City of Baltimore - File #: 07-0247R

• File #: 07-0247R
• Version: 0
• Name: Celebrating Cervical Health Awareness Month, January 2007 - In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 54 - Health - General - Vaccine for Prevention of Cervical Cancer
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 1/29/2007
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/5/2007
• Title: Celebrating Cervical Health Awareness Month, January 2007 - In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 54 - Health - General - Vaccine for Prevention of Cervical Cancer FOR the purpose of celebrating Cervical Health Awareness Month by expressing support for Senate Bill 54 that requires, by September 2008, that all female children enrolled in the 6th grade be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee to give the bill a favorable report, asking the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the Maryland General Assembly to support passage of the measure, and entreating the Governor to sign the bill into law.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, President Young, James B. Kraft, Paula Johnson Branch, Robert Curran, Agnes Welch, Edward Reisinger, Mary Pat Clarke, Keiffer Mitchell, Rochelle Spector, Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/23/2007	0	The City Council	Reassigned
2/1/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
2/1/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/29/2007	0	City Council	Introduced
1/29/2007	0	City Council	Assigned

* 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 Holton


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Celebrating Cervical Health Awareness Month, January 2007 - In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 54 - Health - General - Vaccine for Prevention of Cervical Cancer

FOR the purpose of celebrating Cervical Health Awareness Month by expressing support for Senate Bill 54 that requires, by September 2008, that all female children enrolled in the 6th grade be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee to give the bill a favorable report, asking the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the Maryland General Assembly to support passage of the measure, and entreating the Governor to sign the bill into law.
Body
Recitals

Statistics from the Baltimore City Health Department show that cancer is the second leading cause of death in Maryland, after heart disease. It is responsible for 24% of all deaths. Baltimore City has the State's highest overall cancer mortality rates, with the most common cancers being breast, oral, colon, and cervical.

The American Cancer Society estimates that approximately 10,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year; of these, 3,700 will die within the year. In Baltimore City, the death rate from c...