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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service

 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Statement of 
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority

    Part H, Public Health Service (PHS), Chapter HC (Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention), of the Statement of Organization, 
Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the Department of Health 
and Human Services (45 FR 67772-67776, dated October 14, 1980, and 
corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as amended most recently at 
58 FR 59052-59054, November 5, 1993) is amended to reflect the 
following organizational changes within the National Center for Health 
Statistics: (1) Modify the functional statement for the Office of 
Planning and Extramural Programs, and (2) retitle the Office of 
Analysis and Epidemiology and modify the functional statement.
    Following the title Office of Planning and Extramural Programs 
(HCS14), delete the functional statement in its entirety and insert the 
following: (1) Participates in the development of policy, long-range 
plans, and programs of the Center; (2) develops proposed policies for 
the coordination of NCHS programs with external agencies, both public 
and private; (3) serves as the focal point for coordination of health 
statistical activities within NCHS and for developing and coordinating 
the collaborative statistical activities of NCHS with other 
organizations and agencies; (4) provides a focus within NCHS for 
statistical program planning, evaluation, and legislative affairs; (5) 
evaluates or arranges for the evaluation of the adequacy, completeness, 
and responsiveness of Center programs both nationally and 
internationally to the NCHS mission and user needs for data; (6) 
directs the definition, development, and coordination of cooperative 
programs in health statistics, working with Regional Offices, State and 
local governments, and other organizations including the private and 
academic sectors in the development and strengthening of subnational 
statistical systems; (7) conducts research, analyses, and 
demonstrations related to the subnational systems; (8) develops, 
pilots, and implements new programs through direct activities and 
through grants and contracts; (9) provides Executive Secretariat and 
related services to the National Committee on Vital and Health 
Statistics; (10) provides program leadership and coordination for the 
NCHS Reimbursable Work Program; (11) provides guidance and staff 
support for major Center conferences and committee meetings; (12) 
provides advice and assistance to outside agencies and organizations in 
the conduct of statistical training activities; (13) participates with 
appropriate agencies and organizations to improve the quality, 
comparability, and timeliness of standard health data sets and to 
promote and disseminate their use; maintains current information 
concerning Federal and non-Federal health statistics systems; (14) 
serves as principal advisor in areas of financial management activities 
and manages a system of budgetary and expenditure controls; (15) 
coordinates required clearances of Reimbursable Work Program and Human 
Subjects Review projects.
    Delete in its entirety the title and functional statement for the 
Office of Analysis and Epidemiology (HCS4) and insert the following:
    Office of Analysis, Epidemiology, and Health Promotion (HCS4). (1) 
Participates in the development of policy, long-range plans, and 
programs of the Center; (2) plans, directs, and coordinates the 
Analysis, Epidemiology, and Health Promotion Program of the Center; (3) 
develops policy for the Analysis, Epidemiology, and Health Promotion 
Program of the Center; (4) provides operating liaison with other 
programs of the Center and other public and private health agencies on 
activities related to analysis, epidemiology and health promotion; (5) 
provides consultation and technical assistance to Federal agencies, 
States, and other public and private sector institutions in 
epidemiologic investigations, in the analysis and interpretation of 
national health statistics, and in health promotion activities; (6) 
conducts developmental and evaluation research and analysis in the 
fields of epidemiology, health status, health services utilization, 
health promotion, and health economics; (7) augments the policy 
analysis activities of CDC; (8) coordinates NCHS health statistics 
activities with CDC, PHS, and other Federal agencies in the areas of 
environmental health, injury, minority health, and HIV; (9) conducts 
environmental health research using national statistical data and 
evaluates the utility of environmental health statistics for health 
program planning, policy analysis, and program direction; (10) 
coordinates CDC activities to sustain and enhance State and local 
statistical capacity; (11) collects and disseminates sources of current 
information on the conceptualization and measurement of health status, 
including maintenance of a Clearinghouse on Health Indexes.

    Dated: December 17, 1993.
Walter R. Dowdle,
Acting Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 94-746 Filed 1-11-94; 8:45 am]
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