Department of Health and Human Services

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington,DC 20201

Phone, 202–690–6343. Internet, http://www.hhs.gov.

Secretary of Health and Human Services KATHLEEN SEBELIUS

Deputy Secretary WILLIAM CORR

Chief of Staff SALLY HOWARD

Executive Secretary DAWN SMALLS

Director, Off‌ice of Intergovernmental and

External Affairs

PAUL DIOGUARDI

Assistant Secretary for Health, Off‌ice of Public

Health and Science

HOWARD KOH

Surgeon General REGINA M. BENJAMIN

Assistant Secretary for Administration E.J. HOLLAND,JR.

Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources ELLEN G. MURRAY

Assistant Secretary for Legislation JIM ESQUEA

Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation SHERRY GLIED

Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs RICHARD SORIAN

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and

Response

NICOLE LURIE

Chair, Departmental Appeals Board CONSTANCE B. TOBIAS

Chief Administrative Law Judge, Off‌ice of

Medicare Hearings and Appeals

NANCY J. GRISWOLD

Director, Center for Faith-Based and

Neighborhood Partnerships

MARA VANDERSLICE KELLY, Acting

Director, Off‌ice for Civil Rights LEON RODRIGUEZ

Director, Off‌ice on Disability HENRY CLAYPOOL

Director, Off‌ice of Global Health Affairs NILS DAULAIRE

Director, Off‌ice of Health Reform MICHAEL M. HASH

Director, Off‌ice of Security and Strategic

Information

JOY MILLER

General Counsel WILLIAM B. SCHULTZ, Acting

Inspector General DANIEL R. LEVINSON

National Coordinator, Off‌ice of the National

Coordinator for Health Information

Technology

FARZAD MOSTASHARI

The Department of Health and Human Services works to strengthen the public

health and welfare of the American people by providing access to affordable, quality

health care and childcare, ensuring the safety of food products, preparing for public

health emergencies, and improving research efforts to diagnose, treat, and cure life-

threatening illnesses.

The Department of Health and Human

Services (HHS) was created as the

Department of Health, Education, and

Welfare on April 11, 1953 (5 U.S.C.

app.).

Secretary The Secretary of Health

and Human Services advises the

President on health, welfare, and

income security plans, policies, and

programs of the Federal Government

and directs Department staff in carrying