United States Department of Health and Human Services
United States Department of Health and Human Services | |
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Set up: | 17th October 1979 |
Seat: | Hubert H Humphrey Building , Washington, DC |
Supervisory authority: | President of the United States |
minister | Alex Azar |
Deputy | Eric Hargan |
Household: | 845 400 000 000 (2010) $ |
Employees: | 67,000 (2004) |
Homepage: | hhs.gov |
The United States Department of Health and Human Services ( English United States Department of Health and Human Services HHS, for short) is the US Department of Health and constitutes a part of the US federal government .
The department's mission is to “promote and protect the health and well-being of all US citizens by providing high-quality medical and humanitarian services and adequately supporting medical research, public health and social services.” The primary subsidiary is the US Public Health Service , who is subordinate to the Surgeon General of the United States and has a military form of organization. The Department is based in Washington, DC
It was through the Department of Education Organization Act created and participated in the May 4, 1980, together with the newly established Ministry of Education to work on. The tasks of the ministry were integrated into the Ministry of Health, Education and Welfare until the Federal Law was passed in 1979 . The department is led by the United States Secretary of Health.
The Department of Health has the largest budget of the US departments, ahead of the Department of Defense , but is only in the middle in terms of the number of employees.
Subordinate authorities
- Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
- Administration on Aging (AoA)
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
- Indian Health Service (IHS)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Program Support Center (PSC)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA)
List of U.S. health ministers
No. | image | Surname | Term of office | Presidency |
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1 | Patricia Roberts Harris | August 3, 1979-20. January 1981 | Jimmy Carter | |
2 | Richard Schultz Schweiker | Jan. 22, 1981-3. February 1983 | Ronald Reagan | |
3 | Margaret Mary Heckler | March 9, 1983-13. December 1985 | ||
4th | Otis Ray Bowen | December 13, 1985-20. January 1989 | ||
5 | Louis Wade Sullivan | March 1, 1989-20. January 1993 | George Bush | |
6th | Donna Edna Shalala | January 22, 1993-20. January 2001 | Bill Clinton | |
7th | Tommy George Thompson | February 2, 2001–26. January 2005 | George W. Bush | |
8th | Michael Okerlund Leavitt | January 26, 2005–19. January 2009 | ||
9 | Kathleen Gilligan Sebelius | April 28, 2009–9. June 2014 | Barack Obama | |
10 | Sylvia Mary Mathews Burwell | June 9, 2014–20. January 2017 | ||
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Norris Cochran (acting) |
January 20, 2017–10. February 2017 | Donald Trump | |
11 | Thomas Edmunds Price | February 10, 2017–29. September 2017 | ||
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Don J. Wright (acting) |
September 29, 2017–10. October 2017 | ||
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Eric Hargan (acting) |
October 10, 2017–28. January 2018 | ||
12 | Alex Azar | since January 29, 2018 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Department of Health and Human Services: FY 2011 President's Budget for HHS. ( Memento of April 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)
- ^ "It is the mission of the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to enhance and protect the health and well-being of all Americans. We fulfill that mission by providing for effective health and human services and fostering advances in medicine, public health, and social services. " About HHS , accessed July 29, 2020.