City of Baltimore - File #: 09-0308

• File #: 09-0308
• Version: 0
• Name: To Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein - A Proud Farewell
• Type: Mayor and City Council Res.
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 3/23/2009
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 4/7/2009
• Enactment #: 09-08
• Title: To Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein - A Proud Farewell FOR the purpose of congratulating Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein, Baltimore City Health Commissioner, on his appointment as Principal Deputy Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration; expressing appreciation for his noteworthy contributions to the health and welfare of residents of Baltimore City; and wishing him all the best in his new role as a steward of well being to the citizens of the entire United States; and providing for a special effective date.
• Sponsors: Robert Curran, Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, James B. Kraft, President Young, William H. Cole, IV, Bill Henry, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Warren Branch, Helen L. Holton, Mary Pat Clarke, Agnes Welch, Belinda Conaway, Sharon Green Middleton, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Mayor and City Council Resolution, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/7/2009	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
3/23/2009	0	City Council	Introduced
3/23/2009	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
3/23/2009	0	City Council	Advanced to 3rd Reader on same day
3/23/2009	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL

Introduced by: Councilmember Curran

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL concerning
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To Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein - A Proud Farewell

FOR the purpose of congratulating Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein, Baltimore City Health Commissioner, on his appointment as Principal Deputy Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration; expressing appreciation for his noteworthy contributions to the health and welfare of residents of Baltimore City; and wishing him all the best in his new role as a steward of well being to the citizens of the entire United States; and providing for a special effective date.
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Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein, appointed Commissioner of Health in 2005 and reappointed in 2008, has valiantly safeguarded and promoted the health of Baltimore’s citizens, leading efforts to improve the oversight of children’s cough and cold medications, eliminating lead hazard from children’s jewelry, and increasing immunization of healthcare workers.

In moving to the FDA, Dr. Sharfstein will share with the entire nation the creative tenacity that brought to Baltimore City the first absolute no-smoking ban that served as the impetus for a state-wide prohibition; an award-winning program to ensure Americans with disabilities access to prescription drugs; progressive buprenorphine treatment for the city’s recalcitrant substance abuse population; and an innovative and humane TNR (trap-neuter-release) pr...