Module 12

FDA The Food and Drug Administration is responsible for protecting the public health by
ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products,
and medical devices; and by ensuring the safety of our nation's food supply, cosmetics, and
products that emit radiation. FDA also has responsibility for regulating the manufacturing,
marketing, and distribution of tobacco products to protect the public health and to reduce tobacco
use by minors. FDA is responsible for advancing the public health by helping to speed
innovations that make medical products more effective, safer, and more affordable and by
helping the public get the accurate, science-based information they need to use medical products
and foods to maintain and improve their health. FDA also plays a significant role in the Nation's
counterterrorism capability. FDA fulfills this responsibility by ensuring the security of the food
supply and by fostering the development of medical products to respond to deliberate and
naturally emerging public health threats.
HIPAA regulatory standards that talk about the lawful use and disclosure of protected health
information maintains routine guidance on new issues affecting health care and in investigating.
 Protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families that change or lose their
jobs. It limits new health plans the ability to deny coverage due to a pre-existing
condition.
 Prevents Health Care Fraud and Abuse; Medical Liability Reform; Administrative
Simplification that requires the establishment of national standards for electronic health
care transactions and national identifiers for providers, employers, and health insurance
plans.
 Guidelines for pre-tax medical spending accounts. It provides changes to health insurance
laws and deductions for medical insurance.
 Guidelines for group health plans. It provides modifications for health coverage.
 Governs company-owned life insurance policies. Makes provisions for treating people
without United States Citizenship and repealed financial institution rule to interest
allocation rules.

NNCP Determines the fixed price of products. To ensure a regular supply of products. To

govern all activities in the oil production industry. To supervise all operations of the gas
production industry.
 Formulate national food and nutrition policies and strategies and serve as the policy,
coordinating and advisory body of food, nutrition, and health concerns.
 Coordinate planning, monitoring, and evaluation of the national nutrition program.
 Coordinate the hunger mitigation and malnutrition prevention program to achieve
relevant Millennium Development Goals.
 Strengthen competencies and capabilities of stakeholders through public education,
capacity building, and skills development.
 Coordinate the release of funds, loans, and grants from government organizations (GOs)
and non-government organizations (NGOs); and
 Call on any department, bureau, office, agency, and other instrumentalities of the
government for assistance in the form of personnel, facilities, and resources as the need
arises.