[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12929-12930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6456]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part M of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) Statement of Organization, Functions, and 
Delegations of Authority for the Department of Health and Human 
Services as amended most recently at 67 FR 57830, September 12, 2002 is 
amended to: replace the functional statement of two divisions of the 
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), the Division of State and 
Community Systems Development and the Division of Knowledge Application 
and Systems Improvement; replace the functional statement of the 
Division of Prevention Education and Dissemination and rename the 
Division as the Division of Prevention Education. There are no changes 
to the Division of Workplace Programs. The changes are to update and 
realign CSAP organizational structure to strengthen CSAP's programs and 
allow CSAP to more effectively manage the mission of SAMHSA. The 
changes are as follows:
    Section M.20, Functions is amended as follows:
    Under the heading, Division of State and Community Systems 
Development (MPB), delete the functional statement and substitute the 
following functional Statement:
    The Division of State and Community Systems Development (DSCSD) is 
responsible for carrying out the Center's responsibilities related to 
development of States and communities capacity to provide and implement 
effective substance abuse prevention. As such the Division (1) promotes 
and establishes comprehensive, long-term State and community alcohol, 
tobacco, and other drug abuse prevention/intervention strategies, 
programs, and support activities; (2) plans, develops and administers 
nationwide programs to enhance comprehensive and effective State and 
community substance abuse prevention systems, drug prevention 
coalitions and related health promotion systems; (3) administers the 
primary prevention set-aside of the Substance Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment (SAPT) block grant; (4) provides leadership in the transition 
to and implementation of Performance Partnership Grants; (5) promotes 
interagency collaboration with both the public and private sectors at 
the Federal, State and local levels; (6)

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develops and integrates needs assessment and management information 
system data into State and community prevention systems for the 
improvement of planning efforts in substance abuse prevention 
nationally; (7) administers the Synar regulations governing youth 
access to tobacco products; and (8) provides overall support, training 
and technical assistance in integrating effective substance abuse 
prevention into health care systems.
    Under the heading, Division of Knowledge Application and Systems 
Improvement (MPC), delete the functional statement and substitute the 
following functional statement:
    The Division of Knowledge Application and Systems Improvement 
(DKASI) is responsible for carrying out the Center's science-to-
services agenda. In this capacity, the Division (1) provides leadership 
in the identification of effective substance abuse prevention programs, 
practices, and strategies, and their dissemination, adoption and 
adaptation, and evaluation at the State and community level; (2) 
actively collaborates with other Federal and State and local 
governments to promote the adoption of science-based prevention 
programs and practices; (3) advances substance abuse prevention, HIV/
AIDS and emergent substance abuse issues agenda; and (4) represents 
CSAP in the development of SAMHSA's extramural policy.
    Under the heading, Division of Prevention Education and 
Dissemination (MPF), delete the functional statement, rename the 
Division as the Division of Prevention Education and substitute with 
the following functional statement:
    The Division of Prevention Education (DPE) is responsible for 
carrying out the Center's health promotion and public education 
activities. The Division carries this out through (1) leadership to the 
Center in the development of health promotion and education 
publication, products, and materials as well as through information 
technologies such as PREVLine, and other CSAP Web-based and Internet 
and Intranet venues; (2) builds upon and collaborates with the efforts 
of other Federal or private sector prevention initiatives in developing 
and disseminating targeted prevention materials, products, tool kits, 
etc., tailored to the specific audiences and/or specific prevention 
topics targeted by these prevention initiatives; (3) promotes public 
education through the operation of the SAMHSA/CSAP National 
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, the Regional Alcohol 
and Drug Awareness Resource Network, and the Prevention component 
within the SAMHSA Conference Grant Program; (4) initiates, develops, 
implements, and evaluates program efforts (which may include developing 
materials and technologies) in support of workforce development, for 
both internal (CSAP staff) and external substance abuse prevention 
professionals; and (5) provides liaison and coordination with the 
SAMHSA Office of Communications, other SAMHSA Centers and Offices, and 
relevant DHHS components, as appropriate, on substance abuse prevention 
and health communications issues.
    Section M.40, Delegations of Authority: All delegations and 
redelegations of authority to officers and employees of SAMHSA which 
were in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this 
reorganization shall continue in them.
    These organizational changes are effective January 17, 2003.

    Dated: February 21, 2003.
Charles G. Curie,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 03-6456 Filed 3-17-03; 8:45 am]
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