Utilities (heat, water, electricity)	$0.00
7/1/2018-12/31/2018	Mass. Council covers operating expenses.	Other operating expenses	$0.00
		Total operating expenses	$0.00

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, Inc.

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	2623	An Act for prevention and access to appropriate care and treatment of addiction	Support	$675.80	N/A
Executive		Discussing rates adhering to Chapter 257 of the Acts of 2008 with the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. Chapter 257, titled An Act Relative to Rates for Human and Social Service Programs, was passed in 2008 and signed into law by the Governor. The law regulates pricing for the purchase of service system and places authority for the determination of reimbursement rates with the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. The law states that the Executive Office of Health and Human Services must take the following into consideration when determining rates: reasonable costs to providers of any existing or new governmental mandate, changes in costs associated with the delivery of services (e.g. inflation), and substantial geographic differences in the costs of service delivery.	Support	$675.80	N/A
Executive		Opposing the Department of Unemployment's draft Employer Medical Assistance Contribution (EMAC) Supplement Hardship Waiver and suggestion comments and corrections to the department.	Oppose	$675.80	N/A
Executive		Providing comments to the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission on the agency's draft Order of Selection policy in December 2018.	Support	$675.80	N/A
House Bill	4310	An Act to enhance the Department of Early Education and Care’s background record check procedures	Oppose	$675.80	N/A
House Bill	4026	An Act to establish a registry of caretakers found to have substantiated abuse against persons with intellectual disability or developmental disability	Support	$405.48	N/A
House Bill	116	An Act relative to a loan repayment program for human service workers	Support	$405.48	N/A
House Bill	4594	An Act to Enhance the Background Record Check Procedures of the Department of Early Education and Care	Oppose	$405.48	N/A
House Bill	4470	An Act for Prevention and Access to Appropriate Care and Treatment of Addiction	Support	$675.80	N/A
House Bill	4725	An Act for prevention and access to appropriate care and treatment of addiction	Support	$675.80	N/A
Senate Bill	2609	An Act for prevention and access to appropriate care and treatment of addiction	Support	$675.80	N/A
House Bill	3150	An Act relative to fair pay for comparable work	Support	$405.48	N/A
House Bill	4815	An Act relative to the background record check procedures of the department of early education and care.	Oppose	$405.48	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...	Support	$1,351.60	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...	Support	$1,351.60	N/A
Senate Bill	2213	An Act to establish a registry of caretakers found to have substantiated abuse against persons with intellectual disability or developmental disability	Support	$405.48	N/A
House Bill	4742	An Act for prevention and access to appropriate care and treatment of addiction	Support	$675.80	N/A
Senate Bill	42	An Act relative to creating a loan repayment program for human service workers	Support	$405.48	N/A
Senate Bill	47	An Act relative to fair pay for comparable work	Support	$405.48	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	$1,351.60	N/A
			Total amount	$13,380.84

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
09/11/2018	Rep. Carolyn Dykema	House of Representatives, Eighth Middlesex District	$100.00
09/27/2018	The Baker Committee	Governor of Massachusetts	$200.00
10/12/2018	Committee for a Democratic Senate	N/A	$200.00
10/16/2018	The Williams Committee	House of Representatives, 11th Hampden District	$100.00
		Total contributions	$600.00

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