City of Baltimore - File #: 15-0244R

• File #: 15-0244R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Heroin Task Force Report
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 7/20/2015
• In control: Health Committee
• Final action: 10/26/2015
• Title: Informational Hearing - Heroin Task Force Report FOR the purpose of calling on the Health Commissioner and the Co-Chairs of the Mayor's Heroin Treatment and Prevention Task Force to appear before the City Council to report on the findings and recommendations of the Heroin Treatment and Prevention Task Force.
• Sponsors: Robert Curran, Bill Henry, Eric T. Costello, Helen L. Holton, Carl Stokes, Warren Branch, James B. Kraft, Brandon M. Scott, Sharon Green Middleton, William "Pete" Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, President Young, Rochelle Spector, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Heroin Task Force, Informational Hearing

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/26/2015	0	City Council	Adopted
10/26/2015	0	Health Committee	Recommended Favorably
10/21/2015	0	Health Committee	Recommended Favorably	Pass
9/21/2015	0	Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
8/17/2015	0	Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
7/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Health
7/20/2015	0	City Council	Assigned
7/20/2015	0	City Council	Introduced

* 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 R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Curran



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Heroin Task Force Report
FOR the purpose of calling on the Health Commissioner and the Co-Chairs of the Mayor's Heroin Treatment and Prevention Task Force to appear before the City Council to report on the findings and recommendations of the Heroin Treatment and Prevention Task Force.
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Heroin addiction and abuse has long been a troubling problem in Baltimore. With an estimated 18,900 individuals who use heroin in Baltimore, it can be accurately described as a public health epidemic in our city. Last year there were 192 heroin-related overdose deaths in Baltimore, a 28% increase over 2013.

In response to this crisis, Mayor Rawlings-Blake assembled a task force to ?closely examine the problem, measure its scope, identify shortcomings in our treatment system, and develop smart responses?. In its final report, the Mayor?s Heroin Treatment and Prevention Task Force called for 10 bold steps to attack the city?s epidemic of heroin and opioid addiction, including having 24/7 ?treatment on demand? for substance users and a launching a public education campaign to encourage treatment and combat stigma.

Convened by Mayor Stephanie RawlingsBlake in October of 2014, the Task Force was cochaired by Bernard J. McBride, CEO of Behavioral Health System Baltimore, and Dr. Samuel Ross, CEO of Bon Secours Bal...