Title 6 — Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73not60

§350 Workforce Health and Medical Support

Title 6 › Chapter 1— HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › Subchapter VII— MANAGEMENT › § 350

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Under Secretary for Management must run and oversee the Department’s health and medical work for its people and animals. The Under Secretary can give parts of that job to others when needed. Working with the Chief Medical Officer, the Under Secretary must coordinate medical and health activities; set medical, veterinary, and workplace exposure policies and plans; can provide medical experts to components on a reimbursable basis; act as the main contact for agreements that assign Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers to the Department (while each component keeps authority over funding, specific duties, and supervision); and carry out other related tasks the Secretary requires.

Full Legal Text

Title 6, §350

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(a)The Under Secretary for Management shall be responsible for workforce-focused health and medical activities of the Department. The Under Secretary for Management may further delegate responsibility for those activities, as appropriate.

(b)The Under Secretary for Management, in coordination with the Chief Medical Officer, shall—

(1)provide oversight and coordinate the medical and health activities of the Department for the human and animal personnel of the Department;

(2)establish medical, health, veterinary, and occupational health exposure policy, guidance, strategies, and initiatives for the human and animal personnel of the Department;

(3)as deemed appropriate by the Under Secretary, provide medical liaisons to the components of the Department, on a reimbursable basis, to provide subject matter expertise on occupational medical and public health issues;

(4)serve as the primary representative for the Department on agreements regarding the detail of Commissioned Corps officers of the Public Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department, except that components of the Department shall retain authority for funding, determination of specific duties, and supervision of such detailed Commissioned Corps officers; and

(5)perform such other duties relating to the responsibilities described in this subsection as the Secretary may require.

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Citation

6 U.S.C. § 350

Title 6 — Domestic Security

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60