[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 73 (Friday, April 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19976-19977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8679]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Delegation of Authority

    Notice is hereby given that I have delegated to the Administrator, 
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), or his or her 
successor, the authorities currently vested in the Secretary under 
section 1142(c)(6) [42 U.S.C. 1320b-12(c)(6)] of Title XI of the Social 
Security Act (the Act), as amended, to conduct and support 
supplementation and redesign of existing CMS data sets and databases, 
including the collection of new information, to enhance databases for 
research purposes, and the design and development of new databases that 
would be used in outcomes and effectiveness research as set out in 
section 1142(a) [42 U.S.C. 1320b-12(a)] of Title XI of the Act.

Limitations

    The delegation of authority granted herein under section 1142(c)(6) 
[42 U.S.C. 1320b-12] of the Act does not supersede previous delegations 
of this authority to the Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and 
Quality.
    The delegation of authority granted herein under section 1142(c)(6) 
[42 U.S.C. 1320b-12(c)(6)] of the Act, as amended, is limited to the 
collection and maintenance of data related to CMS' programs.
    The authority under section 1142(c)(6) [42 U.S.C. 1320b-12] of the 
Act shall be exercised under the Department's policy on regulations and 
the existing delegation of authority to approve and issue regulations.
    This delegation of authority may be re-delegated.
    This delegation of authority is effective immediately.
    I hereby affirm and ratify any actions taken by the Administrator, 
CMS, or his or her subordinates, which involved the exercise of the 
authority under section 1142(c)(6) [42 U.S.C. 1320b-12(c)(6)] of Title 
XI of the Act, as amended, delegated herein prior to the effective date 
of this delegation of authority.

    Authority:  44 U.S.C. 3101.


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    Dated: April 8, 2010.
Kathleen Sebelius,
Secretary.
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