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| department = [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]]
| department = [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]]
| style = Mr. Secretary (informal)<br>[[The Honourable#United States|The Honorable]] (formal)
| style = Mr. Secretary (informal)<br>[[The Honourable#United States|The Honorable]] (formal)
| member_of = [[United States Cabinet|Cabinet]]
| member_of = the [[United States Cabinet]]
| reports_to = [[President of the United States]]
| reports_to = [[President of the United States]]
| seat = [[Hubert H. Humphrey Building]], [[Washington, D.C.]]
| seat = [[Hubert H. Humphrey Building]], [[Washington, D.C.]]
| appointer = [[President of the United States]]
| appointer = [[President of the United States]]
| appointer_qualified = with [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[advice and consent]]
| appointer_qualified = with [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[advice and consent]]
| termlength = No fixed term
| termlength = At the President's Pleasure
| constituting_instrument = Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953<br>{{USStat|67|631}}<br>{{UnitedStatesCode|42|3501}}
| constituting_instrument = Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953<br>{{USStat|67|631}}<br>{{UnitedStatesCode|42|3501}}
| formation = {{start date and age|1953|4|11}}
| formation = {{start date and age|1953|4|11}}
| first = [[Oveta Culp Hobby]]
| first = [[Oveta Culp Hobby]]
| succession = [[United States presidential line of succession|Twelfth]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/19|title=3 U.S. Code § 19 - Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act|website=LII / Legal Information Institute|access-date=November 10, 2017}}</ref>
| succession = [[United States presidential line of succession|Twelfth]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/19|title=3 U.S. Code § 19 - Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act|website=LII / Legal Information Institute|access-date=November 10, 2017}}</ref>
| deputy = [[Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services]]
| deputy = [[United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services]]
| salary = [[Executive Schedule|Executive Schedule, Level I]]
| salary = [[Executive Schedule|Executive Schedule, Level I]]
| website = {{url|https://www.hhs.gov/about/leadership/index.html|www.hhs.gov}}
| website = {{url|https://www.hhs.gov/about/leadership/index.html|www.hhs.gov}}
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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,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.finance.senate.gov/about/jurisdiction|title=Jurisdiction {{!}} The United States Senate Committee on Finance|website=finance.senate.gov|language=en|access-date=February 6, 2017|archive-date=February 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207031354/https://www.finance.senate.gov/about/jurisdiction|url-status=dead}}</ref> before confirmation is considered by the full [[United States Senate]].
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,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.finance.senate.gov/about/jurisdiction|title=Jurisdiction {{!}} The United States Senate Committee on Finance|website=finance.senate.gov|language=en|access-date=February 6, 2017|archive-date=February 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207031354/https://www.finance.senate.gov/about/jurisdiction|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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]],<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|5|5312}}</ref> thus earning a salary of [[US Dollar|US$]]221,400, as of January 2021.<ref name="Salary">{{cite web|url= https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2021/EX.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123013351/https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2021/EX.pdf |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Salary Table No. 2021-EX Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)}}</ref>
Secretary of Health and Human Services is a [[Executive Schedule#Level I|level I position in the Executive Schedule]],<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|5|5312}}</ref> thus earning a salary of [[US Dollar|US$]]221,400, as of January 2021.<ref name="Salary">{{cite web|url= https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2021/EX.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123013351/https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2021/EX.pdf |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Salary Table No. 2021-EX Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)}}</ref>


[[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.
[[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.


==Duties==
==Duties==
[[File:Flag of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.png|thumb|left|upright|The flag of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the predecessor to the current office.]]
[[File:Flag of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.png|thumb|left|upright|The flag of the secretary of health, education, and welfare, the predecessor to the current office.]]
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=The President's Cabinet|url=http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/government/national/cabinet.html|publisher=Ben's Guide|date=February 1, 2007|access-date=November 15, 2007}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=The President's Cabinet|url=http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/government/national/cabinet.html|publisher=Ben's Guide|date=February 1, 2007|access-date=November 15, 2007}}</ref>


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==Line of succession==
==Line of succession==
The line of succession for the Secretary of Health and Human Services is as follows:<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/02/20/08-797/providing-an-order-of-succession-within-the-department-of-health-and-human-services|title=Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Health and Human Services|date=February 20, 2008 |newspaper=Federal Register|access-date=October 30, 2016}}</ref>
The line of succession for the secretary of health and human services is as follows:<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/02/20/08-797/providing-an-order-of-succession-within-the-department-of-health-and-human-services|title=Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Health and Human Services|date=February 20, 2008 |newspaper=Federal Register|access-date=October 30, 2016}}</ref>
#[[United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services|Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services]].
# [[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
# General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services
#Assistant Secretary for Administration
# Assistant Secretary for Administration
#[[Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation]]
# [[Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation]]
#Administrator of the [[Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]]
# Administrator of the [[Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]]
#[[Commissioner of Food and Drugs]]
# [[Commissioner of Food and Drugs]]
#Director of the [[National Institutes of Health]]
# Director of the [[National Institutes of Health]]
#Assistant Secretary for [[Administration for Children and Families|Children and Families]]
# Assistant Secretary for [[Administration for Children and Families|Children and Families]]
#Other assistant secretaries (following in the order they took the oath of office)
# Other assistant secretaries (following in the order they took the oath of office)
##[[United States Assistant Secretary for Health|Assistant Secretary for Health]]
## [[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]]
## [[Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response|Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response]]
##Assistant Secretary for Legislation
## Assistant Secretary for Legislation
##[[Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs|Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs]]
## [[Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs|Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs]]
##Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources
## Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources
##Assistant Secretary for [[Administration on Aging|Aging]]
## Assistant Secretary for [[Administration on Aging|Aging]]
#Director of the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]
# Director of the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]
#Director, Region 4 ([[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]])
# Director, Region 4 ([[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]])


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website}}
* {{Official website}}
*[http://thefederalregister.com/b.p/department/DEPARTMENT_OF_HEALTH_AND_HUMAN_SERVICES/ Department Of Health And Human Services Meeting Notices and Rule Changes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213203932/http://www.thefederalregister.com/b.p/department/DEPARTMENT_OF_HEALTH_AND_HUMAN_SERVICES/ |date=December 13, 2007 }} from The Federal Register [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014070656/http://www.thefederalregister.com/rss/department/DEPARTMENT_OF_HEALTH_AND_HUMAN_SERVICES/ RSS Feed]
* [http://thefederalregister.com/b.p/department/DEPARTMENT_OF_HEALTH_AND_HUMAN_SERVICES/ Department Of Health And Human Services Meeting Notices and Rule Changes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213203932/http://www.thefederalregister.com/b.p/department/DEPARTMENT_OF_HEALTH_AND_HUMAN_SERVICES/ |date=December 13, 2007 }} from The Federal Register [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014070656/http://www.thefederalregister.com/rss/department/DEPARTMENT_OF_HEALTH_AND_HUMAN_SERVICES/ RSS Feed]


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United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
Seal of the department
Flag of the secretary
Incumbent
Xavier Becerra
since March 19, 2021
United States Department of Health and Human Services
StyleMr. Secretary (informal)
The Honorable (formal)
Member ofthe United States Cabinet
Reports toPresident of the United States
SeatHubert H. Humphrey Building, Washington, D.C.
AppointerPresident of the United States
with Senate advice and consent
Term lengthAt the President's Pleasure
Constituting instrumentReorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953
67 Stat. 631
42 U.S.C. § 3501
FormationApril 11, 1953; 71 years ago (1953-04-11)
First holderOveta Culp Hobby
SuccessionTwelfth[1]
DeputyUnited States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services
SalaryExecutive Schedule, Level I
Websitewww.hhs.gov

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 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.[2] Patricia Roberts Harris headed the department before and after it was renamed.[3]

Nominations to the office of Secretary of HHS are referred to the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the United States Senate Committee on Finance, which has jurisdiction over Medicare and Medicaid,[4] before confirmation is considered by the full United States Senate.

Secretary of Health and Human Services is a level I position in the Executive Schedule,[5] thus earning a salary of US$221,400, as of January 2021.[6]

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.

Duties

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The flag of the secretary of health, education, and welfare, the predecessor to the current office.

The duties of the secretary revolve around human conditions and concerns in the United States. This includes advising the president on matters of health, 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.[7]

The Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) was reorganized into a Department of Education and a Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS).

The Department of Health and Human Services oversees 11 agencies including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).[8]

List of secretaries

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Parties

  Democratic (9)   Republican (15)   Independent (1)

Status

  Denotes acting HHS Secretary

  Nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services

Health, education, and welfare

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No. Portrait Name State of residence Took office Left office President(s)
1 Oveta Culp Hobby Texas April 11, 1953 July 31, 1955 Dwight D. Eisenhower
2 Marion B. Folsom New York August 2, 1955 July 31, 1958
3 Arthur S. Flemming Ohio August 1, 1958 January 19, 1961
4 Abraham A. Ribicoff Connecticut January 21, 1961 July 13, 1962 John F. Kennedy
5 Anthony J. Celebrezze Ohio July 31, 1962 August 17, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
6 John W. Gardner California August 18, 1965 March 1, 1968
7 Wilbur J. Cohen Michigan May 16, 1968 January 20, 1969
8 Robert H. Finch California January 21, 1969 June 23, 1970 Richard Nixon
9 Elliot L. Richardson Massachusetts June 24, 1970 January 29, 1973
10 Caspar Weinberger California February 12, 1973 August 8, 1975
Gerald Ford
11 F. David Mathews Alabama August 8, 1975 January 20, 1977
12 Joseph A. Califano Jr. District of Columbia January 25, 1977 August 3, 1979 Jimmy Carter
13 Patricia Roberts Harris District of Columbia August 3, 1979 May 4, 1980[9]

Health and human services

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No. Portrait Name State of residence Took office Left office President(s)
13 Patricia Roberts Harris District of Columbia May 4, 1980[9] January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter
14 Richard S. Schweiker Pennsylvania January 22, 1981 February 3, 1983 Ronald Reagan
15 Margaret M. Heckler Massachusetts March 10, 1983 December 13, 1985
16 Otis R. Bowen Indiana December 13, 1985 March 1, 1989
17 Louis W. Sullivan Georgia March 1, 1989 January 20, 1993 George H. W. Bush
18 Donna Shalala Wisconsin January 22, 1993 January 20, 2001 Bill Clinton
19 Tommy G. Thompson Wisconsin February 2, 2001 January 26, 2005 George W. Bush
20 Michael O. Leavitt Utah January 26, 2005 January 20, 2009
– Charles E. Johnson Utah January 20, 2009 April 28, 2009 Barack Obama
21 Kathleen Sebelius Kansas April 28, 2009 June 9, 2014
22 Sylvia Mathews Burwell West Virginia June 9, 2014 January 20, 2017
– Norris Cochran Florida January 20, 2017 February 10, 2017 Donald Trump
23 Tom Price Georgia February 10, 2017 September 29, 2017
– Don J. Wright Virginia September 29, 2017 October 10, 2017
– Eric Hargan Illinois October 10, 2017 January 29, 2018
24 Alex Azar Indiana January 29, 2018 January 20, 2021
– Norris Cochran Florida January 20, 2021 March 19, 2021 Joe Biden
25 Xavier Becerra California March 19, 2021 Incumbent

Line of succession

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The line of succession for the secretary of health and human services is as follows:[10]

  1. Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.
  2. General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Assistant Secretary for Administration
  4. Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
  5. Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  6. Commissioner of Food and Drugs
  7. Director of the National Institutes of Health
  8. Assistant Secretary for Children and Families
  9. Other assistant secretaries (following in the order they took the oath of office)
    1. Assistant Secretary for Health
    2. Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
    3. Assistant Secretary for Legislation
    4. Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
    5. Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources
    6. Assistant Secretary for Aging
  10. Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  11. Director, Region 4 (Atlanta, Georgia)

References

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  1. ^ "3 U.S. Code § 19 - Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act". LII / Legal Information Institute. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  2. ^ Holbrook, M. Cay (February 6, 2017). Foundations of Education: History and theory of teaching children and youths with visual impairments. American Foundation for the Blind. ISBN 9780891283409.
  3. ^ "Patricia R. Harris (1977–1979)—Miller Center". millercenter.org. Archived from the original on February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "Jurisdiction | The United States Senate Committee on Finance". finance.senate.gov. Archived from the original on February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  5. ^ 5 U.S.C. § 5312
  6. ^ "Salary Table No. 2021-EX Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 23, 2021.
  7. ^ "The President's Cabinet". Ben's Guide. February 1, 2007. Retrieved November 15, 2007.
  8. ^ "HHS Agencies & Offices | HHS.gov". Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  9. ^ a b Harris was Secretary on May 4, 1980, when the office changed names from Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to Secretary of Health and Human Services. Because the department merely changed names, she did not need to be confirmed again, and her term continued uninterrupted.
  10. ^ "Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Health and Human Services". Federal Register. February 20, 2008. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
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U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byas Secretary of Labor Order of precedence of the United States
as Secretary of Health and Human Services 		Succeeded by
U.S. presidential line of succession
Preceded by 12th in line Succeeded by
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