Small Business Bill (Administration & Finance)

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From: Michael Morisy

Executive Office for Administration & Finance
State House, Room 373
Boston MA, 02133

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the state Freedom of Information Act, G.L.M. c.4, €7, clause 26th, I hereby request the following records:

All bill comments, or e-mails analyzing the impact of S. 2585 (Ch 288 of 2010), or any eariler version of the bill including S. 2447/H4915/H4914/S2437, on the small business community or analysis of alternatives diccussed during the formation of the bill.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Michael Morisy
Filed via MuckRock.com
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From: Executive Office for Administration and Finance State House

Dear Mr. Morisy,

Our office has received your Freedom of Information Act request, dated
March 9, 2011, requesting copies of documents analyzing the impact of S.
2585 (Chapter 288 of the Acts of 2010) or any earlier version of the
bill on the small business community or analysis of alternatives
discussed during the formation of the bill. We are reviewing our
records in order to compile any records that are responsive to your
request. We will let you know as soon as we have assembled them.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Janet B. Fogel
Deputy General Counsel
Executive Office for Administration and Finance State House, Room 373
Boston, MA 02133 617-727-2040 x35356
617-727-9297 (direct)
617-727-2779 (fax)
Janet.Fogel@state.ma.us

From: Executive Office for Administration and Finance State House

Hi Mr. Morisy,

I am writing in response to your three follow-up emails of June 25, 2011, attached.

With regard to your public records request seeking documents containing an analysis of the alternative small business bills, we are gathering and reviewing responsive documents and will make them available as soon as possible.

With regard to your public records request seeking documents discussing the financial and policy implications for Massachusetts of the Affordable Care Act, we are gathering and reviewing responsive documents and will advise you of the cost of production as soon as possible.

With regard to your public records request seeking documents concerning a comparison of the current Medicaid structure to an all-managed care structure, we confirm our March 15 response (also attached).

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Jon Seiff
Custodian of Records
MassHealth Privacy Office
617-210-5391

June 25, 2011
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
One Ashburton Place
11th Floor
Boston, MA 02108

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 11, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

From: Michael Morisy

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 9, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

From: Executive Office for Administration and Finance

From: Executive Office for Administration and Finance

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