Back وزير الصحة والخدمات الإنسانية (الولايات المتحدة) Arabic Secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos de los Estados Unidos Spanish Ameerika Ühendriikide tervishoiu- ja teenindusminister Estonian وزیر بهداشت و خدمات انسانی ایالات متحده آمریکا Persian Yhdysvaltain terveysministeri Finnish Secrétaire à la Santé et aux Services sociaux des États-Unis French מזכיר הבריאות ושירותי האנוש של ארצות הברית HE Az Amerikai Egyesült Államok egészségügyi minisztereinek listája Hungarian Menteri Kesehatan dan Layanan Masyarakat Amerika Serikat ID Segretario della salute e dei servizi umani degli Stati Uniti d'America Italian
| United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | |
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| United States Department of Health and Human Services | |
| Style | Mr. Secretary (informal) The Honorable (formal) |
| Member of | the United States Cabinet |
| Reports to | President of the United States |
| Seat | Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Washington, D.C. |
| Appointer | President of the United States with Senate advice and consent |
| Term length | At the President's Pleasure |
| Constituting instrument | Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 67 Stat. 631 42 U.S.C. § 3501 |
| Formation | April 11, 1953 |
| First holder | Oveta Culp Hobby |
| Succession | Twelfth[1] |
| Deputy | United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services |
| Salary | Executive Schedule, Level I |
| Website | www.hhs.gov |
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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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Patricia R. Harris (1977–1979)—Miller Center". millercenter.org. Archived from the original on February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
- ^ "Jurisdiction | The United States Senate Committee on Finance". finance.senate.gov. Archived from the original on February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
- ^ 5 U.S.C. § 5312
- ^ "Salary Table No. 2021-EX Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 23, 2021.
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