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May 14, 2025
LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a motion for a preliminary injunction (PDF) to stop the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
On March 27, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. revealed a dramatic mass firing and restructuring of HHS as part of the president’s “Department of Government Efficiency” initiative. The secretary announced that the department’s 28 agencies would be collapsed into 15, with many surviving offices shuffled or split apart. He also announced mass firings, cutting 10,000 full-time employees on top of about 10,000 who had left already, which together would slash the department’s headcount from around 85,000 to 65,000. On April 1, the federal government began sending termination notices to thousands of HHS employees across the nation. Half of HHS’s regional offices were closed, including offices in Boston, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, and Seattle. On May 5, the 19 attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration challenging the dramatic, illegal restructuring of HHS. On May 9, they filed a motion for a preliminary injunction, which asks the court to enjoin the March 27 directive and stop the mass firings and efforts to dismantle various HHS offices.
Along with the motion for a preliminary injunction, the Michigan Department of Attorney General also filed a declaration from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (PDF) (MDHHS) attesting to these harms. In 2024, MDHHS partnered with HHS on 130 programs, using federal funds to help 3 million Michigan residents put food on the table, cover childcare costs, get needed medical attention, and keep utilities on in homes. However, after the significant staff cuts at HHS, MDHHS has experienced major disruptions. These include delays or loss of communication with federal agencies, reduced support, and the elimination of critical public health functions, such as infectious disease testing, disease outbreak response and coordination, out-of-state travel notifications about disease exposures to Michigan residents, lead monitoring, collection of reproductive health data relating to mothers and children, and tobacco control efforts, among others. If allowed to stand, these disruptions will harm public health in Michigan and will require the State of Michigan to expend resources to cover the sudden loss of essential services at the federal level.
“Public health threats spread quickly, making the Trump Administration’s illegal action to shut down HHS regional offices and divisions and cut off communication with state health officials especially dangerous,” Nessel said. “These closures strip away vital resources that protect communities from outbreaks and crises. That’s why we filed this motion to stop this unlawful action before it causes lasting harm to the health and safety of residents.”
In filing the motion for a preliminary injunction, Attorney General Nessel joins the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaiʻi, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin.
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