[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 52934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24718]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Administration for Children and Families


Delegation of Authority

    Notice is hereby given that I have delegated to the Assistant 
Secretary for Children and Families, the following authority vested in 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services under 45 CFR 95.611(a)(4), 
pertaining to approval of Federal Financial Participation for the costs 
of automated data processing affecting multiple programs administered 
by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and the Centers 
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
    This delegation of authority applies to the following approval for 
multi-program State requests for Federal Financial Participation for 
the costs of automated data processing equipment and services: Requests 
related to programs under titles IV-B, IV-D and IV-E of the Social 
Security Act (SSA), administered by ACF; and requests related to 
programs under titles XIX and XXI of SSA, administered by CMS, when 
submitted in combination with one or more of the programs under titles 
IV-B, IV-D and IV-E of the SSA.
    The authority may be re-delegated.
    These authorities shall be exercised in accordance with established 
policies, procedures, guidelines and regulations as prescribed by the 
Secretary.
    I hereby affirm and ratify any actions taken by the Assistant 
Secretary for Children and Families, or his or her subordinates, which 
involved the exercise of the authorities delegated herein prior to the 
effective date of this delegation.
    This delegation supersedes all existing delegations of these 
authorities.
    This delegation is effective immediately.

    Dated: November 8, 2017.
Donald Wright,
Acting Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2017-24718 Filed 11-14-17; 8:45 am]
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