United States Department of Health and Human Services

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Department of Health and Human Services
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Agency overview
Formed April 11, 1953
May 4, 1980
Preceding Agency United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Jurisdiction Federal government of the United States
Headquarters Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Washington, D.C.
Employees 67,000 (2004)
Annual Budget Discretionary: $67.2 billion (2006)
Mandatory: $573.5 billion (2006)
Agency Executives Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary
 
Tevi Troy, Deputy Secretary
Child Agency HHS agencies
Website
www.hhs.gov

The United States Department of Health and Human Services, often abbreviated HHS, is a Cabinet department of the United States government with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services.

The department was created when President Jimmy Carter signed the Department of Education Organization Act (PL 96-88) into law on October 17, 1979. It split the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, (HEW), which included the G.I. Bill and Veterans' Administration into the Department of Health and Human Services and the United States Department of Education. Both began operation on May 4, 1980.

It is administered by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, currently Michael O. Leavitt, who is appointed by the President of the United States. The United States Public Health Service (PHS) is the main division of the HHS and is led by the Assistant Secretary for Health. The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, the uniformed service of the PHS, is led by the Surgeon General who also serves as the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the U.S. government.

In 2002, the department released Healthy People 2010, a national strategic initiative for improving the health of Americans.

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It no longer includes the Social Security Administration, which was made independent in 1995.

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