[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10396-10397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4553]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration; Statement of 
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority

    Part HB (Health Resources and Services Administration) of the 
Statement of Organization, Functions, [[Page 10397]] and Delegations of 
Authority for the Department of Health and Human Services is amended to 
reflect the addition of the Bone Marrow Program.
    Under HB-20, Organization and Functions amend the functional 
statements for the Bureau of Health Resources Development (HBB), Health 
Resources and Services Administration (HB) by deleting the functional 
statement for the Division of Organ Transplantation (HBB3) and 
substituting the following:
    Division of Organ Transplantation (HBB3). Plans, directs, 
coordinates, and monitors a broad range of activities relating to the 
field of organ procurement and transplantation. Specifically: (1) 
Develops, implements, and maintains a program of grants to organ 
procurement organizations (OPOs); (2) provides technical assistance to 
OPOs receiving Federal funds; (3) establishes and maintains an Organ 
Procurement and Transplantation Network; (4) establishes and maintains 
a scientific registry for organ transplantation recipients; (5) 
administers and monitors the contracts governing the National Marrow 
Donor Program; (6) conducts a program of public information to inform 
the public of the need for organ donations; (7) monitors trends and 
analyzes data on the efficiency and effectiveness of organ procurement, 
bone marrow donation, the allocation of organs among transplant centers 
and transplant patients, and on other aspect of organ transplantation, 
and prepare reports as needed; (8) in conjunction with the Division of 
Information and Analysis, coordinates collection of information with 
other units of the Federal Government concerned with organ and bone 
marrow recovery and transplantation (e.g., the National Center for 
Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment, the 
Health Care Financing Administration, the National Institutes of 
Health, the Department of the Navy, the Food and Drug Administration, 
and the Centers for Disease Control); (9) maintains working 
relationships with State activities and professional organizations in 
the field of organ transplantation; (10) maintains and/or fosters new 
relationships with public and private organizations (e.g., the North 
American Transplant Coordination Organization, the American Hospital 
Association, the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, and the 
American Society of Transplant Physicians) to promote the concepts of 
organ and bone marrow donation, to follow trends in organ procurement, 
and to maintain working knowledge of clinical status of organ and bone 
marrow transplantation; and (11) develops and provides information on 
organ and bone marrow recovery and transplantation for professional 
associations, health providers, consumers, health insurers, medical 
societies, State health departments, and the general public.
    This addition is effective upon date of signature.

    Dated: February 7, 1995.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-4553 Filed 2-23-95; 8:45 am]
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