[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 129 (Thursday, July 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 35437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16800]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Statement of 
Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority; Reorganization 
Order

    Under the authority of Section 6 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 
1953 and pursuant to the authorities vested in me as Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, I hereby order organizational changes in the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as follows. Under Part F, 
(Health Care Financing Administration) Statement of Organization, 
Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the Department of Health 
and Human Services, Part F, as amended at 46 FR 13262-63, dated March 
9, 1977, and most recently amended at 65 FR 43771, dated July 14, 2000, 
is being amended to retitle, Part F, Health Care Financing 
Administration, as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The 
changes are as follows:
    1. Under Part F, all references to the Health Care Financing 
Administration (HCFA), are hereby changed to the Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services (CMS); and all references to HCFA are changed to CMS.
    2. All references to the HCFA ``Administrator'' are changed to the 
``Administrator of CMS.''
    3. Delegations of Authority. All delegations of authority from the 
Secretary or other HHS officials to the Administrator, Health Care 
Financing Administration and redelegations from the Administrator to 
subordinate employees pertaining to the Health Care Financing 
Administration are vested in the Administrator, Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services and such subordinate employees and remain in effect 
until revoked or modified.

    Dated: June 29, 2001.
Tommy G. Thompson,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-16800 Filed 6-29-01; 3:24 pm]
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