[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 117 (Monday, June 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30617-30619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15340]



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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

    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 is amended as follows: Part M as amended most recently at 60 
FR 56606, November 9, 1995 and 57 FR 53907, November 13, 1992. The 
changes in SAMHSA will: (1) reflect the formal establishment of Part M, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, as an 
Operating Division reporting directly to the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and (2) streamline the administrative structure, 
strengthen SAMHSA's programs, and more effectively utilize the Agency's 
resources.
    Specific major changes are as follows:
    a. Remove Part HM from the Statement of Organization, Functions, 
and Delegations of Authority to Part M, Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration.
    b. Abolish the Office of Extramural Programs (HMA5) and the Office 
for Management, Planning, and Communications (HMB), along with their 
functional responsibilities.
    c. Establish a new Office of Program Services (MB).
    d. Establish a new Office of Extramural Activities Review (ME).
    e. Remove the Office of Applied Studies (HMA8) from the Office of 
the Administrator and establish it as an independent component.
    f. Formalize the minority affairs functions as part of the Office 
of the Administrator (MA).
    g. Establish a new Office of Managed Care as part of the Office of 
the Administrator (MA).
    Establish Part M, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA), of the Statement of Organization, Functions, 
and Delegations of Authority of the Department of Health and Human 
Services to read as follows:

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

M.00  Mission
M.10  Organization
M.20  Functions
M.30  Order of Succession
M.40  Delegations of Authority

    Section M.00, Mission. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides national leadership to ensure 
that knowledge, based on science and state-of-the-art practice, is 
effectively used for the prevention and treatment of addictive and 
mental disorders. Further, SAMHSA strives to improve access and reduce 
barriers to high quality, effective programs and services for 
individuals who suffer from, or are at risk for, these disorders, as 
well as for their families and communities.
    Section M-10, Organization. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration is an Operating Division under the direction of 
an Administrator who reports directly to the Secretary.
    Section M-20, Functions.--A. Office of the Administrator (MA) The 
Administrator is responsible to the Secretary in managing and directing 
SAMHSA. The office functions are as follows: (1) Provides leadership in 
the development of agency policies and programs; (2) maintains liaison 
with the Office of the Secretary on matters related to program and 
other activities; (3) provides oversight for coordination between 
SAMHSA components and the alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health 
Institutes of National Institutes of Health (NIH) on dissemination of 
research findings in the areas of alcohol, drug abuse, and mental 
health; (4) provides leadership and guidance in developing and 
implementing Agency plans to meet women's substance abuse and mental 
health services needs; (5) coordinates Agency minority affairs 
activities; (6) coordinates managed care activities in the Agency; (7) 
provides Agency correspondence control services; (8) analyzes 
legislative issues; and maintains liaison with congressional 
committees; (9) develops Agency strategic plans and conducts, analyzes, 
and supports future planning activities; (10) coordinates Agency 
communications and public affairs activities; (11) carries out SAMHSA-
wide functions such as coordination of equal employment opportunity 
activities; and (12) coordinates Agencywide AIDS activities.
    B. Office of Program Services (MB). The Office of Program Services 
(OPS) works in partnership with other SAMHSA components in managing and 
providing leadership in the following services areas: information 
resources management (IRM), financial management, human resources 
management, grants and contracts management, and administrative 
services.
    C. Office of Applied Studies (MC). (1) Coordinates, interprets 
policy and provides general oversight of all SAMHSA data activities; 
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gaps in data gathering activities and works with agency components to 
implement comprehensive, appropriate and responsive data gathering 
efforts; (3) serves as a repository of information on data related to 
mental illness and substance abuse, including both Federal and non-
Federal efforts; (4) analyzes survey data for the purpose of report 
preparation in response to specific requests for information; (5) 
reviews program evaluation efforts of the agency; (6) manages the 1 
percent evaluation process; (7) undertakes special projects either 
directly or through coordination with agency components and other 
Federal agencies to address topical areas; (8) manages the Office of 
Management and Budget clearance process for SAMHSA data surveys; (9) 
oversees national substance abuse and mental health surveys, such as 
the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), the Drug Abuse 
Warning Network (DAWN) and the Drug and Alcohol Services Information 
System (DASIS); (10) provides oversight and management of those surveys 
for which the Office is responsible for either directly or through 
contract; (11) evaluates the relevance of existing surveys to the needs 
of SAMHSA components, HHS, and the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy (ONDCP); (12) prepares reports of the survey finds for 
dissemination; and (13) provides epidemiologic and statistical 
consultation within SAMHSA for other components of the Administration 
and Centers.
    D. Office of Extramural Activities Review (ME). (1) establishes 
extramural review policy for SAMHSA, in consultation with the Office of 
the Administrator and the three SAMHSA Centers; (2) administers the 
peer and objective review of agency grant/cooperative agreement 
applications and contract proposals; and (3) consults with agency 
officials as they develop announcements for grants and cooperative 
agreements.
    E. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (MP). The Center for 
Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) provides a national focus for the 
Federal effort to prevent substance abuse. In carrying out this 
responsibility, the Center: (1) provides a national focus for the 
Federal effort to demonstrate and promote effective strategies to 
prevent the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs; (2) develops, 
implements, and reviews prevention and health promotion policy related 
to substance abuse and analyzes the impact of Federal activities on 
State and local Governments and private program activities; (3) 
administers grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements which support 
the development and application of new knowledge in the substance abuse 
prevention field; (4) participates in the application and dissemination 
of research demonstration findings on the prevention of substance 
abuse; (5) fosters interagency and State prevention networks; (6) 
develops and implements workplace prevention programs with business and 
industry; (7) supports training for substance abuse practitioners and 
other health professionals involved in alcohol and drug abuse 
education, prevention, and early intervention; (8) provides technical 
assistance to States and local authorities and other national 
organizations and groups in the planning, establishment, and 
maintenance of substance abuse prevention efforts; (9) reviews and 
approves and/or disapproves the State Prevention Plans developed under 
the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Program 
authority; (10) implements the tobacco regulations and other 
regulations, as appropriate, and as they relate to CSAP's programs; 
(11) collects and compiles substance abuse prevention literature and 
other materials, and supports a clearinghouse to disseminate such 
materials among States, political subdivisions, educational agencies 
and institutions, health and drug treatment/rehabilitation networks, 
and the general public; (12) serves as a national authority and 
resource for the development and analysis of information relating to 
the prevention of substance abuse; (13) collaborates with, and 
encourages other Federal agencies, national, foreign, international, 
State and local organizations to promote substance abuse prevention 
activities; (14) provides and promotes the evaluation of individual 
projects as well as overall programs; (15) collaborates with the 
alcohol, drug abuse, mental health, and child development Institutes of 
the National Institutes of Health on services research issues as well 
as on other programmatic issues; and (16) conducts managed care 
activities and coordinates these activities with SAMHSA and other DHHS 
components; and (17) provides a focus for addressing the substance 
abuse prevention needs of individuals with multiple, co-occurring drug, 
alcohol, mental, and physical problems.
    F. Center for Mental Health Services (MS). The Center for Mental 
Health Services (CMHS) provides national leadership to ensure the 
application of scientifically established findings and practice-based 
knowledge in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders; to 
improve access, reduce barriers, and promote high quality effective 
programs and services for people with, or at risk for, these disorders; 
as well as for their families and communities; and to promote an 
improved state of mental health within the Nation as well as the 
rehabilitation of people with mental disorders. To accomplish this, the 
Center: (1) supports service and demonstration programs designed to 
improve access to care and improve the quality of treatment, 
rehabilitation, prevention, and related services, especially for those 
traditionally unserved, underserved, or inappropriately served; (2) 
identifies national mental health goals and develops strategies to meet 
them; (3) administers grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements 
which support the development and application of new knowledge in the 
mental health field; (4) supports activities to improve the 
administration, availability, organization, and financing of mental 
health care, including managed care activities; (5) supports technical 
assistance activities to educate professionals, consumers, family 
members, and communities, and promotes training efforts to enhance the 
human resources necessary to support mental health services; (6) 
collects data on the various forms of mental illness, including data on 
treatment programs, on the type of care provided, on the 
characteristics of those treated, on national incidence and prevalence, 
and such other data as may be appropriate; (7) administers the Block 
Grants for Community Mental Health Services and other programs 
providing direct assistance to States; (8) collects, synthesizes, and 
disseminates mental health information and research findings to the 
States, other governmental and mental health-related organizations, and 
the general public; (9) coordinates and plans administrative and budget 
functions within the Center; (10) collaborates with other Federal 
agencies/departments, State and sub-state units of Government, and the 
private sector to improve the system of treatment and social welfare 
supports for seriously mentally ill adults and severely emotionally 
disturbed children and adolescents; (11) conducts activities to promote 
advocacy, self-help, and mutual support and to ensure the legal rights 
of mentally ill persons, including those in jails and prisons; (12) 
cooperates with other Federal components to coordinate disaster 
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other mental health emergency services as a consequence of national 
disasters; (13) collaborates with the alcohol, drug abuse, and mental 
health Institutes of the National Institutes of Health on services 
research issues as well as on other programmatic issues; (14) promotes 
the development, dissemination, and application of standards and best 
practices; and (15) provides a focus for addressing the mental health 
needs of individuals with multiple, co-occurring drug, alcohol, mental, 
and physical problems.
    G. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (MT). The principal 
function of the Center is to provide national leadership for the 
Federal effort to enhance approaches and provide resources to ensure 
provision of services' programs focusing on the treatment of substance 
abuse and co-occurring physical and/or psychiatric conditions. In 
carrying out this responsibility, the Center for Substance Abuse 
Treatment: (1) collaborates with States, communities, health care 
providers and national organizations to upgrade the quality of 
addiction treatment, to improve the effectiveness of substance abuse 
treatment programs, and to provide resources to ensure provision of 
services; (2) provides a focus for addressing the treatment needs of 
individuals with multiple, co-occurring drug, alcohol, mental, and 
physical and co-morbidity problems; (3) administers grants, contracts, 
and cooperative agreements which support the development and 
application of new knowledge in the substance abuse treatment field; 
(4) coordinates the evaluation of the Center's programs; (5) 
collaborates with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the 
States to promote development, dissemination, and application of 
treatment outcome standards; (6) collaborates with the Office of the 
Administrator and other SAMHSA components in treatment data collection; 
(7) administers programs for training of health and allied health care 
providers (8) administers the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment 
Block Grant Program including compliance reviews, technical assistance 
to States, Territories, and Indian Tribes, and application and 
reporting requirements related to the block grant programs; (9) 
conducts managed care activities and coordinates these activities with 
SAMHSA and other DHHS components; (10) collaborates with alcohol, drug 
abuse, and mental health Institutes of National Institutes of Health on 
services research issues as well as on other programmatic issues.
    Section M-30, Order of Succession. During the absence or disability 
of the Administrator, SAMHSA, or in the event of a vacancy in that 
office, the first official listed below would perform the duties of the 
Administrator, except that during a planned period of absence, the 
Administrator may specify a different order of succession: (1) Deputy 
Administrator; and (2) Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
    Section M-40, Delegations of Authority. All delegations and 
redelegations of authority to officers and employees of SAMHSA which 
were in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this 
reorganization shall continue in effect pending further redelegation, 
providing they are consistent with this reorganization.
    These organizational changes are effective June 10, 1996.

    Dated: June 10, 1996.
Nelba Chavez,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-15340 Filed 6-14-96; 8:45 am]
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