The result is that HHS is the only executive department whose statutory foundation today rests on a confusing combination of several codified and uncodified statutes. Today, the Plan is included as an appendix to Title 5 of the United States Code. 1 of 1953 were never properly codified within the United States Code, although Congress did codify a later statute ratifying the Plan. Unlike statutes authorizing the creation of other executive departments, the contents of Reorganization Plan No. The plan was approved on April 1, 1953, and became effective on April 11, 1953. 1 of 1953, which called for the dissolution of the Federal Security Agency and elevation of the agency to Cabinet status as the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Consequently, in accordance with the Reorganization Act of 1949, President Eisenhower submitted to the Congress on March 12, 1953, Reorganization Plan No. The new agency originally consisted of the following major components: (1) Office of the Administrator, (2) Public Health Service (PHS), (3) Office of Education, (4) Civilian Conservation Corps, and (5) Social Security Board.īy 1953, the Federal Security Agency's programs in health, education, and social security had grown to such importance that its annual budget exceeded the combined budgets of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, Labor, and Interior and affected the lives of millions of people. The first Federal Security Administrator was Paul V. The objective was to bring together in one agency all federal programs in the fields of health, education, and social security. The Federal Security Agency (FSA) was established on July 1, 1939, under the Reorganization Act of 1939, P.L. The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, the uniformed service of the PHS, is led by the Surgeon General who is responsible for addressing matters concerning public health as authorized by the secretary or by the Assistant Secretary of Health in addition to his or her primary mission of administering the Commissioned Corps. The United States Public Health Service (PHS) is the main division of the HHS and is led by the Assistant Secretary for Health.
The position is currently held by Xavier Becerra, who was confirmed as secretary on March 18, following his nomination by President Joe Biden. HHS is administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, who is appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. Before the separate federal Department of Education was created in 1979, it was called the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America". federal government created to protect the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. The United States Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS), is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S.