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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2020 - 06/30/2020

Lobbyist name	Leigh Youmans
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: $25,375.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	1147	An Act relative to a behavioral health workforce commission	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
Executive	Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC)	Health Policy Commission- 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, and Health Policy Commission administrative costs assessed to hospitals.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2796	An Act Putting Patients First	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1734	An Act removing administrative barriers to behavioral health services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA)	Center for Health Information and Analysis- Hospital assessment for Center for Health Information and Analysis administrative expenses, all payer claims database, cost reporting, and hospital financial reports.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1213	An Act relative to safe patient handling in certain health facilities	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1733	An Act improving access to behavioral health services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1737	An Act establishing a behavioral health workforce commission	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Department of Mental Health (DMH)	Department of Mental Health- Mental health parity, MassHealth carve-out coverage, access issues, COVID-19.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2717	An Act relative to preventing overdose deaths and increasing access to treatment	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office for Administration and Finance (ANF)	Executive Office of Administration and Finance- FY20 & FY21 state budget, MassHealth and Health Safety Net funding.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2769	An Act Putting Patients First	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	Executive Office of Health and Human Services /MassHealth- FY20 and FY21 state budget, Medicaid hospital reimbursement methodology, billing issues, prior authorization policies, utilization review policies, Medicare – Medicaid dual eligible proposed reforms, application and eligibility determination processes, Accountable Care Organization program, Medicaid Waiver related issues, MassHealth 340B regulations, behavioral health reforms, COVID-19 relief and program flexibilities, and other MassHealth program initiatives, COVID-19.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4723	An Act relative to preventing overdose deaths and increasing access to treatment	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1153	An Act to remove administrative barriers to behavioral health services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Attorney General's Office (AGO)	Attorney General’s Office- Mental health parity, community benefits, COVID-19, hospital cost reporting and Medicaid fraud control unit reviews.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2519	An Act Addressing Barriers to Care for Mental Health	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1152	An Act to improve access to behavioral health services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Department of Public Health (DPH)	Department of Public Health- 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), COVID-19, legislatively mandated clinical committees.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2546	An Act addressing barriers to care for mental health	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Division of Insurance (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Division of Insurance- Administrative simplification, mental health parity, standardized prior authorization forms per Chapter 224, provider directory, COVID-19 , risk bearing provider organization requirements.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1134	An Act relative to supervised injection facilities	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4134	An Act to improve health care by investing in VALUE	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
01/23/2020	Ron Mariano Committee	House, 3rd Norfolk	$200.00
05/30/2020	Marjorie Decker Committee	House, 25th Middlesex	$200.00
06/25/2020	Julian Cyr Committee	Senate, Cape and Islands	$200.00
		Total contributions	$600.00

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