[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 192 (Thursday, October 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69188-69190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22160]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Reorganization of the National Center for Chronic Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: CDC has modified its structure. This notice announces the 
reorganization of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention 
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). NCCDPHP has realigned the Division of 
Adolescent and School Health from the National Center National Center 
for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP).

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DATES: This reorganization was approved by the Director of CDC on, 
September 29, 2023 and became effective, September 29, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D'Artonya Graham, Office of Strategic 
Business Initiatives, Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Office of 
the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road NE, MS TW-2, Atlanta, GA 30329; Telephone 770-488-4401; Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 88 FR 44359-44363, dated 
July 12, 2023) is amended to reflect the reorganization of the National 
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention. Specifically, the changes are as 
follows:
    I. Under part C, section C-B, Organization and Functions, delete 
the following:

 Division of Adolescent and School Health (CKG)
 Office of the Director (CKG1)
 Program Development and Services Management (CKGB)
 Research Application and Evaluation Branch (CKGC)
 School-Based Surveillance Branch (CKGD)
 Healthy Schools Branch (CLKE)

    II. Under part C, section C-B, Organization and Functions, after 
the Division of Population Health (CLK) insert the following 
organizational units:

 Division of Adolescent and School Health (CLL)
 Office of the Director (CLL1)
 Program Development and Services Management (CLLB)
 Research Application and Evaluation Branch (CLLC)
 School-Based Surveillance Branch (CLLD)

    III. Under part C, section C-B, Organization and Functions, insert 
the following:

    Division of Adolescent and School Health (CLL). (1) in cooperation 
with other CDC components, State, local, Territorial, Tribal agencies, 
and national nongovernmental organizations administers and supports 
strategies in school settings to address health outcomes for priority 
health risks and related health behaviors, including but not limited to 
the promotion of healthy eating, physical activity, sexual health, and 
tobacco-free lifestyles, among school-aged populations; (2) provides 
consultation, training, educational, and other technical services to 
assist State, Territorial, and local education and health departments, 
Tribal governments, national nongovernmental organizations, and other 
societal institutions to implement a coordinated approach to school 
health and evaluate policy, systems, and environmental changes and 
interventions to reduce priority health risks among youth and improve 
the health of students and school staff; (3) identifies and monitors 
priority health risks and related health behaviors among school-aged 
populations that result in obesity, smoking, physical inactivity, 
chronic disease, the transmission of HIV, other sexually transmitted 
infections, and unintended pregnancy; (4) in coordination with other 
CDC components, supports international, national, State, Tribal, and 
local school-based surveillance systems to monitor priority health risk 
behaviors and health outcomes among school-aged populations, along with 
the policies, programs, and practices schools implement to address 
them; (5) conducts evaluation research to expand knowledge of the 
determinants of priority health risk behaviors among school-aged 
populations and to identify effective policies and practices that 
schools and other societal institutions can implement to reduce 
priority health risks; (6) develops and disseminates guidelines and 
tools to help schools and other societal institutions apply research 
synthesis findings to reduce priority health risks among school-aged 
populations; (7) supports implementation and evaluation of a 
coordinated approach to school health and best practices in (a) health 
education, (b) physical education and other physical activity programs, 
(c) nutrition services, (d) school health services, (e) school 
counseling, psychological, and social services, (f) health promotion 
for staff, (g) family and community involvement, and (h) school health 
and safety policies and environment; (8) provides information to the 
scientific community and the general public through publications and 
presentations; (9) in accomplishing the functions listed above, 
collaborates with (a) other components of CDC and HHS, (b) the U.S. 
Department of Education, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and other 
Federal agencies, (c) national professional, voluntary, and 
philanthropic organizations, (d) international agencies, (e) and other 
societal institutions and organizations, as appropriate; and (10) 
assists other nations in reducing chronic disease-related health risks 
among school-aged populations in implementing and improving school 
health programs.
    Office of the Director (CLL1). (1) plans, directs, and evaluates 
the activities of the division; (2) provides national leadership and 
guidance in policy formulation and program planning and development to 
reduce health risks among school-aged populations and improve school 
health programs, policies, and practices; (3) provides leadership and 
guidance for program management and operations; (4) provides leadership 
in coordinating activities between the division and other NCCDPHP 
divisions in addressing priority health risks among school-aged 
populations; (5) provides leadership in coordinating school-based 
activities throughout CDC, including with the National Center for HIV, 
Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, National Center for Injury 
Prevention and Control, and National Center on Birth Defects and 
Developmental Disabilities; (6) maintains a strong focus on school-aged 
populations' health risks and health-related behaviors, including 
sexual risk-taking and teen pregnancy; (7) promotes collaboration with 
other governmental and nongovernmental organizations for the 
development of policies and evaluation methods; (8) coordinates 
division responses to inquiries from national and local communications 
media; (9) implements science and evidence-based communication 
programs, initiatives, and strategies that target State and local 
health and education partners, media, national organizations, and 
consumers; (10) systematically translates, promotes, and disseminates 
science-based messages through multiple communication products and 
channels; (11) implements effective internal communication strategies 
targeting the division and other CDC staff; (12) oversees creation, 
production, promotion, and dissemination of materials designed for use 
by the media, partners, national organizations, and consumers, 
including press releases, brochures, fact sheets, toolkits, other print 
and electronic materials, and ensures appropriate clearance of these 
materials; (13) assists in the preparation of speeches and 
congressional testimony for the division director, the center director, 
and other public health officials; (14) provides program services 
support in extramural programs

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management; and (15) collaborates, as appropriate, with other Federal 
agencies in carrying out these activities.
    Program Development and Services Branch (CLLB). (1) provides 
consultation, training, educational, and other technical services to 
assist State, Territorial, and local education and health departments, 
Tribal governments, national nongovernmental organizations, and other 
societal institutions to implement and improve policy, systems, and 
environmental changes and interventions to reduce priority health risks 
among the school-aged population and improve the health of students and 
school staff; (2) uses the results of surveillance and evaluation 
research and research syntheses to improve the impact of school- and 
community-based interventions designed to reduce priority health risks 
among school-aged populations to promote changes in behaviors such as 
obesity, smoking, physical inactivity, chronic disease, the 
transmission of HIV, other sexually transmitted infections, and 
unintended pregnancy; (3) provides leadership to the nationwide network 
of leaders in school health to promote linkages between State and local 
public health departments with education agencies; (4) assesses 
training and technical assistance needs and develops strategies to 
build the capacity of funded partners, other external partners, and 
division staff; (5) strengthens efforts of national, State, and local 
programs to provide high quality professional development services to 
support school-based chronic disease prevention policies, programs, and 
practices; and (6) provides consultation to other divisions within 
NCCDPHP and CDC on how schools work and how to foster effective 
collaboration between public health and education departments.
    Research Application and Evaluation Branch (CLLC). (1) conducts 
evaluation research to expand knowledge of the determinants of priority 
health risk behaviors among school-aged populations and to identify 
effective policies, systems, environmental changes, interventions and 
practices that schools and other societal institutions can implement to 
reduce priority health risks; (2) synthesizes and disseminates research 
findings to improve the impact of interventions designed to reduce 
priority sexual health risks among school-aged populations, including 
those designed to address cross-cutting issues and protective factors; 
(3) synthesizes and translates scientific research to develop and 
disseminate guidance, tools, and resources to help schools and other 
societal institutions apply research synthesis findings to reduce 
priority health risks; and (4) in collaboration with other NCCDPHP 
divisions and with other governmental and nongovernmental 
organizations, develops and promotes evidence-based policies, 
practices, and evaluation methods.
    School-Based Surveillance Branch (CLLD). (1) maintains 
international, national, State, Tribal, and local school-based 
surveillance systems to identify and monitor priority health risk 
behaviors and health outcomes; (2) maintains and supports national, 
State, Tribal, and local surveillance systems to monitor health risk 
behaviors among school-aged populations along with the school health 
policies, programs, and practices designed to address priority health 
risk behaviors and health outcomes; (3) designs, develops, and 
disseminates a wide variety of products describing school-based 
surveillance data; (4) provides national leadership and comprehensive 
technical assistance to State and local education and health agencies, 
Tribal governments, and ministries of health and education in the 
planning and implementation of school-based surveillance systems; (5) 
manages extramural funding of school-based surveillance systems; and 
(6) collaborates with other branches, divisions, and offices in NCCDPHP 
and other components throughout CDC to accomplish the functions listed 
above.
    IV. Under part C, section C-B, Organization and Functions, retitle 
the following organizational components:
 Strategic Business Initiatives (CAJT) to the Office of 
Strategic Business Initiatives (CAJT) within the Office of the Chief 
Operating Officer
 Office of the Deputy Director of Management and Operations 
(CAK13) to the Office of the Deputy Director for Management and 
Operations (CAK13) within the Office of Public Health Data, 
Surveillance, and Technology
 Management and Operations Office (CAK133) to the Office of 
Management and Operations (CAK133) within the Office of Public Health 
Data, Surveillance, and Technology
    V. Under part C, section C-B, Organization and Functions, delete 
the respective mission or functional statements for and replace with 
the following:
    Office of the Director (CAKC1). (5) ensures the OPHDST strategy is 
executed in the Investigate and Respond Division and aligned with 
overall CDC and the Public Health Data Strategy goals; (9) identifies 
dependencies and coordinates synergies between Investigate and Respond 
Division and OPHDST offices and divisions.
    Office of the Director (CAKD1). (9) identifies dependencies and 
coordinates synergies between Inform and Disseminate Division, OPHDST 
offices and divisions, and other CDC programs.
    Data Standards Branch (CAKEB). (5) collaborates with the Technology 
Strategy Office to develop and adopt interoperability standards for 
systems and health information technology functional services.
    Office of the Director (CAKG1). (8) identifies dependencies and 
coordinates synergies between the Platforms Division and OPHDST offices 
and divisions; (9) ensures communications are aligned within OPHDST/OD 
and shared across the Platforms Division.

Delegations of Authority

    All delegations and redelegations of authority made to officials 
and employees of affected organizational components will continue in 
them or their successors pending further redelegation, provided they 
are consistent with this reorganization.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3101.)

Robin Bailey, Jr.,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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