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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2021 - 06/30/2021

Lobbyist name	Steve Walsh
Business name	Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association
Address	500 District Avenue
City, state, zip code	Burlington, MA 01803
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	781-289-1225

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: $34,650.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	1286	An Act to address the financial sustainability of the Health Safety Net	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1101	An Act relative to telehealth and digital equity for patients	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	647	An Act relative to health insurer reserve requirements	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2465	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2022 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, mobile integrated health 9MIH), stroke systems of care, COVID-19 issues.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1270	An Act administering national standards to Medicaid medical necessity reviews	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1314	An Act relative to the Community Hospital Reinvestment Trust Fund	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	795	An Act providing transparency for patients receiving care at hospital-based facilities	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2467	An Act relative to extending certain COVID-19 measures adopted during the state of emergency	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, telemedicine, COVID-19 issues.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1284	An Act relative to nurse licensure compact in Massachusetts	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1061	An Act to strengthen and expand access to behavioral healthcare	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	746	An Act administering national standards to Medicaid medical necessity reviews	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1396	An Act to develop a coordinated stroke care system	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1309	An Act to ensure equitable health coverage for children	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2113	An Act to remove administrative barriers to behavioral health services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1285	An Act relative to determination of need of new technology	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	670	An Act relative to uncollected co-pays, co-insurance and deductibles	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1	An Act making appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2022 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	762	An Act to ensure equitable health coverage for children	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1199	An Act relative to specialty medications and patient safety	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	819	An Act to address the financial sustainability of the Health Safety Net	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	752	An Act relative to the Community Hospital Reinvestment Trust Fund	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2412	An Act to improve next of kin access to deceased medical records	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1914	An Act to promote healthy alternatives to sugary drinks	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1107	An Act relative to health insurer reserve requirements	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1295	An Act to remove administrative barriers to behavioral health services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	737	An Act relative to the effective date of MassHealth coverage for new applicants	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2466	Text of the (Rodrigues) amendment to House, No. 3827	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	Health care payment reform, FY21 & FY22 state budget, hospital and health provider funding/reimbursement, Medicaid funding and eligibility, Health Safety Net funding and eligibility, application and eligibility determination processes, Medicare / Medicaid dual eligible program, Medicaid 1115 Waiver related issues, pharmacy financing and coverage, behavioral health, telemedicine, emergency and non-emergency patient transport, workforce, COVID-19 issues.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1083	An Act relative to insurance coverage of mobile integrated health	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	492	An Act amending Chapter 220 of the Acts of 2018 due to COVID-19	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	695	An Act Relative to Specialty Medications and Patient Safety	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3827	An Act relative to transferring federal funds to the federal COVID-19 response fund	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Department of Mental Health (DMH)	Mental health parity, MassHealth carve-out coverage, emergency department boarding, access issues, COVID-19 issues.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1261	An Act providing financial transparency for patients receiving care at hospital-based outpatient facilities	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1291	An Act to improve access to behavioral health services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	733	An Act relative to unilateral contract changes	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2411	An Act relative to vaccines and preventing future disease outbreaks	Support	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Executive Office for Administration and Finance (ANF)	FY21 & FY22 state budget, Medicaid and Health Safety Net funding.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2402	An Act to ensure timely physician licensure	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	817	An Act to ensure protections for physicians & hospitals that contract with Medicaid managed care organizations	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	699	An Act to increase health insurer reporting transparency	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2271	An Act promoting community immunity	Support	$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, ACO certification, COVID-19 issues.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1258	An Act regarding shared responsibility for funding of health care oversight agencies	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1252	An Act relative to CHIA reporting of health insurance carrier financials	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1603	An Act requiring health care facilities to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3874	An Act relative to extending certain COVID-19 measures adopted during the state of emergency	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Executive	MassHealth	FY21 and FY22 state budget, Medicaid reimbursement / payment methodology for hospitals and other providers, claims processing issues, utilization review, Medicare – Medicaid dual eligible program, enrollee application and eligibility determination processes, Accountable Care Organization program, pharmacy financing and coverage, Medicaid 1115 Waiver related issues, behavioral health, telehealth, other Medicaid state program initiatives, MassHealth Non-emergency Human Services Transportation Redesign Plan, COVID-19 issues.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1086	An Act relative to uncollected co-pays, co-insurance and deductibles	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2345	An Act to develop a coordinated stroke care system	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	210	An Act to expedite physician licensure	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3872	An Act relative to extending certain COVID-19 measures adopted during the state of emergency	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	1148	An Act to prevent inappropriate denials by insurers for medically necessary services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	163	An Act relative to nurse licensure compacts	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1448	An Act relative to the determination of need of new technology	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3902	Governor's Amendment	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Executive	Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority	Application and eligibility determination processes.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2114	An Act to improve access to behavioral health services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3873	An Act to restore the effective date of MassHealth coverage for new applicants	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	747	An Act regarding shared responsibility for health care oversight agencies	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4000	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2022 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	714	An Act relative to universal school meals	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2506	An Act requiring health care facilities to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	796	An Act to support disproportionate share hospitals	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	678	An Act relative to telehealth and digital equity for patients	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1517	An Act promoting community immunity	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2972	An Act to promote healthy alternatives to sugary drinks	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1264	An Act to support disproportionate share hospitals	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1064	An Act to increase health insurer reporting transparency	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	688	An Act to prevent inappropriate denials by insurers for medically necessary services	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4001	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2022 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	Attorney General's Office (AGO)	Mental health parity, community benefits, hospital cost reporting, Medicaid fraud control unit reviews, COVID-19 issues.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1289	An Act ensuring protections for physicians and hospitals that contract with Medicaid managed care organizations	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1160	An Act relative to unilateral contract changes	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	732	An Act relative to insurance coverage of mobile integrated health	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	3	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2022 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	314	An Act relative to universal school meals	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	Recipient name	Office sought	Amount
03/25/2021	CTE Aaron Michlewitz	Rep. 3rd Suffolk	$200.00
04/09/2021	CTE Kate Hogan	Rep. 3rd Middlesex	$200.00
04/15/2021	CTE Dave Rogers	Rep. 24th Middlesex	$200.00
05/07/2021	CTE John Velis	Rep. 2nd Hampden & Hampshire	$200.00
05/07/2021	CTE Michael J. Rodrigues	Sen. 1st Bristol & Plymouth	$200.00
05/24/2021	CTE Brendan Creighton	Sen. 3rd Essex	$200.00
05/24/2021	CTE Aaron Michlewitz	Rep. 3rd Suffolk	$200.00
06/01/2021	Massachusetts Democratic Party	Not applicable	$1,000.00
06/14/2021	CTE Kevin Creighton	Sen. 3rd Essex	$200.00
06/22/2021	CTE Maura Healey	Attorney General	$200.00
06/28/2021	CTE John Lawn	Rep. 10th Middlesex	$200.00
		Total contributions	$3,000.00

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