[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 62 (Monday, April 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 15708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6014]


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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 71, Number 137, FR 40730-40731, July 18, 2006 is amended to 
reflect the new functional statements for the Center for Substance 
Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Division of Services Improvement (DSI), and the 
Division of State and Community Assistance (DSCA). The restructuring of 
DSI will ensure that all activities are consolidated within a structure 
reflective of current Agency priorities, such as health service systems 
development, program quality improvement, and targeted priority 
populations. The DSCA role and responsibility will be clarified and 
made much more relevant to today's performance management environment. 
This realignment of functions will have a positive impact on 
organizational effectiveness. The changes are as follows:
    Section M.20, Functions is amended as follows:
    The functional statements for the Center for Substance Abuse 
Treatment (MT), Division of Services Improvement (MTB), and the 
Division of State and Community Assistance (MTE) are replaced with the 
following:

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (MT)

Division of Services Improvement (MTB)

    (1) Develops, plans, implements, and monitors a national treatment 
capacity expansion and knowledge adoption program designed to improve 
treatment services for targeted populations served by both the 
specialty drug treatment system and other systems of care; (2) provides 
leadership and guidance to CSAT on strategies to improve the quality of 
drug treatment services delivered nationwide; (3) supports the 
development and testing of substance abuse performance measures for 
public and private health plans; (4) collects, analyzes, and 
disseminates data and information pertaining to public and private 
financing and expenditures for treatment services; (5) assesses and 
responds to the identified needs for workforce development among 
substance abuse treatment and recovery support providers; (6) 
collaborates on the development of requests for applications and 
requests for contracts for the national treatment capacity expansion, 
knowledge adoption, quality and services improvement agenda; (7) 
monitors grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, interagency 
agreements, and memoranda of understanding for treatment capacity 
expansion, knowledge adoption, and quality and services improvement; 
(8) identifies the need for, develops, and provides technical 
assistance to grantees, other service providers and systems of care, 
and others on adoption of evidence-based practices to promote quality 
and services improvement, capacity expansion, and organization and 
financing of services; (9) establishes and maintains collaborative 
relationships with other Federal, State, and local governmental 
agencies, national organizations, and constituency groups; (10) 
maintains internal expertise and collaborates with national experts on 
the science-to-services agenda; and (11) develops funding levels for 
Division programs and activities.

Division of State and Community Systems Development (MTE)

    (1) Administers the Substance Abuse Block Grant Program, including 
oversight and approval of Block Grant applications and maintenance of 
effort (MOE) issues; (2) administers the Substance Abuse Treatment 
National Outcome Measures (NOMs), negotiating quality improvement 
agreements with States; (3) monitors and ensures State compliance with 
legislative and regulatory provisions which apply to SAPTBG funds at 
State and provider levels; (4) provides guidance and technical 
assistance to States in preparation of State substance abuse plans; (5) 
conducts performance reviews of State agencies and treatment programs; 
(6) works closely with data and evaluation to assure proper reporting 
and data integrity; (7) administers the State Incentive Grant program 
for co-occurring disorders and the Targeted Capacity Expansion (TCE) 
grant program for co-occurring disorders and homelessness; (8) works 
collaboratively with the Division of Services Improvement on 
performance measurement, GPRA, and HIPAA issues; and (9) serves as 
focus for State and local performance data analysis and development 
issues.

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 to be in effect 
pending further redelegations, providing they are consistent with the 
reorganization.

    These organizational changes are effective:

    Dated: March 22, 2007.
Terry L. Cline,
Administrator.
 [FR Doc. E7-6014 Filed 3-30-07; 8:45 am]
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