[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 6, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 25867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10179]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the 
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of 
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated 
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as 
amended most recently at 79 FR 21760-21763, dated April 17, 2014) is 
amended to establish the World Trade Center Health Program, National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    After the title and functional statement for the Division of 
Compensation Analysis and Support (CCN), National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (CC), insert the following:
    World Trade Center Health Program (CCP). (1) Provides the 
leadership and management to comply with the responsibilities under the 
James Zadroga 9/11 Act of 2010; Title) (XXIII of the Public Health 
Service Act; (2) administers the World Trade Center Health Program 
(WTCHP); (3) develops, implements, and maintains a WTCHP quality 
assurance program; (4) provides annual reports to Congress; (5) 
consults with stakeholders in carrying out the WTCHP mission; (6) 
establishes and administers a WTCHP Scientific Technical Advisory 
Committee; (7) develops and implements an education and outreach 
program; (8) provides for uniform data collection and for data 
integration; (9) provides for collaboration between Data Centers and 
World Trade Center (WTC) Health Registry; (10) enters into and oversees 
contracts for Clinical Centers of Excellence, Data Centers, and 
Nationwide Provider Networks; (11) enters into agreement with New York 
City for purposes of collecting 10% of the specified funds stated in 
the Zadroga 9/11 Act of 2010; (12) ensures continuity of care; (13) 
reimburses Clinical Centers of Excellence for infrastructure costs; 
(14) establishes a process for enrollment of WTC responders, and 
Pentagon and Shanksville responders; (15) conducts reviews to determine 
if cancer/types of cancer should be added to list of WTC-related health 
conditions; (16) issues regulations for medical necessity; (17) 
reimburses costs for initial health evaluation, monitoring, and 
treatment; (18) establishes a process to determine and certify 
screening-eligible WTC survivors as certified-eligible survivors; (19) 
administers/collects recoupments from private insurance and workers 
compensation; (20) conducts and/or supports research; (21) ensures that 
a Registry of 9/11 victims is maintained; (22) enters into agreement(s) 
with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for provider 
reimbursements; and (23) ensures compliance with all Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Public Law 104-191, 
statutory and regulatory provisions that govern the WTCHP as a covered 
entity, as well as any HHS HIPAA policies through the establishment of 
a WTCHP HIPAA Compliance Program.

    Dated: April 28, 2014.
Sherri A. Berger,
MSPH, Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-10179 Filed 5-5-14; 8:45 am]
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