[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 241 (Tuesday, December 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65813-65814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32747]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part F, of the Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations 
of Authority of the Department of Health and Human Services, Health 
Care Financing Administration (HCFA), (49 Federal Register 34247, dated 
September 6, 1984) is amended to include the following delegation of 
authority from the Secretary to the Administrator for Title XXI of the 
Social Security Act.
    The specific amendments to Part F are described below:
    I. Section F.30., Delegations of Authority is amended by adding the 
following paragraph: SS. The authority vested in the Secretary under 
Title XXI of the Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.).
    Limitation: No State plan or amendment shall be finally disapproved 
without consultation and discussion by the Administrator with the 
Secretary.
    II. Section F.30., Delegations of Authority, paragraph RR is 
revised to include title XXI, the revised paragraph reads as follows:

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    RR. The authority vested in the Secretary or that may become vested 
in the Secretary, and not otherwise delegated, limited, or reserved, to 
conduct studies and demonstration projects, as directed by Congress, 
that relate to the programs established by Title XI of the Social 
Security Act (Act), insofar as they relate to the mission of the Health 
Care Financing Administration (HCFA), and Titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI. 
This delegation encompasses the authority to approve related program 
activities required by the studies and demonstration projects if such 
authority is or becomes vested in the Secretary and is not otherwise 
delegated, limited, or reserved. These activities include, but are not 
limited to, direct performance, entering into contracts or cooperative 
agreements, making grants, approving payments for contracts, 
cooperative agreements, and grants and approving authorized waivers of 
compliance with certain requirements of titles XI, XVIII, and XIX and 
XXI of the Act when such actions are for the purpose of conducting 
studies and demonstration projects.
    This delegation shall be exercised under the Department's existing 
delegation of authority and policy on regulations. In addition, I 
hereby ratify and affirm any actions taken by the Administrator or 
other HCFA officials which, in effect, involved the exercise of this 
authority prior to the effective date of this delegation. This 
delegation is effective immediately.

    Dated: December 2, 1997.
Donna E. Shalala,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-32747 Filed 12-15-97; 8:45 am]
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