<Tr> <Td> Joseph A. Califano Jr . </Td> <Td> January 20, 1977--August 3, 1979 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Patricia Roberts Harris </Td> <Td> August 3, 1979--May 4, 1980 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was renamed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in 1979, when its education functions were transferred to the newly created United States Department of Education under the Department of Education Organization Act . HHS was left in charge of the Social Security Administration, agencies constituting the Public Health Service, and Family Support Administration . </P> <P> In 1995, the Social Security Administration was removed from the Department of Health and Human Services, and established as an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States Government . </P>

When was the department of health and human services created