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

Authorizing Officer name	Joseph M Grant
Title	Principal
Business name	Grant Associates
Address	130 Bowdoin Street Suite 1701
City, state, zip code	Boston, MA 02108
Country	USA
Phone	617-523-6099

Client Compensation

Name	Amount
Massachusetts Senior Care Association	$0.00
Massachusetts Medical Society	$0.00
Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons	$0.00
Children's Hospital Boston	$0.00
Professional Liability Foundation	$0.00
Stronach Group	$0.00
Total salaries received	$0.00

Compensation/Salaries Paid

Lobbyist or Entity name	Salaries
Joseph M Grant	$75,000.00
Total salaries paid	$75,000.00

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

No activities, bill numbers or bill titles were disclosed for this reporting period.

Operating Expenses

Date	Recipient	Type of expense	Amount
06/18/2020	Liquidweb	Advertising expenses	$500.42
03/20/2020	Staples	Office supplies, equipment	$128.35
06/05/2020	Boston View Corp	Rent	$17,326.50
03/28/2020	Wb Mason Co Inc Wb Mbrockton Ma	Office supplies, equipment	$158.85
06/05/2020	Verizon Wireless	Telephone, cell phone, handheld	$1,276.80
06/03/2020	Comcast	Internet fees	$1,040.84
		Total operating expenses	$20,431.76

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

No campaign contributions were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Lobbyist: Joseph M Grant

Client: Massachusetts Senior Care Association

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $20,000.00

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	4707	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	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	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	610	An Act relative to stabilizing the Commonwealth’s nursing facilities	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	604	An Act to create an emergency nursing home task force	Support	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Joseph M Grant

Client: Massachusetts Medical Society

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $110,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	1862	An Act to promote team based health care	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
Senate Bill	1254	An Act promoting health information exchanges	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1001	An Act relative to behavioral health telemedicine	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	604	An Act relative to removing barriers to non-opioid pain management	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1861	An Act relative to truth in advertising	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4707	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	235	An Act improving students' access to life saving treatments	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1084	An Act assuring prompt access to health care	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	661	An Act relative to MassHealth rates	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1929	An Act to ban smoking in certain public places	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1949	An Act to reduce racial disparities in maternal health	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	508	An Act improving students’ access to life saving treatments	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1853	An Act relative to fail first and patient safety	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	932	An Act relative to out of network billing	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2769	An act putting patients first	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1121	An Act relative to direct primary care	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	843	An Act to improve medical decision making	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1412	An Act relative to patient care access	Support	$0.00	N/A
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	3486	An Act relative to the prescription monitoring program	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1133	An Act to ensure prescription drug cost transparency and affordability	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1140	An Act to reduce administrative burdens for healthcare providers	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2769	Healthcare	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	542	An Act relative to communications between health insurers and patients	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4134	An Act to improve health care by investing in VALUE	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	558	An Act relative to insurance companies and quality measures	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	931	An Act promoting high value and high quality care	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1046	An Act relative to out-of-network billing	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Joseph M Grant

Client: Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $15,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	3933	An Act ensuring consumer choice and equal access to eye care	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1925	An Act studying the impacts of the diagnosis restrictions on optometrists	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1906	An Act ensuring consumer choice and equal access to eye care	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1239	An Act ensuring consumer choice and equal access to eye care	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2769	An Act Putting Patients First	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1923	An Act modernizing optometric patient care	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1924	An Act relative to the treatment of glaucoma	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Joseph M Grant

Client: Children's Hospital Boston

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $20,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	991	An Act advancing and expanding access to telemedicine services	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	612	An Act advancing and expanding access to telemedicine services	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2	Message from Her Honor the Lieutenant Governor relative to the general concerns of the Commonwealth	Neutral	$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	1002	An Act expanding access to telemedicine services	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4707	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	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
Senate Bill	2769	An act putting patients first	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Joseph M Grant

Client: Professional Liability Foundation

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $35,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	1346	An Act removing the liability cap for malpractice resulting in serious injury or death	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1932	An Act relative to informed consent for concurrent surgical procedures	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1382	An Act protecting minor children from medical malpractice	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3370	An Act reducing interest liability in treble damage settlements	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1151	An Act to encourage quality reviews and reduce costs in health care	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	931	An Act promoting high value and high quality care	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	996	An Act removing the charitable immunity cap	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	967	An Act relative to prejudgment interest rates	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1412	An Act relative to patient care access	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1547	An Act to amend the medical peer review law	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Lobbyist: Joseph M Grant

Client: Stronach Group

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $48,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	322	An Act to promote horse racing in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	13	An Act relative to horse racing and wagering	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4817	Extend Simulcasting	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	Lobbyist name	Recipient name	Office sought	Amount
02/28/2020	Joseph M Grant	James M. Murphy	Represntative Fourth Norfolk	$200.00
03/02/2020	Joseph M Grant	Ted Philips	Representative Eighth Norfolk	$200.00
03/11/2020	Joseph M Grant	Denise C. Garlick	Represenative Thirteenth Norfolk	$200.00
03/20/2020	Joseph M Grant	Mark J. Cusack	Representative Firth Norfolk	$200.00
06/14/2020	Joseph M Grant	Nick Collins	Senator First Suffolk	$200.00
06/14/2020	Joseph M Grant	Diana DiZoglio	Senator First Essex	$200.00
06/14/2020	Joseph M Grant	William C. Galvin	Representative 6th Norfolk	$200.00
06/14/2020	Joseph M Grant	Aaron Michlewitz	Representative 3rf Suffolk	$200.00
06/14/2020	Joseph M Grant	Thomas P. Walsh	Representative 12th Essex	$200.00
06/14/2020	Joseph M Grant	James T. Welch	Senator Hampden	$200.00
06/14/2020	Joseph M Grant	David M. Rogers	Representative 24th Middlesex	$200.00
06/14/2020	Joseph M Grant	Christine P. Barber	Representative 34th Middlesex	$200.00
06/14/2020	Joseph M Grant	Kevin G. Honan	Representative 17th Suffolk	$200.00
06/14/2020	Joseph M Grant	Michael D. Brady	Senator Second Plymouth and Bristol	$200.00
06/14/2020	Joseph M Grant	John J. Lawn, Jr.	Representative 10th Middlesex	$200.00
06/14/2020	Joseph M Grant	Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.	Representative 28th Middlesex	$200.00
06/16/2020	Joseph M Grant	Daniel J. Ryan	Representative Second Suffolk	$200.00
			Total contributions	$3,400.00

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