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The United States secretary of health and human services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all health matters. The secretary is a member of the United States Cabinet. The office was formerly Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. In 1980, the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was renamed the Department of Health and Human Services, and its education functions and Rehabilitation Services Administration were transferred to the new United States Department of Education. Patricia Roberts Harris headed the department before and after it was renamed.
Nominations to the office of Secretary of HHS are referred to the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the United States Senate Committee on Finance, which has jurisdiction over Medicare and Medicaid, before confirmation is considered by the full United States Senate.
Secretary of Health and Human Services is a Executive Schedule#Level I, Level I position in the Executive Schedule, thus earning a salary of US Dollar, 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.
The duties of the secretary revolve around human conditions and concerns in the United States. This includes advising the President of the United States, president on matters of health, Social security, welfare, and income security programs. The secretary strives to administer the Department of Health and Human Services to carry out approved programs and make the public aware of the objectives of the department.
The :simple:United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) was reorganized into a United States Department of Education, Department of Education and a United States Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS).
The Department of Health and Human Services oversees 11 agencies including the Food and Drug Administration, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control, Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Administration for Children and Families, Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Duties
The duties of the secretary revolve around human conditions and concerns in the United States. This includes advising the President of the United States, president on matters of health, Social security, welfare, and income security programs. The secretary strives to administer the Department of Health and Human Services to carry out approved programs and make the public aware of the objectives of the department.
The :simple:United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) was reorganized into a United States Department of Education, Department of Education and a United States Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS).
The Department of Health and Human Services oversees 11 agencies including the Food and Drug Administration, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control, Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Administration for Children and Families, Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
List of secretaries
; Parties (9) (15) (1) StatusLine of succession
The line of succession for the Secretary of Health and Human Services is as follows: #United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services. #General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services #Assistant Secretary for Administration #Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation #Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services #Commissioner of Food and Drugs #Director of the National Institutes of Health #Assistant Secretary for Administration for Children and Families, Children and Families #Other assistant secretaries (following in the order they took the oath of office) ##United States Assistant Secretary for Health, Assistant Secretary for Health ##Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response ##Assistant Secretary for Legislation ##Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs ##Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources ##Assistant Secretary for Administration on Aging, Aging #Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention #Director, Region 4 (Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia)References
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