[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45780-45781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18784]


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 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Office of The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; 
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority

    Part A (Office of the Secretary), Statement of Organization, 
Functions, and Delegations of Authority of the Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS) is being amended at Chapter AE, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), as last amended 
at 76 FR 59399 on September 26, 2011. This notice better aligns office 
titles with program activities, consolidates key functions and clearly 
delineates ASPE's portfolio within three of its five components; 
Science and Data Policy (AEJ), Human Service Policy (AES), and 
Disability, Aging, and Long-Term Care Policy (AEW):
    I. Under Section AE.20 Functions, delete the following sections in 
their entirety.

A. Division of Data Policy (AEJ1)
B. Division of Science Policy (AEJ2)
C. Division of Economic Support for Families (AES)
D. Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (AEW)
E. Division of Long-Term Care Policy (AEW3)
F. Division of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disabilities (AEW4)

    II. Under Section AE.20 Functions, insert the following sections:
    A. The Division of Evidence, Evaluation, and Data Policy (AEJ1) is 
responsible for evidence and evaluation based policy activities in 
addition to data and information privacy policy, health information 
technology and interoperability and data standards; and convenes the 
Evaluation and Evidence Council to work with stakeholders to implement 
statutory evidence-building plan requirements.
    B. The Division of Science and Public Health Policy (AEJ2) is 
responsible for supporting Health and Human Services science and public 
health agencies in areas related to policy coordination, long-range 
planning, legislative development, economic, program, and regulatory 
analysis.
    C. The Division of Strategic Planning (AEJ3) is responsible for 
enterprise-wide reporting, implementation, and development of strategic 
plans related to critical health, public health, and human services 
programs.
    D. The Division of Family and Community Policy (AES1) is 
responsible for human services policy and programs to improve the 
wellbeing and economic status of families and communities including 
economic mobility; social capital; program alignment and coordination 
at the federal, state, and local levels refugee resettlement; 
fatherhood; marriage; domestic violence issues; and promoting self-
sufficiency and employment including the TANF and Child Support 
programs.
    [ssquf] The Division of Children and Youth Policy (AES2) is 
responsible for promoting healthy development of children and youth 
including strategic coordination of national youth policy and positive 
youth development, child welfare and child protection, and child care 
and early childhood education.
    [ssquf] The Division of Data and Technical Analysis (AES3) is 
responsible for providing data analytic capacity for policy development 
and program improvement on cross-cutting human services policy through 
data analysis, modeling, cost and impact analyses, and the enhancement 
of national, state, and local data sources for analyzing and managing 
issues. The division also is responsible for the annual update of the 
HHS poverty guidelines, and also maintains cognizance of data 
collection activities of the Federal statistical system and coordinates 
with the Office of Science and Data Policy (AEJ), as appropriate.
    E. The Office of Behavioral Health, Disability, and Aging Policy 
(AEW) is responsible for the development, coordination, research and 
evaluation of HHS policies and programs that support the independence, 
productivity, health and wellbeing of children, working age adults, and 
older adults with mental health and substance use disorders (i.e. 
behavioral health) and other disabilities.
    [ssquf] The Division of Disability and Aging Policy (AEW1) is 
responsible for the policy development, coordination, research and 
evaluation of federal policies and programs that aim to address the 
needs of people with disabilities and older Americans. Areas of focus 
include the interaction between the health, disability, and economic 
well-being of persons of all ages with disabilities including the 
prevalence of disability and disabling conditions; describing the 
socio-demographic characteristics of relevant populations; determining 
service use, income, employment, and program participation patterns; 
and coordinating the development of disability and aging data and 
related policy.
    F. The Division of Long-Term Services and Supports Policy (AEW3) is 
responsible for policy development and analysis related to disability, 
aging, and long-term services and supports components of Medicare, 
Medicaid, nursing facility services, community residential, personal, 
and home and health rehabilitation, and the integration of acute and 
post-acute care services, including for individuals dually-eligible for 
Medicare and Medicaid.
    G. The Division of Behavioral Health Policy (AEW4) is responsible 
for the analysis, coordination, and research and evaluation of policies 
related to behavioral, mental, and substance use disorders. The 
division is the focal point for policy development and analysis related 
to the financing, access/delivery, organization, and quality of 
services for people with behavioral, mental, and substance use 
disorders, including those supported or financed by Medicaid, Medicare, 
and SAMHSA.
    III. Delegations of Authority: All delegations and redelegations of 
authority made to officials and employees of affected organizational

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components will continue in them or their successors pending further 
redelegations, provided they are consistent with this reorganization.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3101.

Scott W. Rowell,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-18784 Filed 8-29-19; 8:45 am]
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