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

Lobbyist name	Robert K Coughlin
Business name	Massachusetts Biotechnology Council
Address	300 Technology Square 8th Floor
City, state, zip code	Cambridge, MA 02139
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	617-674-5100

Operating Expenses

No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Massachusetts Biotechnology Council

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $40,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	949	An Act relative to non-medical switching	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1178	An Act relative to promoting transparency in the pharmaceutical industry	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3877	Capping the price of life saving prescription drugs	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	695	An Act to improve the accessibility and affordability of pharmaceutical drugs of public health concern	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1304	An Act to restore integrity in the marketing of pharmaceutical products and medical devices	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1055	An Act to ensure access to generic medications	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1860	An Act relative to the dispensing of prescription drugs	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	543	An Act reducing health care costs through improved medication management	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	715	An Act relative to pharmaceutical price transparency and cost sharing	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Docket	2264	An Act to create a Massachusetts rare disease advisory council	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1133	An Act to ensure prescription drug cost transparency and affordability	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2666	An Act designating the last day of February as rare disease day in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	601	An Act to reduce the cost of pharmacy benefits	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1149	An Act strengthening prescription drug safety and drug stewardship	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	959	An Act requiring continual coverage of prescription medication	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1186	An Act strengthening HPC and CHIA market oversight	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	3	FY2020 Budget - Senate Ways and Means	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	696	An Act to promote transparency and cost control of pharmaceutical drug prices	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1701	An Act to eliminate the tax deduction for direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical marketing	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	966	An Act to promote value-based insurance design in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1192	An Act relative to the examination of health care cost trends in MassHealth	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	154	An Act relative to bad faith assertions of patent infringement	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	703	An Act to define modest meals and refreshments in prescriber education settings	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1780	An Act relative to repealing the Employer Medical Assistance Contribution Supplement Tax	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1111	An Act allowing for retail pharmacy discounts and co-pay assistance	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1972	An Act to permit the wholesale importation of prescription drugs into the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	582	An Act ensuring access to medications	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	733	An Act relative to consumer protection for prescription drug purchases	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	229	An Act to protect innovation and entrepreneurship in the Commonwealth	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1154	An Act to reduce drug costs through transparency	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3500	An Act to protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	640	An Act to ensure access to generic medications	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1218	An Act relative to sharps stewardship	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1062	An Act relative to transparent health care data	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1930	An Act providing for unused medication return by health care facilities	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	552	An Act to promote transparency in prescription drug prices	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	721	An Act relative to mandatory prescription drug coverage	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Other	Monitoring the Health Policy Commission (HPC) implementation of Chapter 363 of the Acts of 2018, an act extending the authorization for the use of certain discount vouchers for prescription drugs	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	915	An Act ensuring access to medications	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1167	An Act relative to prescription drug price transparency	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
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	n/a
Senate Bill	653	An Act relative to prescription drug pricing	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1295	An Act to reduce healthcare costs by promoting non-biased prescriber education	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	629	An Act relative to pharmaceutical pricing	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1162	An Act to promote transparency in prescription drug prices	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3654	An Act relative to compensation for victims of opioids	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	652	An Act relative to pharmaceutical gag clauses	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1235	An Act relative to step therapy and patient safety	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1088	An Act relative to prescription drug access	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1934	An Act to create a Massachusetts rare disease advisory council	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	570	An Act relative to out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drug coverage	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	728	An Act providing affordable access to generic medicines	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1013	An Act relative to pharmaceutical gag clauses	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1193	An Act providing for the establishment of a drug cost review commission	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	159	An Act to protect innovation and entrepreneurship in the Commonwealth	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	706	An Act to ensure prescription drug cost transparency and affordability	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1879	An Act to ensure more women serve on corporate boards of directors	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	1148	An Act regarding Massachusetts drug price relief	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3481	An Act to ensure the fair, transparent and patient-focused use of health technology assessments by the Commonwealth	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	611	An Act to promote value-based insurance design in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1206	An Act to ensure the fair, transparent and patient-focused use of health technology assessments by the Commonwealth	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	916	An Act relative to co-pay assistance	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1168	An Act establishing a commission to review contracts between pharmaceutical benefit managers and MassHealth	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3801	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	n/a
Senate Bill	654	An Act to strengthen pharmacy benefit management	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1301	An Act to prevent undue influence on prescriber behavior	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	391	An Act relative to reprogrammed human skin cells for embryonic stem cell research	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1660	An Act promoting pay transparency and pipeline advancement	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3551	An Act to promote transparency and cost control of pharmaceutical drug prices	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	646	An Act to strengthen pharmacy benefit management	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1230	An Act to protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1016	An Act establishing a commission to study maximum allowable costs lists	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1853	An Act relative to fail first and patient safety	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	541	An Act relative to co-pay assistance	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	712	An Act to promote transparency and prevent price gouging of pharmaceutical drug prices	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2235	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	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
01/30/2019	Joseph Boncore	State Senator, First Suffolk and Middlesex	$200.00
01/30/2019	Jennifer Benson	State Representative, 37th Middlesex	$200.00
03/07/2019	Michael Rush	State Senator, Norfolk and Suffolk	$200.00
03/12/2019	James Coughlin	Norfolk County Sheriff	$200.00
04/02/2019	Karen Spilka	State Senator, Second Middlesex and Norfolk	$200.00
04/11/2019	Ron Mariano	State Representative, 3rd Norfolk	$200.00
05/08/2019	Michael Rodrigues	State Senator, First Bristol and Plymouth	$200.00
05/14/2019	Jason Lewis	State Senator, Fifth Middlesex	$200.00
05/14/2019	Michael Moore	State Senator, 2nd Worcester	$200.00
05/21/2019	Robert DeLeo	State Representative, 19th Suffolk	$200.00
06/11/2019	Edward Coppinger	State Representative, 10th Suffolk	$200.00
06/18/2019	Patricia Haddad	State Representative, 5th Bristol	$200.00
06/19/2019	Committee for a Democratic House	n/a	$200.00
		Total contributions	$2,600.00

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