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The department is led by the Secretary of Health and the Commissioner of Health. Oklahoma law requires the Commissioner of Health to have professional expertise as any of the following: 1) an actively licensed physician (MD/DO), 2) a doctoral-level degree holder in public health or public health administration, 3) a masters' degree holder with a minimum of five years experience in ...
The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) is Washington's social services department. The agency has its headquarters in Office Building Two (OB-2) in Olympia , the state capital. [ 1 ] Annually, 2.2 million children, families, vulnerable adults and seniors come to the department for protection, comfort, food assistance, financial aid ...
Provides public health services relating to mental illness and substance abuse. Department of Rehabilitation Services: 1079: $136: Provides people with physical, mental and visual disabilities with counseling and job training Health Care Authority: 416: $4,600: Provides health insurance benefits for the state's "SoonerCare" (Oklahoma's Medicaid ...
Health Services: Department of Health 405.7 2,184 Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services 438.7 1,721 Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust 51.9 25 Physician Manpower Training Commission 5.5 6 SUBTOTAL: 901.8: 3,936: Public Hospitals: University Hospital Authority 121.1 0 OSU Medical Authority 16.4 0 SUBTOTAL: 137.5: 0: Medical ...
In early March 2020, coronavirus cases within Washington state grew along with the rest of the country. Washington State Department of Health officials requested, from the federal government's Strategic National Stockpile (the U.S. government's repository of drugs, vaccines and equipment to be used in major public health emergencies), 233,000 respirators and 200,000 surgical masks.
The Oklahoma Department of Human Services is an agency of the government of Oklahoma.Under the supervision of the Oklahoma Secretary of Health and Human Services, Oklahoma Human Services is responsible for providing help to individuals and families in need through public assistance programs and managing services for seniors and people with disabilities.
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority has the primary duty of executing SoonerCare, the Oklahoma version of Medicaid. SoonerCare is a health coverage program jointly funded by the United States federal government and the Oklahoma state government. The program provides payments to cover medical services to economically challenged individuals.
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 ...