Secretary of Health and Human Services of Massachusetts explained

Post:	Massachusetts Secretary
Body:	Health and Human Services
Insignia:	Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services.jpg
Insigniasize:	130
Insigniacaption:	Seal of the Department
Incumbent:	Kathleen E. Walsh
Incumbentsince:	January 25, 2023
Department:	Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Style:	Madam Secretary (informal) The Honorable (formal)
Reports To:	Governor of Massachusetts
Appointer:	Governor of Massachusetts
Termlength:	No fixed term

The Secretary of Health and Human Services of Massachusetts is the head of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, and serves as an advisor to the Governor of Massachusetts. Its current Secretary is Kathleen E. Walsh, who has been serving since January 25, 2023.^[1]

Duties

It oversees 12 agencies and MassHealth, with a combined budget of US$24 billion and 22,000 public employees, as of 2021.^[2]

Agencies

• Department of Children & Families^[3]
• Department of Developmental Services^[4]
• Department of Elder Affairs^[5]
• Department of Mental Health
• Department of Public Health
• Department of Transitional Assistance^[6]
• Department of Veterans' Services^[7]
• Department of Youth Services
• Massachusetts Commission for the Blind^[8]
• Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing^[9]
• Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission^[10]
• MassHealth
• Office of Diversity, Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights^[11]
• Office of Human Resources^[12]
• Office for Refugees & Immigrants^[13]
• Soldiers' Home in Chelsea^[14]
• Soldiers' Home in Holyoke

References

1. Web site: AHA board member Kate Walsh named HHS secretary for Massachusetts . American Hospital Association . June 30, 2023.
2. Web site: Governor's Cabinet . Mass.gov . February 7, 2021.
3. Web site: Massachusetts Department of Children & Families . Mass.gov . February 7, 2021.
4. Web site: Department of Developmental Services . Mass.gov . January 13, 2021 . February 7, 2021.
5. Web site: Executive Office of Elder Affairs . Mass.gov . February 7, 2021.
6. Web site: Department of Transitional Assistance . Mass.gov . February 7, 2021.
7. Web site: Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services . Mass.gov . October 15, 2020 . February 7, 2021.
8. Web site: Massachusetts Commission for the Blind . Mass.gov . February 7, 2021.
9. Web site: Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing . Mass.gov . March 18, 2020 . February 7, 2021.
10. Web site: Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission . Mass.gov . February 7, 2021.
11. Web site: Diversity and Affirmative Action Programs . Mass.gov . February 7, 2021.
12. Web site: Executive Office of Health and Human Services . Mass.gov . February 7, 2021.
13. Web site: Office for Refugees and Immigrants . Mass.gov . February 7, 2021.
14. Web site: Soldiers' Home in Chelsea . Mass.gov . June 7, 2017 . February 7, 2021.