Public Health Service (PHS) Agencies: Background and Funding (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised March 26, 2008 |
| Report Number |
RL34098 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Pamela Smith, Judith A. Johnson, Sarah A. Lister, Donna V. Porter, Bernice Reyes-Akinbileje, Andrew R. Sommers, Ramya Sundararaman, Susan Thaul, and Roger Walke, Domestic Social Policy Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
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 (FDA), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the Indian Health Service (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 Director 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 discretionary appropriations to these agencies for FY2008 totaled $50.6 billion. For each of the PHS agencies, this report describes the mission, organization, key programs, history, and legislative authorities, and provides budget tables for FY2007 through the FY2009 request. It will be updated as legislative and other events warrant.
