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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62474-62475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8869]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    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 71 FR 50065, dated August 14, 2006), is 
amended to reflect the establishment of the Healthy Aging Program 
within the Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for 
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Coordinating Center 
for Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follow:
    After the Office of the Director (CUCE1), Division of Adult and 
Community Health (CUCE) National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention 
and Health Promotion (CUC), insert the following:
    Healthy Aging Program (CUCE2). (1) Serves as an active link between 
public health and aging services networks to provide leadership in 
health promotion and disease prevention for older adults; (2) provides 
scientific expertise and rigor to health promoting strategies and 
interventions through the use of data and research; (3) disseminates 
prevention messages, programs, and policies; (4) contributes to the 
capacity of systems and organizations to improve the health of older 
adults; (5) administers grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and 
other procurement requests to implement evidence-based health promotion 
interventions and disseminates health aging messages; (6) promotes 
expanding prevention research for older adults by supporting the 
Prevention Research Centers Healthy Aging Research Network (PRC-HAN); 
(7) administers data into action through the development of The State 
of Aging and Health in America report series; (8) collaborates with 
aging organizations to expand the reach to professionals, the public, 
and the media through the development and evaluation of web-based 
health promotion modules and media backgrounders on various older adult 
health topics; and (9) directs and disseminates the national public 
health and action plan for brain health as part of the Alzheimer's 
disease segment of the Healthy Aging Program.
    Delete in its entirety the title and functional statement for the 
Healthcare and Aging Studies Branch (CUCEC), and insert the following: 
Arthritis, Epilepsy and Quality of Life Branch (CUCEC). (1) Directs and 
supports activities that increase the overall quality of life for 
people affected by arthritis; (2) directs and supports activities that 
improve medical care, improve communication and combat stigma, enhance 
self-management, support surveillance and prevention research, and 
increase public awareness and knowledge about

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epilepsy; (3) directs and administers the development of a national, 
state, and local surveillance system of tracking health-related quality 
of life (HRQOL) among U.S. residents; (4) administers grants, 
cooperative agreements, contracts, and other procurement requests to 
implement evidence-based health promotion interventions and disseminate 
arthritis prevention and epilepsy education messages; (5) develops, 
validates, and refines HRQOL measure for use in tracking and prevention 
research at each life stage; (6) directs and coordinates the evaluation 
of community and state-based intervention programs for arthritis and 
epilepsy; (7) developes arthritis epidemiology capacity and other 
arthritis programmatic capabilities in state health department 
settings; and (8) disseminates health promotion and disease prevention 
information through national advocacy partners for arthritis and 
epilepsy.

    Dated: October 12, 2006.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).
[FR Doc. 06-8869 Filed 10-24-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4160-18-M
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