United States Department of Health and Human Services
The Department of Health and Human Services (English United States Department of Health and Human Services) is part of the Federal Government of the United States and the supreme authority for the protection of the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are the least are able to help themselves. The most important areas include the U.S. Public Health Service, which the Surgeon General of the United States and is not under a military organization shape. Headquarters of the Ministry 's Washington, D.C.
It was created by the Department of Education Organization Act, and participated in the May 4, 1980, together with the Ministry of Education also newly established work on. The tasks of the Ministry were incorporated until the adoption of the federal law in 1979 in the health, education and welfare ministry. The Department is led by the Minister of Health of the United States.
The Ministry of Health under the U.S. Departments the largest budget before the Ministry of Defense, but is the number of employees only in the middle.
Imputed 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 )