---
type: Body
title: "Department of Health and Human Services"
classification: "executive-department"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-HEALTH-AND-HUMAN-SERVICES"
head: "us/executive/health-and-human-services/secretary"
sources:
  - field: definition
    source: "5 U.S.C. § 101 (Executive departments)"
confidence: official
tags: [body, executive, executive-department]
timestamp: "2026-07-03"
---

# Department of Health and Human Services

Executive department, established by 5 U.S.C. § 101. Headed by the [Secretary of Health and Human Services](/us/executive/health-and-human-services/secretary.md).

## Referenced by the U.S. Code

531 sections of the U.S. Code reference this department. A sample:

- [2 U.S.C. § 901](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-20/section-901.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 101](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-1/section-101.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 406](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-406.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 422](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-422.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5315](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5315.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5316](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5316.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 552a](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-5/section-552a.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8903c](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-89/section-8903c.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8910](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-89/section-8910.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 1533](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-6/section-1533.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 184](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-184.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 195c](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-195c.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 223](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-223.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 235](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-235.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 238](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-238.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 279](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-279.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 321g](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-321g.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 321r](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-321r.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 350](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-350.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 467](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-467.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 597](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-597.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 772](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-2/section-772.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 775](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-2/section-775.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 136](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-6/section-136.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1983b](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-50/section-1983b.md)
- …and 506 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)