Notice2024-21411
Reorganization of the Office of Health Equity
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Published
September 19, 2024
Effective
September 13, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
CDC has modified its structure. This notice announces the reorganization of the Office of Health Equity (OHE). OHE abolished an office and modified mission and function statements.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76836-76838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21411]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Reorganization of the Office of Health Equity
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 Office of Health Equity (OHE). OHE abolished an
office and modified mission and function statements.
DATES: This reorganization of OHE was approved by the Director of CDC
on September 13, 2024, and became effective September 13, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kem Williams, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS TW-3, Atlanta, GA
30329; Telephone 404-639-7199; Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ff0f7faeff0f3f6fce6dffcfbfcb1f8f0e9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b4dbdcd1c4dbd8ddd7cdf4d7d0d79ad3dbc2">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 89 FR 68442-68443, dated
August 26, 2024) is amended to reflect the reorganization of Office of
Health Equity, Immediate Office of the Director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. Specifically, the changes are as follows:
I. Under Part C, Section C-B, Organization and Functions, make the
following changes:
<bullet> Update the mission for the Office of Health Equity (CAG)
<bullet> Update the mission for the Office of the Director (CAG1)
<bullet> Abolish the Office of Equitable Population Health (CAGB)
<bullet> Update the mission for the Office of Minority Health (CAGC)
<bullet> Update the mission for the Office of Health Equity (CAGD)
II. Under Part C, Section C-B, Organization and Functions, within
the Office of Health Equity (CAG), delete the mission or function
statements for and replace with the following:
Office of Health Equity (CAG). The Office of Health Equity (OHE) is
located in the CDC Immediate Office of the Director and serves as
principal advisor to the CDC Director on all health equity matters
domestic and global. In carrying out its mission, OHE: (1) leads an
agency-wide health equity strategy that includes crosscutting multi-
year initiatives that advance comprehensive, well-defined, and
measurable health outcomes; (2) coordinates health equity science
including advancing the surveillance of health equity indicators and
the science of achieving health equity by consistently applying data
collection and analysis standards in collaboration with the Office of
Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology, as well as the Office
of Science; (3) coordinates programs, practices, policies, and budget
decisions across the agency with a health equity lens that includes a
comprehensive view of disparities (including race, ethnicity, gender,
sexual orientation, rurality, disability) and health inequities (e.g.,
social determinants of health); (4) works in collaboration with CDC's
Office of Communications to develop and lead agency-wide communication
efforts aimed at increasing awareness, transparency, language access,
and cultural responsiveness; disseminate scientific and programmatic
findings to the public; and foster synergy amongst CDC health equity
initiatives; (5) shares best practices, coordinates, collaborates, and
collectively advances health equity standards and principles in
science, programs, and in communications with the public and our
partners; (6) leads and supports a health equity approach for emergency
responses across the agency that includes working with partners to
reach communities that are underserved and subject to largely
preventable health disparities and health-related needs; and (7)
applies an intersectionality lens to addressing health disparities by
working across units within OHE and CIOs to increase program efficacy
closing gaps that perpetuate disparities and inequities.
Office of the Director (CAG1). The Office of the Director provides
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leadership, oversight, fiscal management, and coordination to all units
within the Office of Health Equity, including leading and coordinating
the planning and implementation of an agency-wide strategy to address
largely preventable health disparities and health inequities among
persons with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTQ+, and people
who live in rural and frontier communities. The Office of the Director
ensures collaboration through a matrix management approach across all
units within OHE to achieve an intersectional approach to reducing
health disparities in populations that have experienced persistent
patterns of poor health outcomes. Further, the Office of the Director:
(1) drives Executive accountability and responsive decision-making
relevant to health equity at all levels; (2) ensures agency-wide health
equity approaches through the development of key deliverables and
indicators (e.g., standardized documents, processes, policies, and
practices that advance health equity); (3) incorporates health equity
into existing and future agency policies and programs building on
current efforts that have been effective in achieving equity; (4) leads
the advancement of intersectional health equity practices and
principles across the agency; (5) leads efforts to build agency-wide
competency in health equity and social determinants of health (SDOH)
that effectively support cross-cutting equity considerations for both
ongoing activities and during emergency response-related efforts; (6)
leads and contributes technical expertise to the development of
training materials which will support a cadre of professionals who will
assist in emergency response work and who have expertise related to
disproportionately affected communities (e.g., racial and ethnic
minority populations, people with disabilities, and non-U.S. born
persons), prioritizing individuals who can assist in a culturally
responsive and linguistically appropriate manner and who would easily
be able to engage with appropriate community leaders in the response;
(7) serves as the primary point of contact for efforts across the CDC's
ecosystem to develop and share best practices, coordinate, collaborate,
and collectively advance health equity standards and principles in
science, programs, and in communications with the public; and (8)
proactively fosters community engagement with existing partners, STLT
health departments, engagement with people with lived experience from
disproportionately affected communities and strengthen relationships
with national and community-based organizations (CBOs).
Office of Minority Health (CAGC). Office of Minority Health (OMH)
(1) promotes public health research, evidence-based programs, policies,
and strategies to improve the health and well-being of racial and
ethnic minority populations; (2) focuses on the collective goal of the
success, sustainability and dissemination of health equity promoting
policies, programs, and practices; (3) provides subject matter
expertise to the Office of Health Equity in areas that are related to
racial and ethnic minority health; (4) works in a coordinated manner
with the Office of Women's Health (OWH) to ensure an intersectionality
lens is applied to the work to improve the health and well-being of
people who identify with a racial and/or ethnic population as well as
other identity groups such as people with disabilities; (5) applies an
intersectionality lens, contributes subject matter expertise to the
development of guidance documents and standards related to improving
minority health; (6) applies an intersectionality lens, partners with
CIOs to implement and refine how health equity approaches related to
minority health are operationalized and institutionalized; (7)
contributes technical expertise to the development of quantitative and
qualitative indicators and metrics needed to assess minority health and
associated health inequities; (8) partners with CIOs to use
standardized tools and metrics relevant to minority health to monitor
progress, measure effectiveness, and make changes to improve health
outcomes; (9) contributes technical expertise to the development of
minority health and equity-related technical communication products
(e.g., white papers, technical briefs, success stories); (10) provides
thought leadership and technical consultation in the science and
practice of minority health, health equity, and the elimination of
health disparities; (11) applies an intersectionality lens, contributes
technical expertise in minority health to agency-wide communication
efforts aimed to increase awareness of CDC's equity approaches and
infuse those approaches into CDC's public health work; (12) supports
the Chief Health Equity Officer (CHEO) unit during emergency responses;
and (13) assists the Immediate Office of the Director, as needed, to
identify and develop partnerships with STLTS health departments,
minority health-focused national and CBOs.
Office of Women's Health (CAGD). (1) promotes public health
research, evidence-based programs, policies, and strategies to improve
the health and well-being of women and girls; (2) serves as a central
point for women's health and raises visibility of risk factors and
other conditions that impact women's and girls' health; (3) provides
subject matter expertise to support gender and women's health and
collaborates with OMH to develop a whole of public health approach
while contributing to and supporting the work of OHE/OD; (4) applies an
intersectionality lens, contributes subject matter expertise to the
development of guidance documents and standards related to women's
health; (5) applies an intersectionality lens when partnering with CIOs
to implement and refine how health equity approaches related to women's
health are operationalized and institutionalized; (6) contributes
technical expertise to the development of quantitative and qualitative
indicators and metrics needed to assess women's health; (7) partners
with CIOs to use standardized tools and metrics relevant to women's
health to monitor progress, measure effectiveness, and make changes to
improve health equity outcomes; (8) contributes technical expertise to
the development of women's health and equity-related technical
communication products (e.g., white papers, technical briefs, success
stories); (9) contributes technical expertise in women's health to
agency-wide activities that include (a) developing and disseminating
key guidance documents, where needed, that address social and
structural determinants of health; (b) advancing the surveillance of
health equity indicators and the science of achieving gender health
equity; and (c) consistently applying data collection and analysis
standards in collaboration with the Office of Public Health Data,
Surveillance, and Technology and the Office of Science; (10) applies an
intersectionality lens, contributes technical expertise in women's
health to agency-wide communication efforts aimed to increase awareness
of CDC's gender equity approaches and infuse those approaches into
CDC's public health work; (11) applies an intersectionality lens to
technical expertise in the design of training programs and technical
assistance efforts implemented with CIOs, programs, partner
organizations, and communities; and (12) assists the OHE Office of the
Director, as needed, on partnership development and community
engagement efforts,
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including for emergency response events.
III. Under part C, Section C-B, Organization and Functions, delete
the respective mission or functional statements for and replace with
the following:
Meningitis, Pertussis, and Diphtheria Epidemiology Branch (CJEC).
(1) provides epidemiologic subject matter expertise and technical
assistance for surveillance, prevention, and control of bacterial
illness, including meningococcal disease, Haemophilus influenzae
disease, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and bacterial meningitis
syndrome; (2) develops, implements, and evaluates prevention strategies
for these bacterial diseases, including vaccine and non-vaccine
strategies; (3) supports development of vaccine policy through the ACIP
process; (4) conducts surveillance and epidemiological research for
meningococcal disease, H. influenzae disease, diphtheria, pertussis,
tetanus, and bacterial meningitis syndrome; (5) provides consultation
and support to domestic and international partners on the use of
vaccines and other prevention measures for bacterial respiratory
diseases; and (6) collaborates with other CDC groups, other federal
agencies, state, tribal, local, and territorial groups, ministries of
health, World Health Organization, private industry, academia, and
other governmental and non-governmental organizations involved in
public health.
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 D. Bailey,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-21411 Filed 9-18-24; 8:45 am]
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