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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

 

Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority; Administrative and Program Delegations of Authorities

    Part F of the Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations 
of Authority for the Department of Health and Human Services, Health 
Care Financing Administration (HCFA), (Federal Register, Vol. 59, No. 
60, pp. 14645-14647, dated Tuesday, March 29, 1994) is amended to 
reflect a change to the functional statements for the Management 
Planning and Analysis Staff and the Division of Staffing and Employee 
Services, within the Office of Human Resources, Office of Financial and 
Human Resources, Associate Administrator for Operations and Resource 
Management.

The Specific Amendments to Part F Are as Follows:

     Section F.20.D.3.a. (Functions) Management Planning and 
Analysis Staff is amended by deleting both the administrative and 
program delegations of authorities and the management studies from the 
current functional statement and replacing it with the new functional 
statement which read as follows:

a. Management Planning and Analysis Staff (FLA-1)

     Provides Agency-wide services, policy, direction, and 
coordination with respect to HCFA's management analysis, planning, and 
control programs including: work planning, productivity improvement, 
internal controls, Office of Inspector General audit resolutions' 
functions, advisory and assistance services certification, contracting 
of commercial and industrial activities, the administrative issuances 
system, memoranda of understanding and interagency agreements, 
paperwork reduction, and information collection budget programs.
     Advises the OFHR Director in management analysis 
activities.
     Provides services, policy direction, and coordination 
regarding the HCFA paperwork reduction activities.
     Section F.20.D.3.a.(3) (Functions) Division of Staffing 
and Employees Services is amended by adding the program delegations of 
authority and the management studies functions to the functional 
statement and replacing it with the new functional statement which read 
as follows:

(3) Division of Staffing and Employee Services (FLA23)

     Provides service to all central office HCFA components in 
the areas of recruitment, in-service staffing, selective placement, and 
pre-employment investigations, and personnel security clearances for 
all types of appointments and all occupational classes and levels of 
work (except Senior Executive Service, Schedule C, and related 
appointments).
     Provides advice, guidance, and consultation to HCFA 
supervisory and management officials on such issues as optimal staffing 
mixes, recruitment sources, and qualification factors.
     Interprets regulations, guides, directives, and bulletins 
related to staffing and personnel services.
     Establishes and maintains the employment data base for 
routine and special reports and statistical studies related to the 
employee population.
     Plans and controls the central system for all personnel 
and payroll employee transaction processes, (except U.S. Savings 
Bonds), serves as the official custodian for all personnel folder 
clearances, confidential reports, employment agreements and other 
related areas.
     Plans, administers, and evaluates HCFA-wide employee 
benefits, health, and wellness program activities.
     Provides general employee counseling on such matters as 
retirement, life insurance, health plans, workers' compensation claims, 
and unemployment compensation claims.
     Serves as the central HCFA reference point for inquiries, 
guidance, and interpretation on employee benefits, health, and wellness 
matters.
     Processes insurance claims and annuity applications for 
retirees and survivors of deceased employees. Processes the full range 
of employee benefit and payroll transaction documents, with the 
exception of U.S. Savings Bonds.
     Directs programs for occupational health services, 
employee health enhancement, physical fitness, and blood assurance 
programs. Plans and administers the Agency's contract for the Employee 
Assistance Program.
     Directs and administers HCFA's child care initiative. 
Directs the Agency's Voluntary Leave Transfer and Video Display 
Terminal Eye Care Programs.
     Under direction of the HCFA Deputy Ethics Officer, plans 
and administers the entire ethics program for both central and regional 
offices. Reviews financial disclosure reports prior to departmental 
submittal and coordinates outside activity requests and approvals.
     Directs and coordinates all Agency medical determinations 
related to employability issues, such as fitness for duty and 
reasonable accommodation.
     Develops, reviews, analyzes, and maintains existing or 
proposed Agency-wide program delegations of authority.
     Conducts special studies and analyses concerning Agency-
wide and cross cutting OFHR issues and other broad based administrative 
issues.

    Dated: July 1, 1994.
Steven A. Pelovitz,
Associate Administrator for Operations and Resource Management.
[FR Doc. 94-18005 Filed 7-22-94; 8:45 am]
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