Lobbyist information

Amount

Jason J Godin	$183,000.00
Employed Terminated 01/01/2018

Steven L. Goldblatt	$150,000.00
Employed Terminated 01/01/2018

William F Cass	$183,000.00
Employed Terminated 01/01/2018

Total salaries paid:      $516,000.00

Client information

Amount

Action Ambulance Service, Inc.	$33,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Transportation Matters

American Fair Credit Council c/o MultiState Associates Inc.	$30,999.96
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Any and all matters relating to American Fair Credit Council including specific matters relating to the debt settlement industry.

American Land Title Association	$48,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Legislation pertaining regulation of and charges for closing protection letters on behalf of the title industry.

Associated Subcontractors of Massachusetts, Inc.

$72,000.00

Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Associated Subcontractors of Massachusetts, Inc. (ASM) has retained lobbying entities to provide services to ASM in connection with legislative or regulatory proposals relating to existing or proposed statutes or regulations that affect public or private sector construction – including but not limited to the following: EXISTING STATUES AND REGULATIONS: M.G.L. C. 149, Sec. 44A-J, Procurement Vertical Construction M.G.L. C. 149a, Sec. 1-21, Alternative Procurement M.G.L. C. 30, Sec. 39F-S, Procurement Horizontal Construction M.G.L. C. 25a, Energy Management Services M.G.L. C. 149, Sec. 29-29b & 29d, Payment Bonds M.G.L. C. 30, Sec. 40, Release Of Performance Bond M.G.L. C. 7, Sec. 40n, M/Wbe Requirements M.G.L. C. 7, Sec. 38a 1/2 – 38o,Designer Selection Vertical Construction M.G.L. C. 149, Sec. 26-27d, Prevailing Wage M.G.L. C. 12, Sec. 5b, False Claims 810 Cmr 4.00, Certification Of Contractors & Subcontractors 810 Cmr 5.00, Contractor Debarment Procedures 810 Cmr 8.00, Contractor Evaluation 810 Cmr 9.00, General Contractor Prequalification 810 Cmr 10.0, Subcontractor Prequalification M.G.L. C. 149, Sec. 29c, Indemnification M.G.L. C. 149, Sec. 29e, Prompt Payment M.G.L. C.149, Sec. 29f, Retainage M.G.L. C. 149, Sec. 148b, Independent Contractor Law (Also Applies To Public Construction) M.G.L. C. 254, Sec. 1-33, Mechanic’s Lien Law M.G.L. C. 149, Sec. 148c, Sick Leave Law

Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers	$30,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 House One, for Department of Developmental Services and Massachusetts Rehabilitation Council and Mass Health Budgets, and corresponding legislation.

Boston Carmen's Union	$60,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Workers rights, legislation including but not limited to transportation, benefits, taxes, wages & pension. Help develop and execute public affairs strategy to advocate on behalf of the Boston Carmen's Union.

Can Manufacturers Institute c/o MultiState Associates Inc.	$45,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Any and all matters relating to Can Manufacturers Institute including manufacturing.

COALITION OF PUBLIC SAFETY, INC.	$27,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Criminal Justice, Cannabis, FY18 budget/FY19 budget

Coalition to Protect EMS, Inc.	$60,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Implementation of proposed Regulation: 105 CMR 173.000 – Mobile Integrated Health Care and Community EMS Programs; implementation of 130 CMR 450.20 - MassHealth regulations regarding non-emergency medical transportation for MassHealth members.

DCI Group AZ, L.L.C.	$34,800.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 06/30/2018 Technology issues, with the legislative and executive branch. No specific legislation is presently targeted.

Delsa Enterprises Inc

$6,000.00

Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 HB218, Garry-An act restricting sale of certain items at flea markets HB1474 Linsky - An act to improve criminal laws realative to organized retail theft HB2762 Walsh - An act to protect main street retailers and promote sales tax fairness in the Commonwealth SB1330 Eldridge - An act applying the sales tax to certain retail sales over the internet SB1916 Chang-Diaz - An act relative o jobs, workforce development and main street fairness

EMD Serono, Inc.	$155,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 All matters relative to the biopharmaceutical industry.

GEICO	$72,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Retained services for legislative and executive lobbying for all auto insurance and general corporate/business related issues arising in the Commonwealth.

Holistic Industries Inc	$48,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 To assist with licensure of medical marijuana locations; track any legislative efforts to amend recreational marijuana ballot initiative

International Franchise Association	$48,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Franchise Relationship issues Independent Contractor Classification issues

Juniper Networks	$56,880.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 market the efforts to all mass agencies, authorities and legislature - particularly those focused on information technology - on behalf of Juniper Networks. At this time no specific legislation/bills we are focused on

March of Dimes Inc.

$7,200.00

Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Overview: The March of Dimes advocacy agenda focuses on public policies and programs that relate to improving the health of infants and children by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. Areas of Focus: 1.) Pass legislation that would raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to age 21. 2.) Advocate for funding to support a statewide efforts to improve care for newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome. 3.) Identify ways policy efforts can eliminate barriers to access, administration and adherence to 17 Alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate, a synthetic form of progesterone that has been shown to reduce the recurrence of preterm birth for women with singleton gestations that have a history of previous preterm birth. 4.) Support efforts to preserve essential public health funding including Smoking Prevention and Cessation Programs, Family Health Services, the Birth Defects Monitoring Program, Early Intervention Services, Newborn Hearing Screening Program, Nutritional Services, Teen Pregnancy programs. General Advocacy & Government Affairs Issues: Access to Health Care for Women of Childbearing Age, Infants and children/Prevention and Treatment •Medicaid, private insurance (including issues related to Health Insurance Marketplaces, enrollment, benefits, and cost-sharing) and other public programs that support access to health care services, such as the Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant and Vaccines for Children. •Development, improvement and use of maternal, perinatal, and pediatric quality measures across all health care settings and types of coverage. •Initiatives to improve the health of infants and children living with birth defects and health problems associated with preterm birth and other adverse birth outcomes. •Smoking, alcohol, and substance abuse prevention and cessation initiatives affecting women of childbearing age and children, including prevention of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. •Health education and promotion for patients, families and providers regarding healthy pregnancy, including folic acid, preconception care, maternal mental health, emerging infectious diseases such as Zika, and the appropriate use of prescription medication. •Programs to immunize women of childbearing age, infants, and children, as well as those likely to come into contact with infants, efforts to eradicate polio worldwide, and research to develop new vaccines for pathogens such as Zika virus. •Initiatives to improve prematurity risk detection, pregnancy management, and birth spacing, including Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant programs and Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visitation. •Federal and state initiatives to expand newborn screening, consistent with the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel, as well as treatment of disorders identified through screening. •Initiatives to address social and cultural determinants of health to reduce social, racial and ethnic inequities in health. •Efforts to establish and fund quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, such as perinatal quality collaboratives, to drive development and adoption of data-driven systemic improvements in maternal and child health outcomes. •Food and nutrition research, education and services, such as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children and breastfeeding initiatives. •Programs to reduce exposure to environmental and reproductive hazards associated with adverse outcomes in pregnancy and child development.

Massachusetts Court Reporters Association	$6,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Massachusetts Court Reporters Association will be tracking all matters relative to the practice of court reporting, including both legislative and budgetary.

Massachusetts Environmental Police Officers Association	$12,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 All matters relative to the office of environmental law enforcement and its officers, including but not limited to, injured on duty benefits legislation, application of the heart law, budgetary and pension matters, and line items 2030-1000.

Massachusetts Land Title Association	$36,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Our organization will track foreclosure and real estate related bills filed in the current session and perhaps register appropriate support or opposition to selected bills.

MHM Correctional Services, Inc.	$30,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 All matters relative to Department of Corrections Procurements.

MSPCA	$24,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 statutes and regulations relating to animal protection

NAPEO

$60,000.00

Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/16/2018 S.2110, An Act relative to the recognition and registration of professional employer organizations operating in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; H.3805/H4666, An Act relative to the recognition and registration of professional employer organizations operating in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Other issues impacting the professional employer organization industry.

National Association of Insurance and Financial Agents of Massachusetts, Inc.	$38,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 “All matters related to life insurance, Long term care insurance, annuities, and health insurance legislation.”

National Safety Council c/o MultiState Associates Inc.	$32,500.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Any and all matters relating to National Safety Council including issues related to distracted driving, teen driving, workplace safety and beyond the workplace, particularly in and near our homes.

New England HBPA (Horsemens Benevolent Protective Association)	$50,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 05/15/2018 Working on the re-writing of 128A and 128C along with assisting the NEHBPA and Thoroughbred industry with Sports Betting in the near future

Oracle America Inc.	$72,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Matters affecting Oracle America, Inc. in the development, marketing, distribution and servicing of complete, open and integrated business software and hardware systems.

Seniorlink	$60,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Adult Foster Care

Splunk Inc.	$40,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 09/15/2018 Consulting services. No specific legislation. The Suffolk Group will provide administrative and executive branch consulting in the state of Massachusetts for Splunk.

Steward Health Care, LLC	$30,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 11/01/2018 The lobbyist's efforts will concentrate on legislation, regulation and policy regarding hospitals and healthcare matters.

Subaru of New England, Inc.	$60,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 legislation pertaining to MGL c. 93B; wholesale and retail automotive matters generally

Tropic Ocean Airways, LLC	$62,500.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Assistance with launching air transportation service.

Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association	$48,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 H2784 - "An Act providing for an investigation and study by the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation regarding the implementation of Chapter 165 of the Acts of 2013 (Right to Repair Act)"

TrueBlue	$12,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Monitoring services on bills that may be of interest to the company, particularly in the area of staffing.

Universal Technical Institute	$48,000.00
Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/02/2018 Proprietary Post Secondary Education

ZOLL Medical Corporation

$30,000.00

Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2018 Represents ZOLL on a as needed basis as a source of information and advice with working with the State of MA regarding the use of Automatic External Defibrillators and Professional Defibrillators, in both, public and private locations. Sometimes legislation occurs which mandate the use of Automatic External Defibrillators in certain locations. ZOLL wishes to remain updated on such Bills. Suffolk helps to inform the State where Automatic External Defibrillators should be located and required for the safety of the public. ZOLL is a Massachusetts Medical Manufacturer, with its' factory located in Chelmsford.

Total salaries received:      $1,584,879.96

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