[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 76 (Thursday, April 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20148-20149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9739]


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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 66 FR 14904-14906, dated March 14, 2001) is 
amended to reflect the establishment of the National Center on Birth 
Defects and Developmental Disabilities within the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
    The Children's Health Act of 2000, passed by the U.S. Congress and 
signed into law by the President on October 17, 2000, requires the 
establishment of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental 
Disabilities at CDC by April 15, 2001. As specified in the Act, CDC 
will include in the new Center the programs, functions, and staff of 
the current Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities 
(DBDDD), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH). Consequently, 
DBDDD will be abolished as an organizational component of NCEH and 
established as the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental 
Disabilities. Congressional intent of the Act is focused on 
incorporating birth defects and developmental disabilities, as well as 
adult disabilities and secondary prevention programs, in the new 
Center.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    After the mission statement for the Division of Acute Care, 
Rehabilitation Research, and Disability Prevention (CE6), National 
Center for Injury Prevention and Control (CE), insert the following:

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities 
(CF)

    The mission of the National Center on Birth Defects and 
Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) is to improve the health of 
children and adults by preventing birth defects and developmental 
disabilities, promoting optimal child development, and the health 
and wellness among children and adults living with disabilities. In 
carrying out this mission, this organization: (1) Conducts public 
health research, epidemiological investigations, and program 
demonstrations directed toward preventing birth defects and 
developmental disabilities, optimal fetal, infant, and child 
development, and promoting the health and wellness of people with 
disabilities, including the prevention of secondary conditions; (2) 
plans, develops, establishes, and maintains systems of surveillance 
and monitoring the population for these conditions; (3) operates 
regional centers for the conduct of applied epidemiological research 
on these conditions; (4) provides information and education to 
health care providers, public health professionals, and the public 
on these conditions; (5) provides technical assistance, 
consultation, capacity building through technology transfer, grants, 
cooperative agreements, contracts, and other means to State, local, 
international, and nonprofit organizations to prevent and control 
these

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conditions; (6) provides training in the epidemiology of these 
conditions for health professionals within and outside the United 
States; (7) translates scientific findings into intervention, 
prevention, and health promotion strategies; (8) conducts 
evaluations of programs to determine effectiveness; and (9) 
coordinates activities with other CDC organizations and federal and 
non-federal health agencies, as appropriate.

    Delete in their entirety the title and mission statement for the 
Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (CN5), 
National Center for Environmental Health (CN).
    Section C-D, Delegations of Authority. All delegations and 
redelegations of authority to any officers or employees which were in 
effect immediately prior to this reorganization and which are 
consistent with this reorganization shall continue in effect pending 
further redelegation.

    Dated: April 12, 2001.
Jeffrey P. Koplan,
Director.
[FR Doc. 01-9739 Filed 4-18-01; 8:45 am]
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