States sue HHS over layoffs, restructuring: 5 updates
05/08/25 at 03:00 AM
States sue HHS over layoffs, restructuring: 5 updates
Becker's Hospital Review; by Madeline Ashley and Mackenzie Bean; 5/5/25
Nineteen states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the federal government May 5 aiming to block the Trump administration’s large-scale restructuring of HHS. In the lawsuit, New York Attorney General Letitia James and 19 other AGs argue the restructuring is an “unconstitutional and illegal dismantling of the department.” They contend the government has violated hundreds of laws and bypassed congressional authority by enacting the plan, which has erased decades of public health progress and left HHS unable to execute many vital functions.