Portal:United States Department of Health and Human Services

Agencies and Institutes

United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Administration for Children and Families (ACF) · Administration on Aging (AoA) · Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) · Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Citizens' Health Care Working Group · Food and Drug Administration (FDA) · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) · Indian Health Service (IHS) · National Institutes of Health (NIH) · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Executive orders addressed to

• Executive Order 14221 of February 25, 2025, Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients With Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information
• Executive Order 14214 of February 14, 2025, Keeping Education Accessible and Ending COVID–19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools, 90 FR 9949, by POTUS Donald Trump.
• Executive Order 14212 of February 13, 2025 Establishing the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission, 90 FR 9833, by POTUS Donald Trump.
• Executive Order 14187 January 28, 2025, Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation, 90 FR 8361, by POTUS Donald Trump.
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• Executive Order 13784 of March 29, 2017, Establishing the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, by POTUS Donald Trump.

Legislation concerning

• Congress amended non-positive law 42 U.S.C. 901 and returned the Social Security Administration to the status of an independent agency in the executive branch of government in 1994, which had previously been an agency of the HHS.
• It was renamed the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) on October 17, 1979, when its education functions were transferred to the newly created United States Department of Education under the Department of Education Organization Act.
• The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) was created on April 11, 1953, when Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 became effective, with Author:Oveta Culp Hobby as first Secretary. (C.f. w:Oveta Culp Hobby)
• The Federal Security Agency (FSA) was established on July 1, 1939, under the Reorganization Act of 1939, P.L. 76–19, which aimed to bring together in one agency all federal programs in the fields of health, education, and social security. The first FSA administrator was Author:Paul V. McNutt (C.f. w:Paul V. McNutt)
• The Social Security Act, Acts of the 74th United States Congress (1935) by the United States Congress, Session 1, Chapter 531: Public Law 74-271