About Hhs
Unlike statutes authorizing the creation of other executive departments, the contents of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 had been never properly codified inside the United States Code, though Congress did codify a later statute ratifying the Plan. The result is that HHS is the only govt division whose statutory basis at present rests on a confusing combination of several codified and uncodified statutes. For government departments by that name in different jurisdictions, see Department of Health and Human Services . Relationship With State And Local Health Departments The Department of Health and Human Services is the United States authorities's principal agency for shielding the health of all Americans and offering important human companies, particularly for those who are least able to assist themselves. In 2013, cigarette and smokeless tobacco companies spent more than $9.5 billion, greater than $1 million per hour that year, on promoting and promotional expenses in the Uni...