Public Health Service (PHS) Agencies : Background and Funding / Pamela W. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Pamela W., author.

Series:

CRS report for Congress, RL34098.

CRS report for Congress, RL34098

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Expenditures, Public.

Public health administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (37 leaves).

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress, 2007.

Summary:

The U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) originated in an act of July 16, 1798, that authorized marine hospitals for the care of American merchant seamen. Over the years, the scope and responsibilties of the act and the service have broadened. The Public Health Services Act of July 1, 1944, revised and consolidated into one law all legislation existing at the time relating to programs and activities of the PHS. The act, codified at 42 U.S.C. 201 et seq., has been amended and extended nearly every year since 1944 and currently includes 29 titles. The PHS Act is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through eight operating agencies. Those agencies are: the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (HRSA), the Indian Health Services (IHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry is administered by the Directror of the CDC, and the two agencies are discussed together in this report. Together, the PHS agencies administer more than 300 programs that cover a wide spectrum of health-related activities. Funding for the PHS agencies is provided through three different appropriations acts. Total appropriations to these agencies for FY2007 totaled more than 49.5 billion dollar. (This report does not, yet reflect the effects of FY2007 supplemental appropirations). For each of the PHS agencies, this report describes the mission, organization, key programs, history, and legislative authorities, and provides budget tables for FY2006 through the FY2008 request. It will be updated as legislative and other events warrant.

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