[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 84 (Monday, May 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24490-24491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10504]
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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 76 FR 15984-15985, dated March 22, 2011) is
amended to reflect the reorganization of the National Center on Birth
Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Office of Noncommunicable
Diseases, Injury and Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as
follows:
Delete item (7) of the functional statement for the Office of the
Director (CUB 1), National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities (CUB) and insert the following: (7) serves as primary
liaison between NCBDDD and the CDC Office of the Associate Director for
Communications and its associated research and practice.
Following the title and functional statement for the Division of
Human Development and Disability (CUBC), insert the following:
Office of the Director (CUBC1). (1) Provides leadership and
guidance on strategic planning and implementation, program priority
setting, and policy development, to advance the mission of the
division, NCBDDD, and CDC; (2) develops goals, objectives, and budget;
monitors progress and allocation of resources, and reports
accomplishments, future directions, and resource requirements; (3)
facilitates scientific, policy and program collaboration among
divisions and centers, and between CDC and other federal/non-federal
partners; (4) promotes advancement of science throughout the division,
supports program evaluation, and ensures that research meets the
highest standards in the field; (5) provides medical expertise
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and consultation to planning, projects, policies and program
activities; (6) advises the NCBDDD Office of the Director on matters
relating to human development and disability and coordinates division
responses to requests for technical assistance or information on
activities supported by the division; (7) develops and produces
communications tools and public affairs strategies to meet the needs of
division programs and mission; and (8) represents the division at
official professional and scientific meetings, both within and outside
of CDC.
Child Development and Disability Branch (CUBCB). (1) Collaborates
with and provides technical assistance, consultation, and training to
local, state, federal, and international agencies, universities, public
and private organizations on optimal child development, disability, and
health promotion of children with or at risk of disabilities; (2)
promotes development of data standards and standardized procedures for
data management and program effectiveness and costs for systems
supporting optimal child development, and disability activities; (3)
coordinates and collaborates on recommendations for policy development
at the federal and state levels and with the private sector to promote
social participation and optimal child development, including those
with or at risk for disabilities; (4) provides scientific leadership
and technical assistance in the development, application, improvement
and evaluation of public health activities, systems, and interventions
supporting optimal child development, including those with or at risk
for disabilities; (5) conducts research to expand the knowledge base
related to optimal early development and health of children with or at
risk of disabilities, and investigates costs and effectiveness of
intervention programs and systems; (6) supports the development and
utilization of activities necessary for health promotion and prevention
of secondary conditions in children of all ages who have or are at risk
for disabilities and their families; (7) supports and enhances public
health capacity, including surveillance and data sharing, for promoting
optimal health and development of infants and children with or at risk
for disabilities and their families across the lifespan; (8) develops
and disseminates information from surveillance and epidemiologic
research, health promotion and disease prevention strategies, and
policies related to public health aspects of typical and atypical child
development; and (9) provides leadership in health promotion and child
development for infants and children with or at risk for delays or
disabilities and their families.
Disability and Health Branch (CUBCC). (1) Collaborates with and
provides technical assistance, consultation, and training to local,
state, federal, and international agencies, universities and
governmental and non-governmental organizations on disability and
health related issues; (2) collaborates with local, state, federal, and
international agencies, and appropriate governmental and non-
governmental organizations to develop, review, and implement policies
that advance the health of people with disabilities across the
lifespan; (3) provides scientific leadership in the development,
application, extension, and improvement of health surveillance and
tracking systems related to disability and health; (4) conducts and
supports both qualitative and quantitative research to expand the
knowledge base related to disability and health across the lifespan;
(5) supports the development and utilization of secondary condition
prevention activities for people with specific or categorical
disabilities; (6) supports and coordinates state public health capacity
for promoting the health of people with disabilities; (7) disseminates
information from surveillance and health services research,
epidemiological research, health promotion and disease prevention
strategies, and policies related to disability and health; (8)
establishes collaborative partnerships with public and private
organizations of national and international stature to promote the
health of people with disabilities; (9) collaborates with funded
nongovernmental agencies to disseminate best practices, identify areas
of need, facilitate development and distribution of educational
materials, and provide informational resources to states and affected
populations and their caregivers; and (10) provides leadership in
health promotion and disease prevention across the lifespan for
individuals with disabilities.
Dated: April 10, 2011.
James D. Seligman,
Acting Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-10504 Filed 4-29-11; 8:45 am]
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