[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 60891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22921]


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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 at 68 FR 67461-67463, December 2, 2003, is amended to reflect 
the new functional statement for the Center for Substance Abuse 
Prevention (MP), Division of State and Community Systems Development 
(DSCSD). This amendment reflects changes to the Division title and 
structure within the Center. These structural changes will promote 
effective and efficient management of all its programs, including its 
new responsibility for administering the Drug-Free Communities grant 
program and Coalition Institute. The changes are as follows:
    Section M.20, Functions is amended as follows:
    (A) The functional statement for the Center for Substance Abuse 
Prevention (MP), Division of State and Community Systems Development 
(DSCSD) is replaced with the following:

Division of State and Community Assistance (MPG)

    The Division of State and Community Assistance (DSCA) is 
responsible for carrying out the Center's responsibilities related to 
development of capacity for States and communities 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 policies, programs, practices, 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 prevention set-aside of the 
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) block grant; (4) 
monitors the application of SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework 
within States and communities; (5) administers national discretionary 
grant programs, including the Strategic Prevention Framework State 
Incentive Grant (SPFSIG); (6) administers the Drug-Free Communities 
grant program and Coalition Institute; (7) provides technical 
assistance to States and communities directly, through support 
contracts, and the Centers for the Application of Prevention 
Technologies; (8) engages in and promotes interagency collaboration 
with both the public and private sectors at the Federal, State and 
local levels; (9) 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; (10) administers the Synar regulations governing youth 
access to tobacco products; and (11) develops guidelines for state-of-
the-art prevention programs and systems while conducting quality 
assurance activities, such as the block grant performance, as well as 
scientific analysis of various programs, proposals and products.
    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 effect pending further redelegations, 
providing they are consistent with the reorganization.

    These organizational changes are effective October 6, 2004.
Charles G. Curie,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 04-22921 Filed 10-12-04; 8:45 am]
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