Testimony

Testimony in Favor of SB 119 to Require Licensing for E-cigarettes

Following is testimony given by Emilie Gilde, Director of Tobacco Use and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. The statement was presented to the Business Regulation and Occupations Committee on behalf of Dr. Wen on February 1, 2017.

Testimony in Favor of SB 113 to Increase Tobacco Control Funding

Following is testimony given by Emilie Gilde, Director of Tobacco Use and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. The statement was presented to the Budget and Taxation Committee on behalf of Dr. Wen on February 2, 2017.

Testimony in Support of HB 255 to Standardize Storage of Sexual Assault Evidence Kits

Following is testimony given by Kathleen Goodwin, Special Assistant to the Baltimore City Health Commissioner, Dr. Leana Wen. The statement was presented to the House Judiciary Committee on behalf of Dr. Wen on February 21, 2017.

Testimony in Favor of Naloxone Dispensing Legislation, HB 791

Following is testimony given by Mark O’Brien, Director of Opioid Overdose Prevention and Treatment for the Baltimore City Health Department.

Frontline Health Leaders Urge Presidential Transition Team to Invest in Public Health

TO:  Governor and Vice President-elect Mike Pence  
RE:   Frontline Health Leaders Urge Presidential Transition Team to Invest in Public Health

Letter in Support of Gun Violence Prevention Legislation

TO:                Representative Elijah E. Cummings
FROM:          Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore City Health Commissioner
RE:                 Support for Gun Violence Prevention Legislation

Dr. Leana Wen: Letter to the Zika Conference Committee (June 2, 2016)

TO:                Members of the Zika Conference Committee
FROM:          Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore City Health Commissioner
RE:                 Local Jurisdictions Need Emergency Funding to Respond to the Zika Virus

Dr. Leana Wen: America’s Heroin and Opioid Abuse Epidemic (March 22, 2016)

TO:                Members of the House Oversight Committee
FROM:          Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore City Health Commissioner
RE:                 Testimony: America’s Heroin and Opioid Abuse Epidemic

Investigative Hearing – Lead Paint Poisoning and Baltimore’s Children

The Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) is pleased to have the opportunity to review Council Bill 16-0280R – Investigative Hearing – Lead Paint Poisoning and Baltimore’s Children.  The purpose of this bill is to assess the status and accelerate the pace of eradicating lead paint poisoning in Baltimore City and Maryland as a whole and working to achieve consensus on the coordinated roles and investments required to spare Baltimore’s families and children from another generation of this devastating and preventable disease.

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