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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 07/01/2024 - 12/31/2024

Lobbyist name	Lydia Conley
Business name	Association for Behavioral Healthcare
Address	1661 Worcester Road 206
City, state, zip code	Framingham, MA 01701
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	508-647-8385

Operating Expenses

No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Association for Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $95,115.19

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	2006	An Act relative to applied behavioral health clinic rates	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	101 CMR 362.00: Rates for Community Support Program Services. Made recommendations to improve and increases payment rates for community support program services that are delivered to certain adult MassHealth enrollees with mental health diagnoses.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	829	An Act establishing a behavioral health workforce center of excellence	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	101 CMR 352.00: Rates of Payment for Certain Children's Behavioral Health Services. Made recommendations to the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to increase payment rates significantly for certain home and community based services for children with serious emotional disturbance in order to prevent continued loss of access to services to which such children are entitled under federal law.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4758	An Act relative to treatments and coverage for substance use disorder and recovery coach licensure	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	MassHealth	130 CMR 464.00: Program of Assertive Community Treatment Service. Made recommendations to align proposed Program of Assertive Community Treatment Service program regulations with contract requirements and performance specifications of other purchasers as well as prevalent treatment manuals.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1275	An Act establishing a behavioral health workforce center of excellence	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	101 CMR 352.00: Rates of Payment for Certain Children's Behavioral Health Services. Made recommendations to the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to increase payment rates significantly for certain home and community based services for children with serious emotional disturbance in order to prevent continued loss of access to services to which such children are entitled under federal law.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	613	An Act relative to community behavioral health centers	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	101 CMR 418.00: Payments for Youth Short-Term Stabilization and Emergency Placement Services. Made recommendations to improve and increases payment rates for detoxification and stabilization treatment programs for Youth and Transition Age Youth.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4601	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 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	760	An Act relative to behavioral health clinic rates	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	101 CMR 444.00: Rates for Certain Substance Use Disorder Services. Made recommendations to increase and strengthen payments rates for Structured Outpatient Addiction Program Enhanced Structured Outpatient Addiction Program and Recovery Support Navigator Services.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2968	making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2898	An Act relative to accessing harm reduction initiatives	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	101 CMR 329.00: Rates for Psychological and Independent Clinical Social Work Services/Rates for Psychological and Licensed Clinical Behavioral Health Clinicians Services. Recommended increases to services delivered by behavioral health clinicians.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	101 CMR 346.00: Rates for Certain Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders Programs. Made recommendations to strengthen and increase rates for certain residential substance use disorder treatment services.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1108	An Act relative to community behavioral health centers	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	MassHealth	130 CMR 418.00: Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services Program Regulations. Made recommendations to update MassHealth program regulations for substance use disorder treatment programs to reflect prevailing and better clinical practice and to promote alignment with other purchasers and regulators.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2881	An Act enhancing the health care market review process	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	101 CMR 306.00: Rates for Mental Health Services Provided in Community Health Centers and Mental Health Centers. Made recommendations 1.) to increase payment rates for all mental health center services and 2.) to redesign the payment structure and increase rates for a subset of mental health centers that are designated as urgent care sites.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2800	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 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	2	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 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	5077	making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4620	An Act enhancing the market review process	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	MassHealth	130 CMR 429.00: Mental Health Center Services. Made recommendations to streamline reporting and administrative requirements for mental health centers that contract with MassHealth.	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
09/30/2024	Committee to Elect Maura Healey	Governor	$200.00
10/29/2024	Committee to Elect Michael Rodrigues Committee	Senate, 1st Bristol & Plymouth	$200.00
		Total contributions	$400.00

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