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Lobbyist Entity disclosure reporting period:   07/01/2023 - 12/31/2023
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 US
Phone 617-523-6099 
 
Compensation/Salaries Paid
Lobbyist or Entity nameSalaries
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
DateRecipientType of expenseAmount
12/19/2023 Liquidweb Advertising expenses $545.00
09/18/2023 Staples Office supplies, equipment $567.69
11/18/2023 Amazon Office supplies, equipment $573.66
09/22/2023 Best Buy Computer equipment, supplies $2,212.20
12/23/2023 RCN Internet fees $934.47
12/06/2023 Verizon Telephone, cell phone, handheld $1,616.77
12/01/2023 Boston View Corp Rent $18,814.44
12/06/2023 Eversource Utilities (heat, water, electricity) $357.00
  Total operating expenses $25,621.23
 
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 Inc.
Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $20,000.00
House / SenateBill Number or Agency NameBill title or activityAgent positionAmountDirect business association
House Bill 625 An Act relative to stabilizing nursing home facilities Support $0.00 NA
House Bill 1174 An Act to ensure temporary nursing service agency quality and accountability Support $0.00 NA
House Bill 3901 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 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 NA
House Bill 1216 An Act relative to the nursing home quality jobs initiative Support $0.00 NA
Senate Bill 3 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 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 NA
Senate Bill 739 An Act relative to stabilizing the commonwealth's nursing facilities Support $0.00 NA
Senate Bill 738 An Act relative to the nursing home quality jobs initiative Support $0.00 NA
House Bill 1218 An Act relative to stabilizing the Commonwealth's nursing facilities Support $0.00 NA
    Total amount $0.00  
Lobbyist: Joseph M Grant
Client: Professional Liability Foundation, Ltd.
Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $0.00
House / SenateBill Number or Agency NameBill title or activityAgent positionAmountDirect business association
House Bill 1502 An Act to encourage quality reviews and reduce costs in health care Support $0.00 NA
House Bill 1747 An Act to amend the medical peer review law Neutral $0.00 NA
House Bill 1578 An Act relative to prejudgment interest rates Support $0.00 NA
Senate Bill 1029 An Act relative to prejudgment interest rates Support $0.00 NA
House Bill 1501 An Act relative to patient care access Support $0.00 NA
House Bill 1545 An Act to simplify the administrative aspect of evidentiary use of medical information Neutral $0.00 NA
    Total amount $0.00  
Lobbyist: Joseph M Grant
Client: The Massachusetts Medical Society
Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $35,000.00
House / SenateBill Number or Agency NameBill title or activityAgent positionAmountDirect business association
Senate Bill 1029 An Act relative to prejudgment interest rates Support $0.00 NA
Senate Bill 268 An Act relative to healthy youth Support $0.00 NA
House Bill 1143 An Act to improve the health insurance prior authorization process Support $0.00 NA
Senate Bill 622 An Act relative to LGBTQ family building Support $0.00 NA
House Bill 945 An Act to ensure prescription drug cost transparency and affordability Support $0.00 NA
Senate Bill 749 An Act relative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparency Support $0.00 NA
House Bill 1501 An Act relative to patient care access Support $0.00 NA
House Bill 4066 an act relative to pharmacists as health care providers Oppose $0.00 NA
House Bill 2144 An Act to promote team based health care Support $0.00 NA
Senate Bill 699 An Act relative to fair and equitable compensation for medical services Support $0.00 NA
House Bill 970 An Act relative to streamlining notice and disclosure Support $0.00 NA
House Bill 1502 An Act to encourage quality reviews and reduce costs in health care Support $0.00 NA
House Bill 3901 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 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 NA
Senate Bill 2400 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 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 NA
House Bill 1578 An Act relative to prejudgment interest rates Support $0.00 NA
Senate Bill 928 An Act improving medical decision making Support $0.00 NA
Senate Bill 148 An Act protecting reproductive health access, LGBTQ lives, religious liberty, and freedom of movement by banning the sale of cell phone location information Support $0.00 NA
Senate Bill 646 An Act ensuring access to full spectrum pregnancy care Support $0.00 NA
Senate Bill 1242 An Act relative to preventing overdose deaths and increasing access to treatment Support $0.00 NA
Senate Bill 1249 An Act relative to reducing administrative burden Support $0.00 NA
    Total amount $0.00  
Lobbyist: Joseph M Grant
Client: The Children's Hospital Corporation
Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $20,000.00
House / SenateBill Number or Agency NameBill title or activityAgent positionAmountDirect business association
Senate Bill 3 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 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 NA
Senate Bill 2400 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 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 NA
House Bill 986 An Act relative to telehealth and digital equity for patients Support $0.00 NA
House Bill 3901 An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 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 NA
    Total amount $0.00  
Lobbyist: Joseph M Grant
Client: Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, Inc.
Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $30,000.00
House / SenateBill Number or Agency NameBill title or activityAgent positionAmountDirect business association
House Bill 1116 An Act relative to the treatment of infantile cataracts Neutral $0.00 NA
House Bill 2132 An Act to close the achievement gap by addressing disparities in children's vision Support $0.00 NA
Senate Bill 73 An Act establishing a low vision registry Neutral $0.00 NA
House Bill 1177 An Act relative to defining invasive surgical procedures Support $0.00 NA
Senate Bill 1249 An Act relative to reducing administrative burden Support $0.00 NA
House Bill 137 An Act providing for insurance coverage for vision screening for children Support $0.00 NA
House Bill 2145 An Act relative to truth in advertising Support $0.00 NA
House Bill 1143 An Act to improve the health insurance prior authorization process Support $0.00 NA
House Bill 3606 An Act relative to health care transparency Support $0.00 NA
    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
DateLobbyist nameRecipient nameOffice soughtAmount
07/31/2023 Joseph M Grant Michael J. Moran Representative 18th Suffolk $200.00
09/08/2023 Joseph M Grant Aaron Michlewitz Representative 3rd Suffolk $200.00
10/03/2023 Joseph M Grant Tackey Chan Representative 2nd Norfolk $200.00
11/01/2023 Joseph M Grant Michael J. Rodrigues Senator First Bristol and Plymouth $200.00
11/24/2023 Joseph M Grant Edward R. Philips Representative 8th Norfolk $200.00
12/04/2023 Joseph M Grant Julian Cyr Senator Cape and Islands $200.00
   Total contributions $1,200.00
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