Iowa Health and Human Services director resigns after confirmation stalls in Senate

Iowa HHS director resigns after blocked confirmation, named deputy

Gov. Kim Reynolds taps Kraig Paulsen to lead Iowa HHS after blocked confirmation

Gov. Kim Reynolds appoints Kraig Paulsen to lead Iowa HHS after Senate Democrats blocked Larry Johnson's confirmation as director.

Iowa Health and Human Services director resigns after confirmation stalls in Senate

After his confirmation was denied in the Iowa Senate, Larry Johnson has resigned as the Iowa HHS director and will instead serve as the department's new principal deputy director.

Reynolds appoints Kraig Paulsen to lead Iowa HHS after Larry Johnson resignation

Gov. Kim Reynolds has accepted the resignation of Iowa Health and Human Services Director Larry Johnson and appointed Kraig Paulsen to lead the agency.,

Gov. Reynolds appoints Director of Iowa Department of Health and Human Services

DES MOINES— Gov. Reynolds has accepted the resignation of Iowa Health and Human Services Director Larry Johnson, whose confirmation was blocked by Iowa Senate Democrats in April for partisan political reasons, and has appointed Kraig Paulsen, Director of the Iowa Department of Management, to also serve as Director of Iowa HHS at the pleasure of the governor.   “This is not the first time I’ve called upon Director Paulsen to help lead executive b…