[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60528-60529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20792]


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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 70 FR 58431-32, dated October 6, 2005) is 
amended to reflect the reorganization of the National Immunization 
Program.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    Revise the functional statement for the Office of the Director 
(CJ1), National Immunization Program Office (CJ) by inserting after 
item (12) the following: (13) creates and executes information science 
and technology strategic plans to provide the Program with related 
services (e.g., hardware/software consultation, database development 
and management, etc.) and ensures compliance with CDC IT infrastructure 
and requirements.
    Delete in their entirety the following titles and functional 
statements of the National Immunization Program Office (CJ):

Data Management Division (CJ2)
Systems Operation and Design Activity (CJ2-2)
Immunization Registry Support Branch (CJ22)
Assessment Branch (CJ23)
Statistical Analysis Branch (CJ24)

    Following the title and functional statement for the Health 
Services Research and Evaluation Branch (CJ46), Immunization Services 
Division (CJ4), insert the following:
    Immunization Registry Support Branch (CJ47). (1) Provides quality 
assurance for each program study, survey, and surveillance system 
evaluation of immunization registries at the state and local level to 
build an infrastructure to raise and sustain immunization coverage in 
children; (2) facilitates information flow among Program, divisions, 
grantees, professional organizations, and private contractors regarding 
immunization registry systems development through regular conference 
calls, clearinghouse function, up-to-date Web sites, and an annual 
national conference; (3) establishes complex health and technical 
functional specifications and standards for immunization registry 
systems developed by state and local health department personnel and 
commercial software developers to be used throughout public and private 
health delivery systems; (4) acts as a catalyst to build the political 
and professional will and legal environment to facilitate the 
development and implementation of immunization registries; (5) fosters 
evidence-based enhancements of immunization registries through on-site 
standardized evaluations and promoting research that identifies factors 
associated with system success and failure; (6) promotes the secure, 
automated exchange of immunization records between immunization 
registries by fostering consensus on, and implementation of, the 
required protocols and standards; (7) advocates for immunization 
registries in the development and maintenance of public health data 
models and participates in the development of such data models; and (8) 
formulates long-range plans and proposals for future systems 
modification, and facilitates the use of standards and expert guidance 
to assure national and international health information systems are 
responsive to agency and constituent needs.
    Assessment Branch (CJ48). (1) Performs coding and editing, and 
arranges for data input either in-house or through an outside vendor; 
(2) collaborates with the National Center for Health Statistics, and 
other Centers as necessary, in the conduct of household probability 
surveys, random digit dialing surveys, and other types of surveys to 
measure immunization coverage; (3) collects, tabulates and analyzes 
immunization assessment data, including sample survey data, census 
counts at school entrance, monthly and/or quarterly vaccine 
administration reports, and the biologic reports from manufacturers; 
(4) designs sample surveys for epidemiologic investigations fro 
childhood and adult vaccine-preventable diseases; (5) develops and 
maintains liaison with external groups

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regarding assessments; (6) directs the assessment of immunization 
levels for the national population and specific population sub-
segments; (7) determines the most appropriate implementation procedure 
for data management activities operations for the NIS and NHIS 
Immunization coverage data; (8) provides documented data sets upon 
completion of studies and surveys; (9) establishes, implements, 
monitors, and maintains the standards and procedures for immunization-
related data collection for data analysis for NIS data; and (10) 
establishes and evaluates data quality control measures to assure that 
all Program studies, surveys, and surveillance systems adhere to the 
established standards and procedures from data collection to the point 
of data analysis.

    Dated: April 28, 2005.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).

    Editorial Note: This document was received at the Office of the 
Federal Register October 13, 2005.

[FR Doc. 05-20792 Filed 10-17-05; 8:45 am]
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