Department of Health, Department of Health Facilities, and Department of Human Services

​​​House Bill 2006, passed during the 2023 Legislative Session and signed by Governor Jim Justice on March 6, 2023, reorganized the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) into three separate departments, each overseen by its own cabinet-level secretary, effective January 1, 2024. On May 24, 2023, Gov. Jim Justice appointed three cabinet secretaries: Sherri A. Young, D.O., MBA, FAAFP - Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health (DH); Cynthia Persily, Ph.D. - Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS); and Michael Caruso - Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health Facilities (DHF). All three new secretaries began working with their respective departments on July 5, 2023, in preparation for the January 1, 2024, official transition.