Every year, HHS proposes a budget to Congress to fund work that will start when the next fiscal year begins. The federal fiscal year starts on October 1st and ends on September 30th.
HHS Fiscal Year 2026 Budget in Brief
The FY26 President’s Budget supports the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) mission to promote the health and well-being of all Americans. HHS proposes $94.7 billion in discretionary budget authority for FY26.
This budget reflects the President’s vision of making Americans the healthiest in the world while achieving his goal of transforming the bureaucracy. It accomplishes this by:
- Aligning to the HHS planned reorganization.
- Saving taxpayer dollars.
- Streamlining the functions of the department.
- Working to end our country’s chronic illness epidemic.
- Prioritizing resources to efficiently achieve our goal to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA).
Topics on this page:
Budget Justifications
Offices to Contact
GAO-IG Act
Archive of Budgets In Brief
Related Content
Budget justifications to Congress
Office of the Secretary staff divisions (offices) consolidated justifications:
Operating divisions (agencies) budget requests:
- HHS certifies that our Chief Information Officer (CIO) has reviewed and had input in approving information technology (IT) Investments included in the budget request documents.
- Both the HHS Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and HHS CIO have had a role in reviewing planned IT support for major programs and significant increases and decreases in IT resources as reflected in this budget.
- We have developed and implemented a plan to ensure that all common baseline Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) responsibilities are in place.
- We confirm that all HHS components are utilizing incremental development practices as appropriate across their IT investment portfolio.
Offices to contact
Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act (GAO-IG Act)
The GAO-IG Act requires us to provide a report identifying each public recommendation that have been open for one year or more as of the date our budget was submitted.
Archive of Budgets in Brief
Every year, a proposed budget is requested by HHS and other federal agencies to fund work that will start when the next fiscal year begins on October 1. Budgets in Brief provide overviews of HHS requests for funding that support the major initiatives of the department.
Here are the previous budgets in briefs for past fiscal years.
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Read how HHS plans to continue operation during a lapse in funding.
Learn about the role of the Office of Budget in achieving HHS’ budget priorities.
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