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| Established: | 1953 |
| Activated: | May 4, 1980 |
| Secretary: | Michael O. Leavitt |
| Deputy Secretary: | Alex Azar |
| Budget: | Discretionary: $67.2 billion (2006) Mandatory: $573.5 billion (2006) |
| Employees: | 67,000 (2004) |
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, led by the Surgeon General, is the uniformed service of this agency.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - The United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services.
Health.gov - A portal to the Web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other Federal departments and agencies.
Meta Description: [ This site is a key portal to health information from the U.S. government. ]
Healthfinder - A guide to reliable consumer health information from the Federal Government
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the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ]
Insure Kids Now - A White House initiative managed by the Department of Health and Human Services to insure America's children.
U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps - Uniformed service led by the Surgeon General, providing highly-trained and mobile health professionals who promote public health, deliver health services to federal beneficiaries, and furnish health expertise in time of war or other emergency.
