[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13772-13773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7157]


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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 56562-63, dated November 8, 2001) is 
amended to establish the organizational structure within the National 
Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    After the mission statement for the National Center on Birth 
Defects and Developmental Disabilities (CF), insert the following:
    Office of the Director (CF1). (1) Directs, manages, and coordinates 
the activities of the National Center on Birth Defects and 
Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD); (2) develops goals and objectives; 
provides leadership, policy formulation, scientific oversight, and 
guidance in program planning and development; (3) coordinates NCBDDD 
program activities with other CDC components, Federal agencies, 
international organizations, State and local health agencies, business 
and industry, voluntary organizations, and community-based 
organizations; (4) coordinates technical assistance to states, other 
nations and international organizations; (5) coordinates with medical, 
scientific, and other professional organizations interested in birth 
defects prevention, pediatric genetics, developmental disabilities 
prevention, and disabilities and health; (6) advises the Director, CDC, 
on policy matters concerning NCBDDD activities.
    Resource Management Office (CF12). (1) Plans, coordinates, and 
provides administrative and management advice and guidance for NCBDDD; 
(2) provides and coordinates Center-wide administrative, management, 
and support services in the areas of fiscal management, personnel, 
travel, procurement, facility management, and other administrative 
services; (3) prepares annual budget plans and budget justifications; 
(4) coordinates NCBDDD requirements relating to contracts, grants, 
cooperative agreements, and reimbursable agreements; (5) develops and 
implements administrative policies, procedures, and operations, as 
appropriate, for NCBDDD, and prepares special reports and studies, as 
required, in the administrative management areas; (6) maintains liaison 
with related staff offices and other officials of CDC.
    Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (CF2). (1) 
Conducts research to determine the causes and prevention of birth 
defects and developmental disabilities; (2) maintains and expands 
support for state-based surveillance; (3) evaluates the effectiveness 
of efforts to prevent birth defects and developmental disabilities; (4) 
conducts and disseminates findings of epidemiologic research, 
investigations, demonstrations, and programs directed toward the 
prevention of selected adverse reproductive outcomes that are 
environmentally related; (5) provides assistance to State and local 
health departments on community exposures to terotogenic, mutagenic, 
embryotoxic, other environmental agents, and genetic influences 
adversely interfering with normal growth and development; (6) conducts 
research and develops programs to identify women at high risk of an 
alcohol-exposed pregnancy and to fund epidemiologic and clinical 
research studies aimed at early identification and intervention of 
children affected by prenatal alcohol exposure; (7) works closely with 
international organizations and entities in developing strategies and 
programs for reducing the number of birth defects and developmental 
disabilities; (8) develops and evaluates prevention strategies and 
provides training, technical consultation, and assistance to States and 
localities in developing their capacity for planning, establishing, and 
maintaining surveillance and prevention programs; (9) maintains and 
oversees funding and technical assistance to state-based institutions 
(e.g., the Centers for Birth Defects Research and Prevention that seek 
causes and promotes prevention of birth defects; (10) plans, develops, 
establishes, and maintains systems of surveillance including registries 
for monitoring, evaluating and disseminating information; (11) assists 
in increasing the capacity of States to prevent and control birth 
defects and developmental disabilities through training, technology 
transfer, grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and other means; 
(12) provides information and education to the public; (13) provides 
services, consultation, technical assistance, and information to 
States, localities, other Federal agencies, international 
organizations, and other public and private organizations; (14) 
provides training in the epidemiology to professionals throughout the 
U.S. and abroad; and (15) collaborates and coordinates activities with 
other CIOs and HHS agencies.
    Division of Human Development and Disability (CF3). (1) Conducts, 
analyzes, and disseminates disability surveillance data to identify: 
the distribution of disabilities in state populations; health 
conditions that occur with greater frequency among people with 
disabilities relative to those without disability; and risk and 
protective behaviors compared to people without disabilities; (2) 
assists States and localities with the development, monitoring and 
evaluation of blood spot screening and early hearing detection and 
intervention (EHDI) tracking and surveillance systems; (3) plans, 
establishes, and maintains systems of surveillance, including 
registries, for monitoring, evaluating, and disseminating information 
on disability and related conditions and detrimental child outcomes; 
(4) oversees and manages grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and 
other funding instruments related to Division

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programs; (5) assists States and localities in developing their 
capacity for serving individuals with disabilities and secondary 
conditions (e.g., developing prevention strategies, providing training 
and technical consultation); (6) collaborates with universities, 
Federal, national, and State organizations to identify and address 
knowledge and research gaps in disability, hearing and vision loss, 
child development, and blood spot screening; (7) collaborates with 
universities and other organizations to investigate environmental, 
social, and technological supports to promote social participation and 
human development; (8) conducts applied research on public health 
aspects of normal and abnormal child development (e.g., early 
childhood, behavior problems in children); (9) conducts research on 
etiology of hearing loss and associated disabilities, cost and 
effectiveness of EHDI programs, family issues related to the EHDI 
programs and long-term benefits of early identification and 
intervention; (10) conducts research on interventions to prevent 
adverse child developmental outcomes; (11) conducts and disseminates 
research findings about people with disabilities, with special emphasis 
on women, children, and older persons; (12) develops and disseminates 
information on public health aspects of normal and abnormal child 
development (e.g., early childhood, hearing loss, behavior problems in 
children); (13) provides information and education to the public on 
disabilities; and (14) develops programs that seek to identify health 
risks, protective factors and measure the effectiveness of health 
promotion activities for prevention of conditions related to 
disability.

    Dated: March 15, 2002.
Jeffrey P. Koplan,
Director.
[FR Doc. 02-7157 Filed 3-25-02; 8:45 am]
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