What's Inside HHS' Budget Proposals for FY 2026?

Documents Provide Some Details for Cyber, HIPAA, Other Units Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • June 2, 2025

The Trump administration's fiscal 2026 budget-in-brief for the U.S. Department of Health and Services cuts deeply into some agencies including the National Institutes of Health, but calls for continued security and HIPAA regulatory enforcement actions under a consolidated watchdog organization.

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The budget justification documents describe plans for HHS's proposed $94.7 billion total discretionary budget authority for fiscal 2026. That's a $31 billion reduction from HHS' $126 billion discretionary budget in fiscal 2025.

The documents provide a little more detail to flesh out broader proposals that the White House released in its "skinny budget" in May.

In March, HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a massive department-wide reorganization and downsizing that included consolidating HHS ...