DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Health and Human Services.The cabinet-level department of the federal
government responsible for matters of health, welfare, and income security. • It was originally
established by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 under the title Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare. The Department is headed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. — Abbr.
HHS. [Cases: Social Security and Public Welfare 5. C.J.S. Social Security and Public Welfare §
6–7.] [Blacks Law 8th]