abstract:The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is a governmental agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with various responsibilities related to public health within that state. It is headquartered in Boston and headed by Commissioner John Auerbach since his appointment by Deval Patrick on March 5, 2007.
A spokeswomanoftheMassachusettsDepartment ofPublichealthsaid the agencyencourageshealthyeating, buthasn'thad a chanceto review the proposedlegislation.
Prior to joining ONDCP, Mr. Botticelli served as Director of the Bureau of Substance Abuse Services at the MassachusettsDepartmentofPublicHealth, where he successfully expanded innovative and nationally recognized prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery services for the Commonwealth ofMassachusetts.