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In April 2015, the Department of Human Services (DHS) was merged with the Department of Community Health (DCH) to create the Department of Health and Human Services. Department of Human Services. Initially called the Department of Social Services, DHS was created in 1965 and went through several rounds of name changes until 2004, when it was ...
The Federal Security Agency (FSA) was established on July 1, 1939, under the Reorganization Act of 1939, P.L. 76–19.The objective was to bring together in one agency all federal programs in the fields of health, education, and social security.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA; pronounced / ˈ s æ m s ə /) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.SAMHSA is charged with improving the quality and availability of treatment and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and the cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.
Nine of the twelve operating agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are designated as part of the Public Health Service: National Institutes of Health; Food and Drug Administration; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Health Resources and Services Administration; Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Inspectors General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Inspectors General Senate confirmation Sworn in Departure Thomas D. Morris: February 19, 1977 Richard B. Lowe III (acting) N/A September 1, 1979 Brian B. Mitchell (acting) N/A: January 1, 1981: Richard P. Kusserow: June 1, 1981 Brian B. Mitchell (acting) N/A: July 1, 1992 ...
Secretary of Health and Human Services is a level I position in the Executive Schedule, thus earning a salary of US$221,400, as of January 2021. Xavier Becerra has served as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 19, 2021, the first person of Hispanic descent to hold the post.
Kathleen Sebelius (/ s ɪ ˈ b iː l i ə s /; née Gilligan, born May 15, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 21st United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2009 until 2014. As Secretary of Health and Human Services, Sebelius was instrumental in overseeing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
The assistant secretary for health (ASH) is a senior U.S. government official within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The position is a statutory office (42 U.S.C. § 202) and the holder of the office serves as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services's primary advisor on matters involving the nation's public health.