[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33176-33178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11748]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
has modified its structure. This new organizational structure was 
approved by the Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services on April 
27, 2022 and became effective on May 13, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert T. Atanda, Ph.D., Director, 
Division of Management Services, Office of Management, Technology, and 
Operations, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 
Parklawn Building, Room 12E49, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857 
Phone: 240-276-2826
    Part M of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) Statement of Organization, Functions, and 
Delegations of Authority for the Department of Health and Human 
Services (DHHS) at 73, Number 147, pages 44274-44275, July 30, 2008, is 
amended to reflect the new functional statement for the Center for 
Substance Abuse Prevention. This notice identifies a new Office of 
Prevention Innovation (OPI). This change allows innovative prevention 
implementation. The changes are as follows:
    Section M.20, Functions is amended as follows:
    The functional statement for the Center for Substance Abuse 
Prevention is amended to name a new Office of Prevention Innovation. 
The functional statement for each office is as follows:

Office of Prevention Innovation

    The Office of Prevention Innovation (OPI) will provide support 
across the Center to promote leading edge programming in the substance 
misuse prevention and mental health promotion fields. The focus of the 
OPI team is to drive innovative prevention programming by analyzing 
program data to uncover common barriers to program implementation, as 
well as innovative approaches, and quickly turn these into technical 
assistance to the field. Historically, program evaluations have focused 
on long-term, big picture evaluation questions. OPI seeks to use a 
quick-turnaround implementation science and technical assistance model

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to improve programs over the lifetime of the grant.
    The substance misuse landscape in the country is rapidly changing. 
Substance misuse patterns are changing constantly, as has been seen 
during the pandemic. New, high-risk substances are emerging, such as 
synthetic drugs like Fentanyl, psilocybin, new and more potent strains 
of cannabis. Substance availability policies and practices are rapidly 
evolving, such as home delivery of alcohol, cannabis legalization, and 
fake drugs being sold on social media platforms. In addition, the 
stresses and strains on the Nation's population, including health and 
climate-related emergencies and disasters and related economic and 
social upheavals. Together, these factors demand that CSAP modernize 
its approach to supporting the substance use prevention field, in a way 
that is data-driven, and more oriented toward rapid-response support to 
the States, Tribes and communities implementing substance misuse 
prevention and health promotion activities in the country. The OPI team 
gives CSAP and SAMSHA the ability to lead this effort.
    To accomplish this, the OPI team will work closely with CSAP's two 
divisions which provide oversight to a portfolio of nearly 1000 State, 
Tribal and community public health grants, to conduct year-round 
program analysis, and oversee flexible, rapid-response technical 
assistance mechanisms to address challenges as they arise, and amplify 
emerging innovations and best practices.

Office of the Director (MP1)

    (1) Provides leadership, coordination, and direction in the 
development and implementation of CSAP goals and priorities, and serves 
as the focal point for the Department's efforts on substance abuse and 
HIV/AIDS prevention; (2) plans, directs, and provides overall 
administration of the programs and activities of CSAP; (3) provides 
leadership in the identification of new and emerging issues, and the 
integration of primary prevention, early intervention, re-entry and 
relapse prevention, knowledge and information in the major CSAP 
programs; (4) manages special projects and external liaison activities; 
and (5) directs CSAP's overall human resource activities and monitors 
the conduct of equal employment opportunity activities for CSAP.

Office of Program Analysis and Coordination (MPA)

    (1) Supports the Center's implementation of programs and policies 
by providing guidance in the administration, analysis, planning, and 
coordination of the Center's programs, consistent with agency 
priorities; (2) manages the Center's participation in the agency's 
policy, planning, budget formulation and execution, program development 
and clearance, and internal and external requests, including strategic 
planning, identification of program priorities, development of Healthy 
People 2010, and other agency-wide and departmental planning 
activities; (3) provides support for the Center Director; coordinates 
staff development activities, analyzes the impact of proposed 
legislation and rule-making; supports administrative functions, 
including human resource actions; conducts special studies; serves as 
liaison for special populations/initiatives including White House 
Executive Orders for specific minority populations; (4) manages CSAP's 
National Advisory Council activities; and (5) coordinates CSAP's 
evaluation program.

Division of Primary Prevention (MPJ)

    The Division of Primary Prevention is responsible for carrying out 
the Center's agenda to increase capacity and improve accessibility of 
effective substance abuse prevention across States, American Indian/
Alaska Native Tribes, and tribal organizations. The Division provides 
most program services through two regional teams. The Division (1) 
plans, develops and administers programs to implement comprehensive and 
effective State substance abuse prevention systems and other related 
health promotion systems; (2) promotes and establishes comprehensive, 
long-term State and tribal substance abuse prevention/intervention 
policies, programs, practices, and support activities to address 
substance abuse and related emerging issues; (3) administers the 
prevention set-aside of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment 
(SAPT) Block Grant; (4) collaborates with other units in the 
application of SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework with States and 
Tribes; (5) develops funding announcements, ensures coordination with 
grant management systems, and administers national discretionary grant 
programs, such as the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive 
grant (SPF SIG) program; (6) administers the Synar regulations 
governing youth access to tobacco products; (7) works across CSAP and 
SAMHSA to promote inter/intra-agency collaboration at the Federal, 
State and tribal levels; serves as the liaison for CSAP interactions 
with State agency and National Prevention Network officials on State 
issues; monitors State progress in achieving National Outcome Measures 
and plans for associated technical assistance; monitors compliance with 
Block Grant and other Federal requirements.

Division of Targeted Prevention (MPH)

    The Division of Targeted Prevention is responsible for carrying out 
the Center's agenda to increase capacity and improve accessibility of 
effective substance abuse prevention services across communities. This 
includes management of all CSAP grants targeted to communities and non-
profit organizations, such as Drug Free Communities, HIV/AIDS, 
methamphetamine, and conference grants. The Division is organized into 
three branches with responsibility to (1) plan, develop, and administer 
programs of regional and national significance to enhance comprehensive 
and effective community substance abuse prevention systems, including 
disaster relief programs; (2) promote and establish comprehensive 
substance abuse prevention/intervention policies, programs, practices, 
and support services to address substance abuse and emerging issues; 
(3) collaborate with other units in the application of SAMHSA's 
Strategic Prevention Framework in community prevention systems; (4) 
develop funding announcements, ensure coordination with grant 
management systems, and administer discretionary grant programs; (5) 
work across SAMHSA to promote interagency collaboration; (6) monitor 
grantee and contractor progress in achieving National Outcome Measures, 
and plan associated technical assistance; and (7) monitor compliance 
with all Federal requirements.

Division of Prevention Communications and Public Engagement (MPI)

    The Division of Prevention Communications and Public Engagement 
provides leadership and guidance in the planning, development, and 
implementation of programs and prevention concepts across the Center 
and is responsible for carrying out the Center's health promotion and 
public education activities. The Division's responsibilities include 
(1) promotion and implementation of key prevention concepts across all 
programs and activities of the Center, including the Strategic 
Prevention Framework, project sustainability, and coordination/
integration of community and State programs; (2) management of 
technical assistance contracts that support all of the Center's 
prevention programs; (3) coordination of CSAP's GPRA and

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National Outcome Measure activities, including liaison with offices 
responsible for data collection; (4) analysis of data related to 
program operations and assistance to other CSAP components in employing 
data to improve program performance; (5) analysis, development, and 
integration of information, including evidence-based practices and 
NREPP programs, necessary to improve State and community prevention 
service delivery; (6) leadership within SAMHSA in the development, 
training and use of geographic information system (GIS) resources to 
improve policy development and program operations; (7) collaboration 
with Federal, State, and local governments to promote the adoption of 
evidence-based prevention programs and practices and develop innovative 
strategies to address emerging substance abuse issues; (8) initiation, 
development, and coordination of efforts to support workforce 
development for substance abuse prevention professionals; (9) 
leadership to the Center in the development of health promotion and 
education products, materials, messages, publications, and information 
technologies; (10) collaboration with other Federal and private sector 
prevention initiatives in developing and disseminating targeted 
prevention material, including the SAMHSA Office of Communications; 
(11) development and continual update of prevention material for use by 
external prevention partners.

Division of Workplace Programs (MPE)

    (1) Establishes goals and objectives in the administration of a 
national program designed to promote substance abuse free workplaces; 
(2) provides leadership and oversight to assure that effective employee 
assistance programs are developed and evaluated to prevent substance 
abuse in the workplace; (3) develops, implements, and evaluates 
employee education/prevention programs, access to counseling, early 
intervention, and referral treatment/rehabilitation, and support 
services for employees following treatment/rehabilitation; (4) advises, 
coordinates, and certifies activities related to the implementation and 
administration of federal drug free workplace programs, convenes the 
Drug Testing Advisory Board, and conducts surveys on federal programs; 
(5) advises other SAMHSA components and HHS regarding workplace 
programmatic directions and actions and enters into collaborative 
arrangements with other federal agencies; (6) collaborates in the 
development and implementation of substance abuse prevention and early 
intervention strategies for public/private sector use at the State and 
community levels, and operates the Workplace Hotline Contract as a 
means for dissemination, outreach and technical assistance to 
businesses, States and communities; (7) provides technical assistance 
to facilitate national training and certification programs for 
substance abuse professionals and practitioners, provides staff 
expertise in training and credentialing standards for medical review 
officers (MROs) and the Department of Transportation mandated substance 
abuse professionals; (8) provides leadership within SAMHSA and the 
field in developing and disseminating knowledge in workplace violence 
related to substance abuse, including risk factors in the workplace and 
community and the role of the workplace as a substance abuse and 
violence prevention agent within the community and family; and (9) 
evaluates managed care and other treatment provider practices as they 
are applied in the workplace.

Delegation of Authority

    All delegations and re-delegations of authority to officers and 
employees of SAMHSA which were in effect immediately prior to the 
effective date of this reorganization shall continue to be in effect 
pending further re-delegations, provided they are consistent with this 
reorganization.
    This delegation of authority is effective immediately.

    Dated: May 26, 2022.
Xavier Becerra,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2022-11748 Filed 5-31-22; 8:45 am]
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