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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period:   01/01/2014 - 06/30/2014
Lobbyist name Timothy F. Gens   
Business name Massachusetts Hospital Association
Address 5 New England Executive Park   
City, state, zip code Burlington, MA 01803         
Country US
Agent type Both
Phone 781-262-6003
 
 
Operating Expenses
No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.
 
Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles
Client: Massachusetts Hospital Association
Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $59,566.20
House / SenateBill Number or Agency NameBill title or activityAgent positionAmountDirect business association
Senate Bill 436 An Act Relative To Collection Of Health Care Co-insurance And Deductibles Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 948 An Act To Expand Coverage And Access To Behavioral Health Services Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1966 An Act Restricting The Sale Of Tobacco Products At Health Care Institutions Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1960 An Act Requiring The Screening Of Newborns For Congenital Heart Defects Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 557 An Act Relative to Patient Safety Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3548 An Act Relative to Pharmacy Practice in the Commonwealth Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4236 An Act to Increase Opportunities for Long-Term Substance Abuse Recovery Neutral $0.00 N/A
Executive MassHealth – FY14 Supplemental and FY15 state budget, healthcare provider Medicaid rates, claims processing system implementation and coding functions, utilization review, Medicare-Medicaid dual eligible program, Health Safety Net funding and claims processing, eligibility determination processes, national health reform implementation, and other Medicaid state program initiatives Department of Mental Health – mental health parity, MassHealth carve-out coverage, access issues. Division of Insurance – administrative simplification, mental health parity, standardized coding, credentialing, healthcare payment reform. Neutral $0.00 n/a
Senate Bill 470 An Act Related To Insurer Reserve Requirements Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1012 An Act Relative to Emergency and Disaster Planning for Health Care Providers Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3639 An Act Modernizing Tobacco Control and Protecting the Health of Minors Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1700 An Act Requiring Health Care Employers to Develop and Implement Programs to Prevent Workplace Violence Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1101 An Act Further Regulating Hospitals Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3804 An Act Regarding the Rights of Persons Receiving Services from Programs or Facilities of the Department of Mental Health Neutral $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1907 An Act Relative to Pharmacy Practice in the Commonwealth Neutral $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1080 An Act Providing Equitable Treatment for Post-Acute Care Hospitals Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 862 An Act Relative To The Use And Payment Of Ambulance Services Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4036 An Act Relative to Unemployment Insurance Rates Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1974 An Act Relative to Acute-Care Hospitals Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2 An Act Making Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2015 Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4001 An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 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 2011 Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2014 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1042 An Act Ensuring Clinically Appropriate Peer Review Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1975 An Act To Expand Influenza Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3665 An Act Relative to Behavioral Health Managed Care Organizations Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1804 An Act Relative to the Overuse of Psychoactive Drugs on the Elderly Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2074 An Act Relative to the Closing of Hospital Essential Services Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3899 An Act Marking Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2014 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects Neutral $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1932 An Act Prohibiting Clinical Laboratory Self-Referrals Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1023 An Act To Protect Health Care Reform Funding Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2050 An Act To Eliminate Antiquated Hospital Bed De-licensure Rules Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1029 An Act Relative To Reserving Beds In Nursing Homes For Residents During Certain Leaves Of Absence Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 301 An Act Relative to Reserving Beds in Nursing Homes During Certain Leaves of Absence Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2044 An Act Relative to Death Benefit Claims Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2103 An Act Relative to Folic Acid Awareness and Birth Defects Prevention Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4069 An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2014 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects Neutral $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2142 An Act to Increase Opportunities for Long-Term Substance Abuse Recovery Neutral $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 565 An Act to Address Inequities in MassHealth Readmission Penalties Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1886 An Act To Provide Deemed Certification For CPOE/EMR Requirements Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1002 An Act Relative to Enhancing Access to Mental Health Treatment Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2017 An Act Relative to Reserving Beds in Nursing Homes During Certain Leaves of Absence Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3843 The Patient Safety Act Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 4 An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 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 4081 An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2014 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects Neutral $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2160 Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 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 571 An Act Ensuring Clinically Appropriate Peer Review Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1485 An Act Relative to Emergency and Disaster Planning for Health Care Providers Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3726 An Act Modernizing Tobacco Control and Protecting the Health of Minors Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1773 An Act Clarifying Patient Safety Protections Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1102 An Act to Protect Essential Health Services Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3867 HB3867An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2014 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects Neutral $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1919 An Act Relative to Newborn Pulse Oximetry Screenings for Congenital Heart Defects Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 841 An Act Related To Collection Of Health Care Co-insurance And Deductibles Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1086 An Act To Promote Safe Patient Care Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2066 An Act Relative to Improving Asthma in Schools Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1971 An Act Regulating Newborn Pulse Oximetry Screening For Congenital Heart Defects Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 911 An Act Regarding Rights of Persons Receiving Services from Program or Facilities of the Department of Mental Health Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3600 An Act Relative to Pharmacy Practice in the Commonwealth Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4242 An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 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 Executive Office of Health and Human Services – health care payment reform, FY15 state budget, Medicaid and Health Safety funding, the Commonwealth Care program, Medicare-Medicaid dual eligible program, and national health reform implementation. Executive Office of Administration and Finance –FY15 state budget, Medicaid and Health Safety Net funding, Medicaid care delivery models, and national health reform implementation. Health Policy Commission – Market impact reviews, mandatory overtime guidance and procedures, cost/medical expense calculations and reviews. Neutral $0.00 n/a
Senate Bill 498 An Act to Prevent Inappropriate Denials for Medically Necessary Services Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1060 An Act Adopting The Nurse Licensure Compact Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2071 An Act to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in the Commonwealth Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1008 An Act Relative to Newborn Pulse Oximetry Screenings for Congenital Heart Defects Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 991 An Act Providing for Safe Patient Handling Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3634 An Act Establishing a Birth-Related Neurological Injury Trust Fund Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4248 An Act to Increase Opportunities for Long-Term Substance Abuse Recovery Neutral $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 554 An Act To Protect Health Care Reform Funding Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1986 An Act Providing Equitable Treatment for Post-Acute Care Hospitals Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 863 An Act Relative To Payment For Use Of Ambulance Services Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 297 An Act Relative to Reserving Beds in Nursing Homes for Residents During Certain Leaves of Absence Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2035 An Act Relative to a Patient’s Report Card of Nursing Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1965 An Act Relating to Liability Protection for Disaster Volunteers Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4049 An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2014 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects Neutral $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2133 An Act to Increase Opportunities for Long-Term Substance Abuse Recovery Neutral $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 553 An Act to Increase Health Insurer Transparency Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2634 An Act To Reduce Childhood Obesity Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 985 An Act To Eliminate Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities In The Commonwealth Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1008 An Act Relative to Patient Safety Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1048 An Act Relative to Acute-Care Hospitals Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3711 An Act Relative to Emergency Scheduling of Addictive Substances by the Commissioner of Public Health Neutral $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1899 An Act Relative to Pharmacy Practice in the Commonwealth Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 960 An Act To Prevent Inappropriate Denials For Medically Necessary Services Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2006 An Act Relative To Nurse Licensure Compact In Massachusetts Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 295 Resolve Relative To The Massachusetts Alzheimers And Related Dementias Acute Care Advisory Committee Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1187 An Act Requiring Health Care Employers To Develop And Implement Programs To Prevent Workplace Violence Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1017 An Act Relative to the Closing of Hospital Essential Services Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3672 An Act Relative to Pharmacy Practice in the Commonwealth Neutral $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1013 An Act Prohibiting Clinical Laboratory Self-Referrals Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1034 An Act Relative To Administering National Standards To Medicaid Medical Necessity Reviews Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 889 An Act to Define the Use of Observation Services Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1796 An Act Relative To Behavioral Health Managed Care Organizations Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4228 An Act Relative to Patient Limits in All Hospital Intensive Care Units Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 399 An Act Relative to Regulation of Discharge of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Product-Laden Wastewater into Private Drinking Water Wells and Municipal Drinking Water Supplies Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3547 An Act Relative to Emergency Scheduling of Addictive Substances by the Commissioner of Public Health Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4235 An Act Relative to Pharmacy Practice in the Commonwealth Neutral $0.00 N/A
Executive All Regulatory, policy and clinical/operational guidance materials pertaining to healthcare providers pending before the executive branch and other constitutional offices, including: Attorney General’s Office – mental health parity, community benefits, hospital cost reporting, and Medicaid fraud control unit reviews Department of Public Health – hospital, clinic, and other healthcare provider licensure regulations, quality reporting, legislatively mandated clinical committees. Center for Health Information and Analysis –, hospital assessment for CHIA administrative expenses, all payer claims database, cost reporting, hospital financial reports (114.1 CMR 42.00) Neutral $0.00 n/a
House Bill 2815 An Act Relative To Health Policy Commission Membership Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 540 An Act Relative to The Massachusetts Alzheimer’s And Related Dementias Acute Care Advisory Committee Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4024 An Act Related to Collection of Health Care Co-Insurance and Deductibles Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1969 An Act Relating to Safe Patient Handling in Certain Health Facilities Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2130 An Act Requiring Health Care Employers to Develop and Implement Programs to Prevent Workplace Violence Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4000 An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 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 2010 The Committee on Ways and Means To Whom was referred the House Bill Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2014 for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects (House 3899); reports recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place there of the text of the Senate document numbered 2010 Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1060 An Act Relative To MassHealth Readmission Payments Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 542 An Act to Define the Use of Observation Services Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3704 An Act Relative to Enhancing Access to Mental Health Treatment Support $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1882 An Act Relative to the Massachusetts Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias Acute Care Advisory Committee Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3844 An Act to Limit Excessive Hospital Operating Margins and CEO Compensation Through Greater Financial Transparency Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1950 An Act Prohibiting Clinical Laboratory Self-Referrals Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4217 An Act Making Certain Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2015 Before Final Action on the General Appropriation Bill Neutral $0.00 N/A
House Bill 4087 An Act Relative to the Use and Payment of Ambulance Services Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 2796 An Act Relative To The Health Policy Commission Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 39 An Act Relative to Pharmacy Practice in the Commonwealth Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3888 An Act to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in the Commonwealth Support $0.00 N/A
House Bill 1806 An Act Regarding Rights of Persons Receiving Services from Programs or Facilities of the Department of Mental Health Oppose $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 2075 An Act Relative to Acute-Care Hospitals Oppose $0.00 N/A
House Bill 3903 An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2014 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects Neutral $0.00 N/A
Senate Bill 1965 An Act to Reduce Prescription Drug Tampering and Abuse 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
DateRecipient nameOffice soughtAmount
01/29/2014 MHAPAC PAC $200.00
03/12/2014 Richard Moore Committee Senate, Worcester and Norfolk $200.00
03/14/2014 James Welch Committee Senate, Hampden $200.00
03/15/2014 Jeffrey Sanchez Committee State, Fifteenth Suffolk $150.00
03/16/2014 Committee to Elect Kay Khan State, Eleventh Middlesex $150.00
03/16/2014 Brian Dempsey Committee State, Third Essex $200.00
04/03/2014 Therese Murray Committee Senate,Plymouth and Barnstable $200.00
04/09/2014 Ron Mariano Committee State, Third Norfolk $200.00
04/09/2014 Committee to Elect Jason Lewis State,Thirty First Middlesex $100.00
04/10/2014 Committee to Re-elect Suzanne M. Bump State, Auditor $200.00
05/06/2014 Robert Deleo Committee House,Suffolk $200.00
05/08/2014 Committee for a Democratic Senate Senate $200.00
05/14/2014 Committee for a Democratic House House $200.00
  Total contributions $2,400.00
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