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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2016 - 06/30/2016

Lobbyist name	Patricia Lynn Nicholas
Business name	Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association
Address	500 District Avenue
City, state, zip code	Burlington, MA 01802-5096
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	781-262-6001

Operating Expenses

Date	Type of expense	Amount
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Advertising expenses	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Photocopies, scans	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Computer equipment, supplies	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Professional dues	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Fax charges	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Internet fees	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Legal fees	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Postage, shipping, delivery	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Office supplies, equipment	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Printing expenses	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Public relations expenses	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Rent	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Office and support staff salaries	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Professional subscriptions	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Taxes	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Telephone, cell phone, handheld	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Utilities (heat, water, electricity)	$0.00
1/1/2016-6/30/2016	Other operating expenses	$0.00
	Total operating expenses	$0.00

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $32,053.75

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	1006	An Act Relative to Administering National Standards to Medicaid Medical Necessity Reviews	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1971	An Act to Improve Access to Pharmacy Services in Hospitals	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2020	An Act Relative to Substance Use Prevention	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4009	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2016 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects	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, changes to provider prescribing and coordination of care for special populations (substance use disorder and others), legislatively mandated clinical committees; Division of Insurance – risk bearing provider organizations, standardized prior authorization forms and other Chapter 224 requirements. Center for Health Information and Analysis - hospital assessment for Center for Health Information and Analysis administrative expenses, all payer claims database, cost reporting, hospital financial reports.	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1020	An Act to Prevent Retroactive Loss of ConnectorCare Coverage	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2575	An Act to Reduce Childhood Obesity	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2022	An Act Relative to Substance Use Prevention	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4056	An Act Relative to Substance Use, Treatment, Education and Prevention	Support	$0.00	n/a
Executive		MassHealth – FY15 supplemental budget, FY16 and FY17 state budget, Medicaid reimbursement/payment methodology for hospitals and individual providers, claims processing system implementation and coding functions, utilization review, Medicare-Medicaid dual eligible program, application and eligibility determination processes, Accountable Care Organization program, Medicaid Waiver related issues, 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, risk requirements. Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector – application and eligibility determination processes, Affordable Care Act innovation waiver.	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1972	An Act Adopting Administrative Simplification for Hospital Pharmacists	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	574	An Act Relative to Equitable Health Care Pricing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2030	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4201	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2017 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	1995	An Act to Promote Patient Care Transparency and Nurse Advancement	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1	An Act Making Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3829	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	4	FY17 Senate Ways & Means Budget Recommendations	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	496	An Act Relative to Uncollected Co-pays, co-insurance and deductibles	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3926	An Act Relative to Substance Use, Treatment, Education and Prevention	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3650	An Act Making Appropriations for the fiscal year 2016 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 payment improvements	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3932	The Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Executive		Executive Office of Health and Human Services – health care payment reform, FY16 & FY17 state budget, Medicaid and Health Safety Net funding, application and eligibility determination processes, Health Safety Net eligible services and payment regulations, Medicare/Medicaid dual eligible program, Medicaid Waiver related issues, and Affordable Care Act innovation waiver. Executive Office of Administration and Finance –FY16 and FY17 state budget, Medicaid and Health Safety Net funding. Health Policy Commission – Market impact reviews, mandatory overtime guidance and procedures, cost/medical expense calculations and reviews, Intensive Care Unit staffing; registered provider organizations, Patient Centered Medical Home certification, and the out-of-network billing and the Office of Patient Protection Appeals Process.	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	919	An Act to Prevent Inappropriate Denials for Medically Necessary Services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	623	An Act Relative to Hospital Profit and Fairness	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3676	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 to Provider for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2193	Text of the Senate Amendment to the House Bill Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2016 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	510	An Act Related to Insurer Reserve Requirements	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1958	An Act Relative to Patient Safety	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3785	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4146	Text of a Further (offered by Mr. Dempsey of Haverhill) to Senate amendment of the House Bill Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2016 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects (HB4116)	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	563	An Act to Increase Health Insurer Reporting Transparency	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1206	An Act Relative to Patient Safety	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2025	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4200	An Act Making Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2017 for the Maintenance of 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	2002	An Act Relative to the Nurse Licensure Compact in Massachusetts	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3400	An Act Making Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3931	Massachusetts Fair Health Care Pricing Act	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2305	Text of the Senate Amendment to the House Bill Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2017 for the Maintenance of the Departments, Boards, Commissions, Institutions, and Certain Activities of the Commonwealth, for Interest, Sinking Fund, and Serial Bond Requirements	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	267	An Act Advancing and Expanding Access to Telemedicine Services	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3401	Printed as Amended Version of the Bill Making Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3944	An Act Relative to Substance Use, Treatment, Education and Prevention	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2313	An Act Relative to the Dispensing of Certain Cancer Related Drugs	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1895	An Act Maintaining Confidentiality of Proprietary Information Within Health Care Oversight Agencies	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3678	An Act Relative to Protecting Health Care Consumers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3675	Message from His Excellency the Governor returning with his disapproval of certain sections, and also with recommendation of amendments of certain sections contained in the engrossed bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2016 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commission, 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	4116	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2016 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3817	An Act Relative to Substance Use Treatment, Education and Prevention	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1165	An Act Relative to the Dispensing of Certain Cancer Related Drugs	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	3	Text of the recommended amendment to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2016 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	3947	An Act Relative to Substance Use, Treatment, Education and Prevention	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2152	An Act to Protect Youth from the Health Risks of Tobacco and Nicotine Addiction	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	905	An Act to Expand Coverage and Access to Behavioral Health Services	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1142	An Act Relative to Emergency and Disaster Planning for Health Care Providers	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2008	Report of the Special Senate Committee on Opioid Addiction Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Options	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2017 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 Improvements	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2269	An Act to Protect Youth from the Health Risks of Tobacco and Nicotine Addiction	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	967	An Act to Protect Healthcare Reform Funding	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	107	An Act Improving Medical Decision Making	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2010	An Act To Improve the Accessibility and Affordability of Naloxone and Other Pharmaceutical Drugs of Public Health Concern	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3996	An Act Relative to the Nurse Licensure Compact in Massachusetts	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4361	An Act to Protect Youth from the Health Risks of Tobacco and Nicotine Addiction	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	853	An Act Improving Medical Decision Making	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	1474	An Act Relative to Emergency and Disaster Planning for Health Care Providers	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1930	Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2016 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 (House, No. 3401) (being the text of Senate, No. 3, printed as amended)	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2103	Text of Senate Amendment to the House Bill Relative to Substance Use, Treatment, Education and Prevention	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2234	An Act Protect Youth from Health Risks of Tobacco and Nicotine Addiction	Support	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1210	An Act to Prevent Inappropriate Denials for Medically Necessary Services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	979	An Act Relative to Hospital Profit Transparency and Fairness	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3773	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2196	Text of the Senate Amendment (Senator Spilka) to the House Bill Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2016 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects (HB4116)	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
01/21/2016	James Welch Committee	Senate, Hampden	$200.00
01/21/2016	MHAPAC	Political Action Committee	$200.00
01/28/2016	Charlie Baker Committee	Governor of Massachusetts	$200.00
01/28/2016	Karen Polito Committee	Lt. Governor of Massachusetts	$200.00
02/10/2016	Stanley Rosenberg Committee	Senate, Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester	$200.00
03/01/2016	Robert DeLeo Committee	House, Nineteenth Suffolk	$200.00
03/08/2016	Karen Spilka Committee	Senate, Second Middlesex and Norfolk	$200.00
03/10/2016	Jeffrey Sanchez Committee	House, Fifteenth Suffolk	$200.00
03/23/2016	Kate Hogan Committee	House, Third Middlesex	$200.00
04/11/2016	Suzanne Bump Committee	State Auditor	$200.00
05/17/2016	Brian Dempsey Committee	House, Third Essex	$200.00
05/18/2016	Committee for a Democratic House	House	$200.00
		Total contributions	$2,400.00

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