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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 07/01/2020 - 12/31/2020

Lobbyist name	Steven M. Walsh
Business name	Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association
Address	500 District Avenue
City, state, zip code	Burlington, MA 01803
Country	USA
Agent type	Both
Phone	781-262-6050

Operating Expenses

No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $33,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	4707	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 to authorize certain COVID-19 spending in anticipation of federal reimbursement	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2021 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	4888	An Act Putting Patients First	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2789	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 to authorize certain COVID-19 spending in anticipation of federal reimbursement	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	971	An Act relative to insurance coverage of mobile integrated health	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3910	An Act making certain appropriations for Fiscal Year 2020 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4888	An Act Putting Patients First	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2796	An Act Putting Patients First	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4700	An Act relative to emergency paid sick time	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	666	An Act administering national standards to Medicaid medical necessity reviews	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4808	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 to authorize certain COVID-19 spending in anticipation of federal reimbursement	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2769	An Act Putting Patients First	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	971	An Act relative to insurance coverage of mobile integrated health	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4134	An Act to improve health care by investing in VALUE	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4916	An Act Putting Patients First	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Attorney General's Office (AGO)	Mental health parity, community benefits, hospital cost reporting, Medicaid fraud control unit reviews, COVID19 issues.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1734	An Act removing administrative barriers to behavioral health services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2701	An Act relative to emergency paid sick time	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4806	An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2021 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2695	An Act addressing COVID-19 data collection and disparities in treatment	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1135	An Act to address the financial stability of the health safety net	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1147	An Act relative to a behavioral health workforce commission	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4502	An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2020 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2519	An Act addressing barriers to care for mental health	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC)	FY20 and FY21 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, COVID19 issues.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1072	An Act to prevent inappropriate denials for medically necessary services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	103	An Act relative to nurse licensure compacts	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4502	An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2020 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	4	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2021 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
Executive	Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA)	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
House Bill	991	An Act advancing and expanding access to telemedicine services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4285	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	5150	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2021 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
Executive	Department of Public Health (DPH)	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, COVID19 issues.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1944	An Act relative to nurse licensure compact in Massachusetts	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	612	An Act advancing and expanding access to telemedicine services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4808	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 to authorize certain COVID-19 spending in anticipation of federal reimbursement	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2753	An Act to Ensure the Collection of COVID-19 Data	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1733	An Act improving access to behavioral health services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2640	An Act to provide liability protections for health care workers and facilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic.	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4802	making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 to authorize certain COVID-19 spending in anticipation of federal reimbursement	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2695	An Act addressing COVID-19 data collection and disparities in treatment	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC)	Market impact reviews, cost/medical expense calculations and reviews, registered provider organizations, Patient Centered Medical Home certification, out-of-network billing, the Office of Patient Protection Appeals Process, Administrative Simplification, COVID19 issues.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	991	An Act advancing and expanding access to telemedicine services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4354	An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2020 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	4	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2021 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
Executive	Division of Insurance (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Risk bearing provider organizations, standardized prior authorization forms and other Chapter 224 requirements, administrative simplification, mental health parity, standardized coding, credentialing, healthcare payment reform, risk requirements, provider directory task force, COVID19 issues.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1142	An Act to cap liability related to hospital financial penalties	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1152	An Act to improve access to behavioral health services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4561	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2546	An Act addressing barriers to care for mental health	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Department of Mental Health (DMH)	Mental health parity, MassHealth carve-out coverage, access issues, COVID19 issues.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1157	An Act administering national standards to Medicaid medical necessity reviews	Support	$0.00	NA
Senate Bill	2635	An Act to provide liability protections for health care workers and facilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4735	Still still further amendment to H.4672	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2695	An Act addressing COVID-19 data collection and disparities in treatment	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office for Administration and Finance (ANF)	FY20 & FY21 state budget, Medicaid and Health Safety Net funding.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1146	An Act regarding shared responsibility for funding of health care oversight agencies	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1153	An Act to remove administrative barriers to behavioral health services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4672	An Act addressing COVID-19 data collection and disparities in treatment	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2546	An Act addressing barriers to care for mental health	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority	Application and eligibility determination processes, Affordable Care Act innovation waiver.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1737	An Act establishing a behavioral health workforce commission	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	564	An Act relative to health insurer reserve requirements	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4806	An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2021 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2753	An Act to Ensure the Collection of COVID-19 Data	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1150	An Act to restore adequate funding for disproportionate share hospitals	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2630	An Act to provide liability protections for health care workers and facilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4710	Further Amendment	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2695	An Act addressing COVID-19 data collection and disparities in treatment	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	Health care payment reform, FY20 & FY21 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, COVID19 issues.	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
07/13/2020	CTE Kevin Honan	House, 17th Suffolk	$200.00
07/13/2020	CTE David Rogers	House, 24th Middlesex	$200.00
07/13/2020	CTE Frank Moran	House, 17th Essex	$200.00
08/14/2020	CTE Megan Kilcoyne	House, 12th Worcester	$200.00
09/01/2020	CTE Daniel Ryan	House, 2nd Suffolk	$200.00
09/01/2020	CTE Joseph McGonagle	House, 28th Middlesex	$200.00
09/01/2020	CTE Michael Bellotti	Treasurer Norfolk	$200.00
09/01/2020	CTE Christine Barber	House, 34th Middlesex	$200.00
10/12/2020	MHAPAC	Political Action Committee	$200.00
10/13/2020	CTE Barry Finegold	Senate, 2nd Essex & Middlesex	$200.00
10/21/2020	CTE MA Democratic Party	MA Democratic Party	$1,000.00
10/31/2020	CTE John Velis	House, 4th Hampden	$200.00
11/02/2020	CTE James Arciero	House, 2nd Middlesex	$250.00
12/23/2020	CTE Arron Michlewitz	House, 3rd Suffolk	$200.00
12/23/2020	CTE John Mahoney	House, 13th Worcester	$200.00
12/28/2020	CTE Bill Driscoll	House, 7th Norfolk	$200.00
12/29/2020	CTE Eileen Duff	Governor's Council, 5th District (1105)	$200.00
12/29/2020	CTE Martin Walsh	Mayor, Boston	$200.00
		Total contributions	$4,450.00

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