Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority; Part G; Indian Health Service Headquarters, Office of the Director

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES <SUBAGY>Indian Health Service</SUBAGY> <SUBJECT>Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority; Part G; Indian Health Service Headquarters, Office of the Director</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services. <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Final notice. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> Part G of the Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby amended to reflect a reorganization of the Indian Health Service (IHS). The purpose of this reorganization is to revise the current approved structure for the IHS, Office of the Director, Intergovernmental Affairs functions in Chapter GA (GAA-GAC), as provided for herein. </SUM> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> The IHS is an Operating Division within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and is under the leadership and direction of a Director who is directly responsible to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The IHS Headquarters is reorganizing the following major component: Office of the Director, under the Deputy Director for Intergovernmental Affairs. Part G of the Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority was most recently amended at 89 FR 61126, July 30, 2024. <E T="03">Authority:</E> 44 U.S.C. 3101. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Diversity Management and Equal Employment Opportunity Staff (GA3)</HD> (1) Administers the Indian Health Service (IHS) equal employment opportunity, civil rights, and affirmative action and Alternative Dispute Resolution programs, in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) policies; (2) plans and oversees the implementation of IHS affirmative employment and special emphasis programs in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and HHS policies; (3) reviews data and advises IHS managers of possible discriminatory trends; (4) ensures immediate implementation of required actions on complaints of alleged sexual harassment or discrimination; (5) decides on accepting, for investigation, or dismissing discrimination complaints and evaluates accepted complaints for procedural sufficiency and investigates and resolves complaints; (6) evaluates accepted formal complaints of discrimination for procedural sufficiency and adjudicates and resolves complaints; and (7) develops/administers equal employment opportunity education and training programs for IHS managers, supervisors, counselors, and employees. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Office of Indian Self-Determination and Self-Governance (GAA)</HD> (1) Provides leadership and implementation of legislation and authorities under Title I and Title V of Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA), excluding construction authorities; (2) provides oversight and monitoring of Agency compliance with ISDEAA policies, administrative procedures and guidelines; (3) advises the IHS Director, on activities and issues related to ISDEAA; (4) works in partnership with Tribal governments and the Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee (TSGAC) in the development and recommendations of policies, administrative procedures, and guidelines of ISDEAA activities for the implementation of the Tribal Self-Governance Program (TSGP); (5) provides Agency leadership of national TSGAC meetings for Tribal governments on the TSGP; (6) coordinates and provides technical assistance Tribal governments and Tribal organizations, as outlined in the ISDEAA; (7) coordinates the oversight and monitoring funding agreements and annual funding agreements at all levels; (8) serves as the principal IHS office for the development of presentations and trainings on the ISDEAA; (9) participates in meetings between Tribal delegations, Tribal governments, and the IHS Director; (10) develops executive management reports, reports to Congress, and conducts data analysis on ISDEAA activities; (11) provides ISDEAA leadership, assistance, and support to IHS Area offices and program offices, including on issues related to Contract Support Costs (CSC); and (12) participates in cross-cutting issues and processes including, but not limited to, emergency preparedness/security, budget formulation, ISDEAA, Tribal shares computations, and resolution of audit findings related to Tribal health programs. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Division of Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Programs (GAA1)</HD> (1) Provides Agency leadership and direction for all Agency negotiators on ISDEAA Title I and Title V contracts and compacts and annual funding agreements; (2) provides Agency-wide assistance and support to Agency negotiators for ISDEAA Title I and Title V negotiations; (3) provides policy and procedural guidance to Agency negotiators in support of ISDEAA negotiation activities; (4) responsible for education and technical assistance, as appropriate, to Tribal personnel in the preparation, negotiation, and payment of ISDEAA contracts and compacts; (5) performs monitoring and oversight of all ISDEAA program activities and funding; (6) conducts performance reviews of ISDEAA program activities; (7) develops programmatic responses regarding ISDEAA to oversight entities such as Office of Inspector General and Government Accountability Office in coordination with the IHS Office of Quality; and (8) coordinates and leads internal Agency review with the Headquarters leadership team on potential Title I, full or partial, Declinations Reassumptions and Title V Final Offer Review Group activities. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Division of Tribal Payments (GAA1A)</HD> (1) Collaborates with the Office of Finance and Accounting (OFA) to review and ensure ISDEAA payment documents are in compliance with policies and procedures; (2) monitors, tracks and conducts financial management activities for ISDEAA payments; (3) develops Agency Programs, Services, Functions, and Activities policy, manual development and monitoring activities; (4) provides support to OFA and Agency negotiators on oversight and monitoring activities of single audits of ISDEAA programs to ensure compliance with laws and regulations; (5) provides Agency oversight and technical assistance to Agency negotiators regarding Tribal payments; (6) coordinates with the OFA and leads the management and oversight of financial management tools and subsidiary financial systems to make payments to Tribal Health Programs; (7) conducts periodic oversight reviews on the Agency Tribal payments process; and (8) works closely with the OFA to complete payments to Tribes for ISDEAA contracts and compacts. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Training and Technical Assistance Staff (GAA1B)</HD> (1) Provides leadership in the development, planning and delivery of training and technical assistance (T/TA) through engagement with Federal, Tribal and Tribal Organization (T/TO) partners; (2) develops and manages Agency-wide, standardized training curriculum for ISDEAA; (3) conducts data monitoring and tracking for all T/TA activities, ensuring accurate measure reporting and benchmarking while enhancing management of T/TA assets; (4) researches issues and develops learning objectives to resolve and foster approaches to ISDEAA related issues; (5) coordinates Agency expertise and training resources to address Tribal issues and technical support for T/TO's; (6) collaborates with T/TOs to build upon existing strengths and knowledge; (7) develop ISDEAA compliance tools to conduct periodic program level oversight reviews; and (8) coordinates T/TA related information technology investments to develop internal T/TA resource database, Agency T/TA resource page, and a central T/TA learning management system. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Division of Contract Support Costs (GAA2)</HD> (1) Provides a uniform and equitable system of determining, tracking and reconciling CSC funds for new, expanded and ongoing ISDEAA compacts and contracts; (2) provides coordination in the administration of CSC activities across the Agency; (3) provides Agency leadership guidance in the development and implementation of Agency CSC policies and procedures; (4) provides technical assistance and education to Federal, and/or T/TO's in the preparation, negotiation, determination, payment and reconciliation of CSC funding; (5) provides Agency leadership for the IHS/Tribal CSC Advisory Committee activities; (6) in coordination through OFA, participates in the budget justification process and provides all requirements for CSC funding levels; (7) maintains systems to monitor all CSC funds paid to T/TO's; and (8) develops executive management reports, reports to Congress and data analysis on CSC activities. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Division of Tribal Leasing (GAA3)</HD> (1) Provides Agency leadership in the administration of section 105(l) of the ISDEAA, 25 U.S.C. 5324(l), and the implementing regulations at 25 CFR part 900, subpart H, also known as “section 105(l) leases” or “Tribal leases;” (2) develops 105(l) policies and procedures for Agency negotiations, implementation and administration for the Agency 105(l) program; (3) responsible for education and technical assistance of the 105(l) program T/TO and Agency negotiators in the preparation, negotiation, determination, and payments; (4) provides oversight of 105(l) program activities and funding; (5) develops oversight and monitoring activities for periodic program activities and performance reviews of 105(l) program; (6) in coordination with OFA, develops budget justification for 105(l) program funding requests; (7) communicates with the Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs on 105(l) lease proposals and associated Agency policies; (8) in coordination through OFA, participates in the budget justification process and provides all requirements for 105(l) funding levels; (9) maintains ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 24k characters. 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