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The New Jersey Department of Health is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey.New Jersey’s State Board of Health was established in 1877. Its administrative functions were vested in the Department of Health which was created in 1947. In 1996 the latter was renamed the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS). In 2012 senior services programs moved back into the Department of Human Services and DHSS again became the Department of Health.
