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A state health agency (SHA), or state department of health, is a department or agency of the state governments of the United States focused on public health. The state secretary of health is a constitutional or at times a statutory official in several states of the United States. The position is the chief executive official for the state's ...
MeSH N03.540.452 – health planning organizations; MeSH N03.540.452.188 – health care coalitions; MeSH N03.540.452.210 – health planning councils; MeSH N03.540.452.508 – state health planning and development agencies; MeSH N03.540.452.508.440 – health systems agencies; MeSH N03.540.483 – home care agencies
Pages in category "State departments of health of the United States" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The agencies are commonly described as "superagencies", especially by government insiders, to distinguish them from the common usage of the term "government agency". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The seven superagencies are Government Operations; Labor and Workforce Development; Transportation; Natural Resources; Environmental Protection; Health and Human ...
Agencies that are responsible for state-level regulating, monitoring, managing, and protecting environmental and public health concerns. The exact duties of these agencies can vary widely and some are combined with or are part of a state's fish and wildlife management agency.
This is an incomplete list of statutory codes from the U.S. states, territories, and the one federal district. Most states use a single official code divided into numbered titles. Pennsylvania's official codification is still in progress.
Each state health agency initially followed local moves to create health departments in each state. Louisiana was the first state to create a state board of health in 1855, [10] but it functioned primarily to influence regulations in New Orleans. [11]
State housing agencies in the United States (1 C, 7 P) State departments of health of the United States (8 C, 51 P) State history organizations of the United States (3 C, 33 P)