[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 5178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1903]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    This reorganization of AoA establishes the Office of Community 
Living Assistance Services and Supports (Office of CLASS) and in doing 
so, capitalizes on the agency's current administrative structures for 
purposes of implementing the Community Living Assistance Services and 
Supports Act (CLASS Act).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Berger, Administration on Aging, 
Washington, DC 20201, telephone 202-357-3419.
    This notice amends Part B of the Statement of Organization, 
Functions, and Delegations of Authority of the Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS), Administration on Aging (AoA), as last amended at 
75 FR 18219-18228, dated April 9, 2010, as follows:
    I. Under Part B, Section B.10 Organization, insert the following: 
``Office of Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (Office 
of CLASS) (BC).''
    II. Under Part B, Section B.20 Functions, establish a new Chapter 
BC, ``Office of Community Living Assistance Services and Supports 
(Office of CLASS)'' to read as follows:

Chapter BC, Office of Community Living Assistance Services and Supports 
(Office of CLASS)

BC.00 Mission

BC.10 Organization

BC.20 Functions

    BC.00 Mission. The Office of Community Living Assistance Services 
and Supports (Office of CLASS) is the office with a primary focus on 
the efficient and effective implementation and management of the 
provisions of Title VIII of the Affordable Care Act of 2010--the 
Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (CLASS Act).
    BC.10 Organization. The head of the Office of CLASS reports to the 
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
    BC.20 Functions. The Office of CLASS will play an important role in 
helping working adults who meet benefit eligibility requirements 
protect their independence and remain in the community through a cash 
benefit to purchase long-term services and supports. The 
responsibilities of the Office of CLASS include: Establishing the 
national voluntary insurance program; setting premiums; developing and 
implementing rules for enrollment and eligibility systems; specifying 
and designing the benefit; establishing systems for advice and 
assistance; supporting a protection and advocacy network to serve 
eligible beneficiaries of the program; paying benefits and handling 
related responsibilities; convening and supporting two Federal Advisory 
Committees (the Personal Care Attendants Workforce Advisory Panel and 
the CLASS Independence Advisory Council); and liaising and coordinating 
with a number of public and private entities, including the Department 
of the Treasury, the Social Security Administration, employers, and 
state Medicaid agencies.

    Dated: January 25, 2011.
Kathy Greenlee,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2011-1903 Filed 1-27-11; 8:45 am]
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