In order to promote the priority objectives for Spain, to develop the Government's political program and to achieve maximum efficiency in its action and the greater efficiency in the operation of the General Administration of the State, the Royal Decree 415/2016 was approved, of November 3, for which the ministerial departments are restructured, whose article 14 provides that it corresponds to the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality the proposal and execution of the Government policy on health, planning and health care and consumption, as well as as the exercise of the powers of the General Administration of the State to assure citizens of the right to health protection. It is also responsible for the proposal and implementation of the Government's policy on cohesion and social inclusion, family, child protection and care for dependent persons or persons with disabilities and equality.

Subsequently, Royal Decree 424/2016, of 11 November, establishing the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments, develops the structure of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality. in the higher and managerial bodies referred to in Article 13 thereof.

The present royal decree complies with the provisions of the final provision of Royal Decree 424/2016 of 11 November, developing the basic organic structure of the higher bodies and managers of the Department, up to the general subdirection level, updating and reordering the functions attributed to them.

The updating of functions responds to the assumption of new competences established, among others, by Law 19/2013, of December 9, of transparency, access to public information and good governance, or Law 40/2015, of 1 of Public Sector Legal Regime, while the reordering of functions responds to the objective of rationalizing the operation of the management centers and their dependent agencies and of increasing the transparency of management.

On the basis of the above, the Commission of Social Aid to those affected by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Acquired, which previously depended on the General Directorate of Family and Children Services, is attached to the Directorate-General for Public Health, Quality and Innovation to whom the management of social aid also corresponds to the persons affected by the activity in the public health system.

Also, the functions previously attributed to the Directorate General of Public Health, Quality and Innovation in the field of the National Health System are now attributed to the Directorate General of Professional Management, who will also be responsible for supporting the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System.

On the other hand, among the functions of the Secretariat are expressly mentioned that the Law 19/2013, of December 9, attributes to the Information Units, as well as those corresponding to the Unit of Equality of the Department provided for in Article 77 of the Organic Law 3/2007 of 22 March on the effective equality of women and men.

Finally, through this royal decree, the Statute of the National Transplantation Organization, approved by Royal Decree 1825/2009, of 27 November, is amended in order to strengthen the structure of this organism and to make it profitable. the hegemonic position of the OA National Transplant Organization as a global reference in this field.

For this purpose, the Directorate of the autonomous body is assigned the rank of Directorate General, passing to the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality through the General Secretariat of Health and Consumption.

Furthermore, in accordance with Article 66.2 of Law 40/2015 of 1 October, the appointment of the head of the Directorate of that autonomous body, as a result of the decision, is exempted from the official reserve. (i) the diversity of employment relationships in the field of health and the obvious need for the functions which the autonomous body has been entrusted to carry out by taking into account the specificity of the individual greater number of actors involved in the field of transplants.

In its virtue, at the initiative of the Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality, on a proposal from the Minister of Finance and Civil Service and after deliberation by the Council of Ministers at its meeting on May 12, 2017,

DISPONGO:

Article 1. General organization of the Department.

1. It is up to the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality to propose and implement the Government's policy on health, planning and health care and consumption, as well as the exercise of the powers of the State General Administration to assure citizens of the right to health protection. It is also responsible for the proposal and implementation of the Government's policy on cohesion and social inclusion, the family, the protection of children and the care of people who are dependent or with disabilities and equality, as well as the fight against poverty. against all forms of discrimination and against gender-based violence.

2. The powers conferred on this royal decree shall be understood in coordination and without prejudice to those corresponding to other ministerial departments.

3. The Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, under the top management of the Department's head, develops the functions that are legally and regulatively correspond to the higher and managerial bodies. following:

(a) The Secretary of State for Social Services and Equality.

b) The Deputy Secretary for Health, Social Services and Equality.

c) The General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs.

4. The Health Advisory Board is the advisory and assistance body to the person who holds the Department in the formulation of health policy. Its composition and operating system is governed by its specific rules.

5. The Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, through its holder, the OA Real Patronato on Disability, shall exercise the powers conferred on it by its Statute, approved by Royal Decree 946/2001 of 3 August.

6. As a body of immediate support to the person in charge of the Department, there is a Cabinet, with a rank of general direction, with the structure provided for in Article 14.2 of Royal Decree 424/2016, of 11 November, establishing the structure basic organic of the ministerial departments.

Article 2. State Secretary for Social Services and Equality.

1. The Secretary of State for Social Services and Equality is the highest body to be held, under the authority of the person holding the Ministry, in addition to the powers conferred on him by Article 62 of Law 40/2015, of 1 of October, the Public Sector Legal Regime, the functions of cohesion and social inclusion, family, child protection and care for dependent or disabled persons, as well as proposing and developing the policies of the Government in the field of equality, prevention and elimination of all forms of discrimination against women persons on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or ideology, sexual orientation or identity, age, disability or any other personal or social condition or circumstance, and for the eradication of the various forms of violence gender.

The proposal, elaboration and development of the rules, actions and measures aimed at ensuring equal treatment and equal opportunities, especially between women and men, and the promotion of the social, political and economic participation of women, such as the development of the Department's competences in the field of drug dependency

2. In the field of social services, in particular, the following functions correspond to:

(a) The articulation of the participation of the General Administration of the State in the System for Autonomy and Attention to Dependence, in the terms provided for in Law 39/2006, of 14 December, of the Promotion of Autonomy Staff and Care for people in a situation of dependency.

b) The promotion of social services and the promotion of cooperation with non-governmental organizations and the promotion of social volunteering, in the field of constitutionally reserved competences to the State.

c) The protection and promotion of families and children and the prevention of situations of need in which these groups may incur, in the area of constitutionally reserved competences to the State.

d) Care and support for people with disabilities, in the area of constitutionally reserved competences to the State.

e) The exercise of the protection of the State over the care entities outside the administration, without prejudice to the functions attributed to the Protectorate of the state competition foundations.

f) Promoting equality policies, non-discrimination and universal accessibility in the field of their competencies.

g) The impetus of policies to reduce the demand for drug use and prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and harm reduction programmes in the field of drug dependence.

(h) Monitoring of the control systems of international youth programmes.

3. In the field of gender equality and violence, in particular, the following functions correspond to:

a) The follow-up of the implementation and normative development of the Organic Law 3/2007, of March 22, for the effective equality of women and men.

b) The follow-up to the implementation and regulatory development of the Organic Law 1/2004, of December 28, of Comprehensive Protection Measures against Gender Violence.

(c) Coordination of the policies of the General Administration of the State in the field of equal treatment and opportunities, with particular reference to equality between men and women, as well as the development of cooperation with the administrations of the autonomous communities and local authorities in matters of their competence, without prejudice to the powers conferred on other departments.

(d) The promotion of measures to promote equal treatment and equal opportunities, with particular reference to equality between men and women, and the extension of guarantees and citizens ' rights through the development of policies which address specific inequality problems tailored to the needs of different groups of people, without prejudice to the competencies attributed to other departments.

e) The proposal, formulation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the policies of the General Administration of the State aimed at the elimination of all forms of gender-based violence in collaboration with the institutions of the State and public administrations with competence in the field, as well as with civil society organisations.

f) Participation with the Ministry of Employment and Social Security in the promotion of policies aimed at reducing labour discrimination and female unemployment, with the aim of full employment and the reduction of differences in the wage perceptions of men and women.

g) The promotion of social co-responsibility measures to promote the reconciliation of personal, family and work life.

(h) The proposal for rules and measures for the fight against trafficking in women for sexual exploitation, as well as their coordination, monitoring and evaluation.

i) in collaboration with the relevant bodies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, the supervision and monitoring of international agreements on equality, the organisation and participation of Spain at international summits and events, the development of reports for international institutions and the follow-up of international projects and meetings related to equality promoted by the Government of Spain, without prejudice to the powers of the Technical General Secretariat of the Department in this field.

j) Participation in the development, development and implementation of Community employment policies, in particular the Europe 2020 strategy.

4. The following management bodies are dependent on the Secretary of State for Social Services and Equality, with a general direction:

a) The Government Delegation for Gender Violence.

b) The General Directorate of Family and Children's Services.

c) The General Directorate of Disability Support Policies.

d) The Government Delegation for the National Drug Plan.

5. As an organ of support and immediate assistance to the titular person of the Secretariat of State, there is a cabinet, with an organic level of general sub-direction, with the structure established by Article 14.3 of Royal Decree 424/2016 of 11 November. The function referred to in subparagraph (h) of paragraph 2 above is also appropriate.

6. It is attached to the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality through the Secretariat of State for Social Services and Equality, the managing body of Social Security, the Institute of Older and Social Services.

7. Likewise, they are assigned to the Department, through the Secretariat of State of Social Services and Equality, the autonomous bodies Institute of Women and for Equal Opportunities and the Institute of Youth, with the legal nature, structure and functions that are foreseen for each of them in their specific regulations.

8. The head of the Secretariat of State for Social Services and Equality shall perform the duties of Secretary-General of the Royal Olympic Airways Office on Disability.

9. For the legal advice of the Secretary of State for Social Services and Equality, there will be a State Advocate, organically integrated in the Department of the Department.

In addition, there will be a Delegated Intervention of the General Intervention of the State Administration in the field of the Secretariat of State, organically integrated in the Department's Delegate Intervention.

Article 3. The Government Delegation for Gender Violence.

1. It is up to the Government Delegation for Gender Violence to propose the Government's policy against the various forms of violence against women on the basis of gender and to promote, coordinate and advise on all measures taken to in this field and, in particular, the following functions:

(a) The impetus for the application of the principle of mainstreaming of measures to combat the various forms of violence against women on the basis of gender, ensuring that, in their implementation, they are taken into account the specific needs and demands of victims who are in a situation of greater vulnerability.

b) Social awareness and prevention of all forms of violence against women. To this end, education will be fostered in the values of equality between women and men and respect for fundamental rights in collaboration with public educational administrations and information and awareness campaigns will be carried out, ensuring access to the same for all persons with special difficulties in integration and, in particular, for persons with disabilities.

c) The promotion of coordination and collaboration among the various services competent to ensure a comprehensive approach to risk assessment and management. To this end, action plans and protocols will be drawn up to ensure the management of actions and procedures for the prevention, detection, assistance, protection and prosecution of acts of violence against women. gender, in collaboration with the ministerial departments and competent administrations.

d) The promotion of collaboration, through the appropriate legal instruments, with the autonomous communities and local corporations to provide comprehensive social assistance to women victims of violence gender, as well as her daughters and sons.

e) The impetus of the coordination in the field of the General Administration of the State in the field of trafficking of women and girls for the purpose of sexual exploitation and cooperation with the institutions and administrations competent for the care and protection of victims.

f) The implementation, promotion and dissemination of reports, studies and research on issues related to the different forms of violence against women on the basis of gender.

g) The design, development and continuous updating of an information system based on the collection, analysis and dissemination of data related to violence against women from public administrations and other entities, in order to allow adequate knowledge of the situation and the assessment and the degree of effectiveness of the measures implemented. To this end, the Government Delegation for Gender Violence will coordinate with the National Statistics Institute, the Center for Sociological Research and the entities involved.

(h) The promotion of the training and specialisation of the professional collectives involved in the process of prevention, information, care and protection for victims.

i) The promotion of the collaboration and participation of entities, associations and organizations that, from civil society, act against different forms of gender-based violence when programming and implementing mechanisms and actions to eradicate this phenomenon.

j) Participate and maintain relations at international level, without prejudice to the competencies entrusted to the Technical General Secretariat.

2. The following bodies depend on the Government Delegation, with an organic level of sub-directorate-general:

(a) The General Subdirectorate for Awareness, Prevention and Knowledge of Gender Violence, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions listed in paragraphs (b), (f), (g), (i) and (j) of the previous paragraph, as well as the carrying out the functions of the Secretariat of the State Observatory of Violence on Women.

(b) The General Sub-Directorate for Inter-Institutional Coordination in Gender Violence, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions listed in paragraphs (a), (c), (d), (e) and (h).

3. They are also functionally dependent on the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, through the Government Delegation for Gender Violence, the Unit for Coordination Against Violence on Women and Violence Units. on Women, which are organically integrated in Government Delegations and Subdelegations and in the Island Directorates. For the monitoring of gender-based violence entrusted to them, instructions on the procedures and processes of work shall be developed.

4. The head of the Government Delegation for Gender Violence will be entitled to the courts to intervene in defense of the rights and interests protected by the Organic Law 1/2004, of December 28, in cooperation and coordination with public administrations with powers in the field and, in particular, to bring about the cessation and rectification of illegal advertising for the abuse of the image of women, in the terms provided for in Law 34/1988 of 11 November, General Advertising.

5. The Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality is attached to the State Observatory of Violence on Women, through the Government Delegation for Gender Violence, which will exercise its presidency.

Article 4. The General Management of Family and Children's Services.

1. They correspond to the General Directorate of Family and Children's Services, in the field of the constitutionally reserved powers to the State and in cooperation with the autonomous communities, the following functions:

(a) The impulse, analysis, elaboration, coordination and monitoring of the programs of action in the field of social services of primary care, social inclusion, protection and promotion of families and children and of prevention of situations of difficulty or social conflict

(b) The impetus, development, coordination and monitoring of the National Reform Programme, in terms of the objective of poverty reduction and the fight against social exclusion, in accordance with the European Strategy 2020.

c) The promotion of public policies for the promotion and improvement of the living conditions of the Spanish gypsy population.

d) The management of the social services user information system.

e) The management of studies, statistics and the training of social services professionals in primary care, social inclusion and protection and promotion of families and children.

(f) The promotion of cooperation with non-governmental organisations in the fields of social action programmes, social inclusion, Roma, families and children.

g) The call for and management of grants from the State-run tranche from the tax allocation for social purposes of the Income Tax of the Physical Persons and the General Regime of Social Services, Families and (a) children, and the abhinterment of inheritance in favour of the General Administration of the State, as well as the definition of the central aspects of the scheme of subsidies for the purposes of social interest under the tax allocation of the tax on the Income of the Physical Persons to be managed by the Autonomous Communities, the management of grants to third-sector entities at the State level, in the fields of social services, families and children, and the management of programme grants in the European framework.

h) The drive and development of social volunteering.

(i) Cooperation with public and private entities, national and international, in the field of international adoption, without prejudice to the functions of management and coordination of the Secretariat of the Department in the field of international cooperation; the initiation, suspension or cessation of the processing of adoptions with each country of origin of minors and the determination of the countries with which adoption files will be processed only by accredited bodies or authorised by the authorities of both States

j) The drive and management of collegiate bodies for analysis, debate and proposals on families, children, the Roma population and social action.

k) The analysis of the regulations on the protection and promotion of families and children, non-governmental organisations, volunteering and the fight against poverty and social exclusion and, where appropriate, the formulation of corresponding proposals.

l) Relations with the European Union and foreign and international bodies and technical cooperation in international cooperation programmes relating to families and children, non-governmental organisations, volunteering, Roma population and the fight against poverty and social exclusion, without prejudice to the functions of management and coordination of the Secretariat of the Department.

2. From the Directorate-General, the following bodies depend, with organic level of general subdirection:

(a) The Subdirectorate-General for Social Programs, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions listed in subparagraph (a) of the previous paragraph in the field of social services of primary care and social inclusion, and in paragraphs (b) to (d), and paragraphs (e) to (j) in respect of social services of primary care, social inclusion and the Roma population of the previous paragraph.

(b) The Subdirectorate-General of Non-Governmental and Voluntary Organisations, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions listed in paragraph (f) in respect of the social action programmes and paragraphs (g) and (h), and (k) and (l) in the field of non-governmental organisations and voluntary organisations in the previous paragraph.

(c) The General Subdirectorate of Families, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions listed in paragraphs (a), (e), (f), (j), (k) and (l) of the previous paragraph on families.

(d) The General Children's Subdirectorate, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions listed in paragraph (i) and paragraphs (a), (e), (f), (j), (k) and (l) of the previous paragraph in respect of children.

Article 5. The General Directorate of Disability Support Policies.

1. They correspond to the Directorate-General for Policy Support to the Disability, the holder of which will also perform the duties of Director of the Royal Olympic Board on Disability, in the field of the constitutionally reserved powers to the State and in cooperation with the Autonomous Communities, the following functions:

a) The planning, design, management, management and evaluation of state-wide programmes and programmes in the field of disability and their coordination with the autonomous communities and collaboration with other administrations public, as well as the coordination and monitoring of the action of the advisory bodies on disability.

(b) The proposal for legislation in matters of its competence, without prejudice to the competences of the Technical General Secretariat.

c) Relations with foreign and international bodies and the technical coordination of international cooperation programmes relating to disability, without prejudice to the functions of management and coordination; correspond to the Secretariat of the Department.

d) The impetus of sectoral policies on disability and their inter-ministerial coordination, as well as between the General Administration of the State and that of the Autonomous Communities and local corporations.

e) Promoting cooperation with organizations and entities that bring together people with disabilities and their families.

f) The exercise of the protection of the State and the promotion of collaboration and support to the Spanish Red Cross, to the National Organization of the Blind Spaniards, for the fulfillment of their social ends.

g) The promotion of equal opportunities, non-discrimination and universal accessibility for people with disabilities.

2. From the Directorate-General, the following bodies depend, with organic level of general subdirection:

(a) The General Coordination and Management Subdirectorate, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions listed in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of the previous paragraph.

(b) The Subdirectorate-General for Civil Dialogue, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions listed in paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) of the previous paragraph.

3. It shall also depend organically on the Directorate-General, with the level to be determined in the relevant employment relationship, the Office for Disability Care, to which the function listed in paragraph (g) of the Article 56 of the Recast Text of the General Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Social Inclusion, approved by the Royal Legislative Decree 1/2013 of 29 November.

Article 6. The Government Delegation for the National Drug Plan.

1. The Government Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs corresponds to the functions of direction, impulse, general coordination and supervision of the services responsible for the updating and implementation of the National Plan on Drugs. In the field of competence of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, under the top management of the Secretary of State for Social Services and Equality, it assumes the impetus of policies to reduce the demand for drugs and prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and harm reduction programs.

2. In particular, the following functions correspond to:

(a) To exercise the secretariat of the Sectoral Conference of the National Plan on Drugs, preparing and coordinating all the matters to be submitted to this collegiate body, ensuring the execution of all its agreements, as well as exercise coordination in this area between organs and units of the various ministerial departments.

b) To promote and coordinate relations with the different administrations and institutions, both public and private, including non-governmental organizations, which develop activities in the field of the National Plan on Drugs, providing them with the necessary technical support.

c) Develop and propose the National Strategies on Drugs and Other Addictions and the Action Plans that develop them, coordinating with public administrations and social agents the implementation of the actions and measures aimed at achieving the objectives set out in them.

d) Encourage, analyze, propose and manage, in the field of their competencies, programs of prevention, assistance and reintegration in the field of addictions, in coordination with the different institutions participating in the Plan National on Drugs.

e) To encourage the participation of companies and social entities in the activities of the National Plan on Drugs, promoting the incorporation of programs on addictions to the development of corporate social responsibility.

f) Promoting and encouraging training for healthcare professionals and other professionals in the various aspects related to addictions, without prejudice to the competencies of the Autonomous Communities.

g) To promote research activity in the field of drugs and other addictions in the state field and to propose priority research lines that are considered to be of interest to the objectives of the National Plan on Drugs.

h) Promote systems for the evaluation of prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and social integration programs and apply these systems to programs and activities funded from the National Drug Plan.

(i) to carry out and coordinate activities in the Spanish territory for the collection and analysis of data and the dissemination of information, both statistical and epidemiological, on the use of drugs and drug addiction, and on other addictions, defining, for such effects, indicators and criteria, acting as the Spanish Observatory of Drugs and Addictions, without prejudice to the competences that the communities can exercise in their respective territorial areas autonomy on the subject, in accordance with its Statutes of Autonomy.

j) Develop and direct the state survey on the use of drugs in secondary education and the home survey on alcohol and drugs in Spain and other drug and addiction surveys, as well as collect and develop the information on the indicators that make up the State Information System on Drugs and Addictions.

k) To direct the Documentation Center of the National Plan on Drugs that serves as a documentary and informative reference in the field of addictions and drug dependency.

l) Coordinate the Spanish Early Warning System on New Psychoactive Substances, its protocols for action and the elaboration of information and alerts for dissemination and maintain coordination and exchange of information. information with the Early Warning System on New Psychoactive Substances of the European Union.

m) In collaboration with the Technical General Secretariat, coordinate the national position, participate in the meetings of the relevant international organizations, and intervene in the implementation of the agreements that are derived from (a) the measures to be taken in the framework of cooperation within the European Union, in the field of drugs, by exercising the general coordination between the units of the various ministerial departments which they carry out; actions in such fields, without prejudice to the powers conferred upon them and by the representation and performance of the State abroad, attributed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

n) Servir as the state body of communication with the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction in the exercise of its powers recognised in Community legislation.

n) Manage and manage all aspects related to the human, economic and technical resources of the Government Delegation, without prejudice to the powers conferred on other higher bodies or governing bodies of the Department.

or) Manage, manage and dispose, under the direction and supervision of the Bureau of Coordination of Adjudications, the assets integrated into the Fund of goods seized by illicit drug trafficking and other related crimes, regulated by Law 17/2003 of 29 May, and to provide technical and material support to that table.

p) Collaborate with the Office of Recovery and Asset Management, Ministry of Justice, the way and for the purposes provided for in Royal Decree 948/2015 of 23 October, for which the Office of Recovery and Management is regulated of Assets.

3. The following Subdirectorates-General will be directly dependent on the Government Delegate for the National Drug Plan:

a) The General Secretariat for the Coordination of Programs, which shall develop the functions detailed in paragraphs (d) to (h) of the previous paragraph.

(b) The General Subdirectorate of Institutional Relations, which shall develop the functions detailed in paragraphs (m) and (n) of the previous paragraph.

c) The General Management Subdirectorate, which shall develop the functions detailed in paragraphs (n) to (p) of the previous paragraph.

4. They are assigned to the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, through the Government Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs, the following collegiate bodies:

(a) The Spanish Council of Drugs and Other Addictions, regulated by Royal Decree 1113/2015, of December 11.

b) The Adjudications Coordination Bureau, with the powers laid down in the specific regulations of the Fund for goods seized by illicit drug trafficking and other related crimes.

(c) The Technical Commission for the Assessment of Drugs, regulated by Order SCO/2036/2007 of 3 July.

Article 7. Health, Social Services, and Equality Undersecretary.

1. The Deputy Secretary for Health, Social Services and Equality is the body responsible for carrying out the duties listed in Article 63 of Law 40/2015 of 1 October 2015 and the management, promotion and supervision of its management bodies. and, where appropriate, of the public bodies which are attached to it. It is also for the coordination of the Department's actions in relation to the issues to be submitted to the Government's collegiate bodies.

2. In addition, it is up to you, in particular, to develop the following functions:

(a) The management of the official, statutory and employment staff of the Department, the elaboration of the relations of jobs, the preliminary draft of public employment and the employment plans, and the call and Resolution of the selective testing of the official and labour staff and the competitions of staff of the Department and its self-employed bodies; the training and promotion of staff, social assistance and relations with the Board of Directors The Committee on Employment and the Working Conditions of the European Union, as well as the safety and hygiene at work, and the the economic and control of personnel costs and the empowerment of personnel.

(b) the preparation and processing of the preliminary draft budget of the Department and its agencies, the budgetary changes of the Department and those of the bodies attached, as well as the report and technical assistance in budgetary matters and the tasks entrusted to the budget offices.

(c) The economic and financial management of the Department's budgetary appropriations; the functions of enabling and paying; the processing of the procurement files and other expenditure files not allocated other departments of the Department, as well as the programming and prior accounting of budget appropriations.

(d) The development of the management of the internal system, heritage, works and technical maintenance services, as well as the monitoring of the performance of contracts relating to these matters.

e) The design, development and implementation of the IT applications of the Ministry and its agencies, ensuring their integration and homogeneity, including the portals on the Internet and the electronic headquarters; the provision and management In the case of computer and communications equipment, both voice and data, in internal networks and on the Internet; management by continuous improvement and monitoring of the security of information of the Ministry; study, preparation and proposal for supplies of equipment and equipment and services, and technical assistance required for the exercise of the tasks entrusted to it.

(f) The impetus in the use of new information and communications technologies by the organs of the Ministry and its agencies, as well as in the relations between them and the citizens, enabling the processing by electronic means and the establishment of an electronic one-stop shop in the health and social environment.

g) The impetus for the use of new information and communications technologies in cooperation with other public administrations and international and supranational bodies; the development, development and implementation of the a plan of action in the field of information technology and communications of the Ministry and its agencies, as well as the management of the resources allocated to its implementation.

(h) Coordination and monitoring of actions in the field of information and communications technologies developed by the management bodies and agencies of the Department, including processing before the Commission Ministry of Digital Administration of proposals for this area.

i) The development of the communications network of the National Health System and the electronic exchange and interoperability mechanisms of clinical and health information.

j) The functions that Law 19/2013, of December 9, of transparency, access to public information and good governance, and its provisions of development, attribute to the Units of Information, in the field of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality.

k) The establishment and management of information systems in the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality for citizens.

l) Attention to citizens on how to access services, procedures, aids and grants from the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality.

m) The implementation and coordination of the institutional advertising campaigns of the Department, with the collaboration of the different Proposer Units of the same.

n) The carrying out of informative and divulgative actions in matters of the Department, without prejudice to those expressly attributed to another organ.

n) The implementation of the departmental services inspection programmes and the evaluation of their operation, as well as the institutional public sector entities attached to the Department.

o) The proposal for simplification and streamlining of procedures, the conduct of studies and proposals on the improvement of the organization.

p) The examination and proposal actions regulated by Royal Decree 799/2005 of 1 July, governing the inspection of services.

q) The development of the functions related to the principle of equality between women and men, within the scope of the Department, as provided for in Article 77 of the Organic Law 3/2007, of March 22.

3. It is up to the Secretariat, the Technical General Secretariat, to exercise the powers provided for in Article 65 of Law 40/2015 of 1 October, as well as those provided for in Article 8 of this royal decree.

4. The following bodies are also responsible for the following bodies with a general sub-directorate-general level:

(a) The Technical Cabinet, which shall have as functions the development of tasks of direct support and advice to the holder of the Secretariat, as well as the coordination of organs with an organic level of general sub-direction directly dependent on the Secretariat, and the function referred to in paragraph 2 (q).

(b) The Subdirectorate-General for Human Resources, to which the function referred to in paragraph 2 (a) corresponds.

(c) The budgetary office, to which the function referred to in paragraph 2 (b) corresponds.

(d) The General Subdirectorate for Economic and Financial Programming and Management, which corresponds to the function referred to in paragraph 2 (c).

e) The General Staff Subdirectorate General, to which the function referred to in paragraph 2 (d) corresponds.

(f) The General Information Technology Subdirectorate, which shall exercise the functions referred to in paragraphs (e) to (i) of paragraph 2.

(g) The General Subdirectorate for the Attention to the Citizen, which shall exercise the functions referred to in paragraphs (j) to (n) of paragraph 2.

(h) The Department's General Inspection of Services, which shall exercise the functions referred to in paragraph 2 (n) to (p).

5. They are attached to the Secretariat, with the functions assigned to them by the provisions in force, and without prejudice to their dependence on the Ministries of Justice and Finance and the Civil Service, respectively, the following bodies General sub-direction organic:

a) State Advocacy in the Department.

b) The Delegated Intervention of the General Intervention of the State Administration.

Article 8. Technical General Secretariat.

1. The Technical General Secretariat of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality shall carry out the powers conferred on it by Article 65 of Law 40/2015 of 1 October 2015, and in particular the following tasks:

(a) The processing and coordination actions relating to the participation of the Ministry in the Council of Ministers, the Government Delegation Committees and the General Commission of Secretaries of State and Undersecretaries, preparing the subjects to be submitted to the deliberation of these collegiate bodies, as well as the study and report of the cases presented by the other ministerial departments to the government's collegiate bodies.

b) Coordination in the elaboration, monitoring and implementation of the Department's regulatory plan in collaboration with other management bodies.

c) The participation in the procedure for the elaboration of the bills and other normative projects initiated in the field of the Department, as well as their administrative handling in accordance with the provisions of the Law 50/1997 of 27 November of the Government, with the exception of the public consultation procedure provided for in Article 26.2 of that law.

d) The issuance of the precept report of the foredrafts and of the remaining normative projects of the Ministry, in accordance with the provisions of Law 50/1997 of 27 November.

e) The coordination of the Ministry with other Departments and agencies of the General Administration of the State and advisory bodies, in the elaboration, processing and reporting of normative projects.

(f) The impetus and coordination of the transposition of European legislation whose incorporation into Spanish law is the responsibility of the Department, drawing up, where appropriate, the corresponding normative projects.

g) The monitoring and coordination of infringement procedures in the field of the European Union, as well as the questions referred for a preliminary ruling and other proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union.

(h) The instruction and motion for a resolution in the administrative appeals against the acts and provisions of the Department and its bodies attached to the procedures for the review of trade in relation to those and in claims of responsibility for the functioning of the services of the Department and its agencies attached.

i) The corresponding relations with the organs of the Administration of Justice.

j) The monitoring of the provisions and acts of the autonomous communities, without prejudice to competition in this same area and in relation to health, corresponds to the Directorate-General for Vocational Management.

k) The elaboration of the editorial program of the Department and the management, in coordination with the agencies attached to the ministry, of the edition, distribution and sale, if any, of the official publications, as well as the functions which, in connection with the editorial process, attributes to you the specific regulations on the subject.

l) The address of the general library and the management of the central file of the Department.

m) The management and coordination of international relations, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, as well as participation in international bodies and in the institutions of the Union European.

n) The preparation and negotiation of draft agreements, agreements and international instruments in matters that are the responsibility of the Department.

n) The coordination of matters related to development cooperation in the Ministry's own matters, in accordance with the criteria laid down in Law 23/1998 of July 7, International Cooperation for the Development.

o) Coordination in the field of international relations with the Secretariat of the different Sectoral Conferences referred to in Article 147 of Law 40/2015 of 1 October, which are the responsibility of the Department for reason for the matter.

p) Legalization of documents that may have an effect abroad.

q) The follow-up, in collaboration with the competent bodies of the Department, of the procedures for the elaboration of the European Union legislation affecting the subjects in respect of which the Ministry.

2. The following General Subdirectorates are directly dependent on the Technical General Secretariat to perform the following functions:

(a) The Technical Vice-Secretary-General, who shall perform the functions provided for in subparagraph (a) of the previous paragraph.

(b) The General Subdirectorate of Regulations, which shall carry out the functions provided for in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of the previous paragraph.

(c) The Subdirectorate-General for Resources and Publications, which shall carry out the tasks set out in paragraphs (h), (i), (j), (k) and (l) of the previous paragraph.

(d) The General Subdirectorate of International Relations, which shall exercise the functions set out in paragraphs (m), (n), (n), (o), (p) and (q) of the previous paragraph.

3. The Technical General Secretariat, as responsible for the development cooperation in matters of the Department, will act as the coordinating and relationship organ of the Ministry, with the Spanish Foundation for International Cooperation, Health and Social Policy, F.S.P.

Article 9. General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs.

1. The General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs is the executive body of the Department to which it is responsible to carry out the functions related to public health, interterritorial coordination, high inspection, health planning, management of the health professions and the development and implementation of the pharmaceutical policy, as well as the functions relating to public financing and the fixing of the price of medicinal products and medical devices, the carrying out of activities aimed at translation of innovation and progress in research, in particular in the field of therapies The Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, and the development of the Ministry's policy on the coordination of the policy of transplants, are without prejudice to the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness. It is also responsible for the development of information systems and the promotion of health strategies and quality programs in the National Health System, and relevant actions in the areas of food safety. human consumption, including nutrition and quality aspects with an impact on health; the safety of the food chain, covering all its phases; as well as the promotion of consumer policy through the proposed regulation, in the (a) the scope of State competence, which has an impact on the protection and promotion of the rights of the consumers and users, the establishment and promotion of effective procedures for the protection of these, inter-territorial institutional cooperation in the field, as well as the promotion of consumer and user associations and support to the Consumers and Users Council.

2. The following management bodies are responsible for the General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs:

a) The Directorate-General for Public Health, Quality and Innovation.

b) The General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy.

c) The General Direction of Professional Management.

3. It also depends on the General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs, the Technical Cabinet Division as an organ of support and immediate assistance to the Secretary General, with the organic level to be determined in the relation of jobs.

4. They are assigned to the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, through the General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy, of the General Secretariat of Health and Consumer Affairs, the managing body of the Social Security National Institute of Health Management and the National Commission of Assisted Human Reproduction, corresponding to the holder of the General Secretariat of Health and Consumption the presidency of the same.

5. Likewise, the General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs is attached to the autonomous agencies Agencia Española de Consumo, Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición, and the National Transplant Organization, as well as the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Sanitary Products, corresponding to the holder of the presidency of the same.

6. The OA Institute of Health Carlos III, a public research body assigned organically to the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, is functionally dependent on the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, through the General Secretary for Health and Consumer Affairs, in the terms provided for in the additional seventh provision of this royal decree.

7. The General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs will act as the coordinating and liaison body of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, with the Foundation for the Development of Research in Genomics and Proteomics.

Article 10. General Directorate of Public Health, Quality and Innovation.

1. The Directorate-General for Public Health, Quality and Innovation is the body that assumes the functions related to the external health and the hygienic and sanitary requirements of the products of human use and consumption, the promotion of the health and the prevention of diseases and injuries, the coordination of surveillance in public health, including epidemiological information and surveillance, the monitoring of occupational health, environmental health, as well as the preparation of regulations in these matters. It is also for the determination of the criteria for establishing the Spanish position vis-à-vis the European Union and in international fora in matters of its competence, without prejudice to those which may be held in relation to the with the same other ministerial departments.

2. It is responsible for the development of the functions of the Quality Agency of the National Health System and the Institute of Health Information.

3. It is also responsible for the development of information systems, the promotion of health plans and quality programs in the National Health System, including the National Plan on AIDS, as well as the analysis and evaluation of the functioning of the Spanish healthcare system and its comparison with other healthcare systems.

4. It is also appropriate for all the actions referred to in Law 33/2011 of 4 October, General Public Health, to be the responsibility of the State Health Administration, without prejudice to those that may be attributed to the OA Spanish Agency. Consumer, Food Safety and Nutrition.

5. The Directorate-General for Public Health, Quality and Innovation will also exercise the following functions:

(a) Those in the field of external health are derived from the provisions of international law, in Law 33/2011, of 4 October, and in Royal Decree 1418/1986 of 13 June, including, in any case, authorization health and control for the import and export of human samples for diagnostic or research analytical studies, without prejudice to the powers of the Spanish Agency for Medicinal Products and Sanitary Products on medicinal products, medical devices, cosmetics and personal hygiene products.

(b) Develop and monitor national and international programmes for the control of non-food anthropozoonoses and those for which the Department is responsible for veterinary public health.

c) Exercise actions related to international health.

d) Develop, in collaboration with other public bodies involved, plans for preparedness and response to current or emerging threats to human health.

e) Plan, coordinate and develop the Public Health Surveillance Network, including the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network, in coordination with the organs of the General Administration of the State with competence in the field and the services of the Autonomous Communities.

f) Develop the Public Health Information System and maintain the registration of voluntary termination of pregnancy, as well as neonatal screening and vaccination coverage files.

g) Analyze, propose and, where appropriate, manage public health policies, health promotion programs, disease prevention and injury prevention, especially those involving the development of initiatives taken by the European Union, in coordination with the autonomous communities, in particular programmes for the prevention and control of infectious diseases, programmes for the prevention and control of chronic diseases, their risk factors and vaccination.

h) Promote the development of initiatives, programs and activities for the prevention of smoking, in coordination with the autonomous communities, and promote and coordinate the activities of the Health Observatory in this field.

i) Promote the creation of a network of public health laboratories.

j) Exercise actions related to the National System for Transfusion Security.

(k) Manage the social assistance which can be provided for the persons affected by the activity in the public health system, in the field of competence of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality refer.

l) Control the advertising and health information in the field of the General Secretariat of Health and Consumer Affairs, not attributed to other management centers of the same.

m) Assess, prevent and control the effects of environmental factors on human health; manage surveillance and health alert networks for environmental risks and activities related to the protection of human health health.

(n) Register, authorise and assess the risk to human health of biocidal products and assess the health risks of plant protection products.

n) Take actions related to the promotion and protection of occupational health that fall within the competence of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, as well as those corresponding to the Department in the framework of the of the National Commission on Safety and Health at Work and relations with the autonomous communities in the field of public health.

o) Develop and evaluate Health Strategies for the National Health System.

p) Promote the participation of patients and their organizations in health policies.

q) Encourage and disseminate good practices in the National Health System.

r) Develop the methodology and accredit the National Health System reference centers and define the basic criteria for the authorization of health centers, services and establishments; encourage external evaluation and internal health centres and services and develop the methodology and accredit the companies and institutions competent to carry out audits of health centres and services with validity for the National Health System.

s) To collect, develop and disseminate objective, reliable and comparable information in the development of the information system of the National Health System, in line with the European Union's standardisation framework for such systems. Evaluate the evolution of the key indicators in the National Health System as a whole. Prepare the annual report on the state of the National Health System and the comparative indicators of the health services of the autonomous communities. Plan and monitor actions in the field of information systems developed by the National Institute of Health Management.

t) Develop and direct the national health survey and health barometer and manage the dissemination of data from the national index of deaths and coordinate the department's statistical information and operations systems, ensuring the integrity and security of the data entrusted, guaranteeing their confidentiality. Maintain institutional relations with national and international bodies responsible for statistics and health information systems, in coordination with the Technical General Secretariat.

u) Develop and maintain the General Register of health centers, services and establishments, as well as recognize as valid for the National Health System records of existing health information in different areas professionals and scientists.

v) Establish the technical standards and functional procedures necessary for the access and exchange of clinical, therapeutic and individual health information in the National Health System, as provided for in the article 56 of Law 16/2003, of 28 May, of cohesion and quality of the National Health System. The impetus and technical support for the development and implementation of the interoperable electronic recipe throughout the national territory and the allocation of the Single Personal Health System Personal Identification Code of the individual health card.

w) Facilitate research by the health services themselves, promote the creation of a platform for healthcare innovation and the management of innovation measures competition from the General Secretariat of Health and Consumption.

6. From the Directorate-General for Public Health, Quality and Innovation the following Subdirectorates-General depend:

(a) Subdirectorate-General for External Health, which shall carry out the functions detailed in paragraphs (a) to (c) of the preceding paragraph, as well as the inspection and instruction functions of sanctioning files derived from the infringements in the area of the sale, supply, consumption and advertising of tobacco products, which fall within the competence of the General Administration of the State, in the terms of Law 28/2005 of 26 December on health measures against the smoking, and regulating the sale, supply, consumption and advertising of tobacco products.

(b) Subdirectorate-General for Health Promotion and Surveillance in Public Health, which shall exercise the functions detailed in paragraphs (e) to (l) of the previous paragraph.

(c) Subdirectorate-General for Environmental Health and Labour Health, which shall exercise the functions detailed in paragraphs (m) to (n) of the previous paragraph.

(d) General Quality and Innovation Subdirectorate, which shall exercise the functions detailed in paragraphs (o) to (r) and (w) of the previous paragraph.

(e) General Health Information and Evaluation Subdirectorate, which shall exercise the functions detailed in paragraphs (s) to (v) of the previous paragraph.

7. It is attached to the Directorate General of Public Health, Quality and Innovation, the Center for the Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies, with the level to be determined in the corresponding relation of jobs, that will exercise the function detailed in paragraph (d) of paragraph 5 above.

8. The following collegiate bodies are assigned to the Directorate-General for Public Health, Quality and Innovation:

(a) The Secretariat of the National Plan on AIDS and the National Commission for the Coordination and Monitoring of AIDS Prevention Programs, as provided for in Royal Decree 592/1993 of 23 April, determining the composition of the and the functioning of the National Commission for the Coordination and Monitoring of AIDS Prevention Programs.

b) The National Commission for Hemotherapy, integrated into the National System of Transfusion Security, regulated by Royal Decree 1088/2005 of 16 September, laying down the technical requirements and minimum conditions for the blood donation and the transfusion centres and services.

c) The Health Observatory, as regulated in Article 63 of Law 16/2003, of 28 May.

(d) The Commission for the Evaluation of Social Aid (CEVHC) regulated by Royal Decree 377/2003 of 28 March, which regulates the procedure for the processing and granting of social aid to persons with hemophilia and other congenital coagulopathies that have developed hepatitis C as a consequence of having received treatment with concentrate of coagulation factors in the field of the public health system.

e) The Commission on Social Aid to those affected by HIV, provided for in Royal Decree-Law 9/1993 of 28 May, granting aid to those affected by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) as a result of the actions carried out in the public health system.

Article 11. National Health and Pharmacy System Services Basic Portfolio Management.

1. The General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy is the body responsible for the elaboration and evaluation of the common portfolio of services of the National Health System; the development of the Health Cohesion and the Assistance Guarantee Fund, as well as the elaboration of the regulations in these matters; the direction, development and implementation of the Department's pharmaceutical policy, as well as the exercise of the functions that are the responsibility of the State in the field of public financing and the fixing of the price of medicinal products and medical devices The invention also applies to the use of said prescription and to the determination of the special conditions of the prescription and dispensing in the National Health System, in particular the establishment of visas prior to dispensing. It is also up to it to exercise the power of sanction when carrying out inspection duties and to ensure that national and European standards are applied in the field of cross-border healthcare, assisted human reproduction and cells. reproducers.

2. Under Law 16/2003 of 28 May, the General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy will establish the general and common criteria for the development of the collaboration of the pharmacy offices, by means of concerts that guarantee citizens the dispensation in conditions of effective equality throughout the national territory, regardless of their autonomous community of residence.

3. In addition to those set out in the recast text of the Law on the guarantees and rational use of medicines and medical devices, approved by the Royal Legislative Decree 1/2015 of 24 July, it will carry out the following functions:

a) Coordinate with the autonomous communities the measures and actions related to the pharmaceutical provision and the pharmaceutical management of the National Health System through its Interterritorial Council; propose the requirements and requirements which must be generally applied in hospital prescriptions and orders; establish the general and common criteria for the development of the collaboration of pharmacy offices, by means of concerts which guarantee the citizens of the dispensation in conditions of effective equality in all the territory national, independent of its autonomous community of residence and coordinate with the autonomous communities information on the use of medicines and sanitary products dispensed through official prescription and adopt measures to ensure their rational use.

b) Manage the information on publicly funded financing and the price of medicines and medical devices dispensed through an official prescription, as well as keeping the relevant databases up to date; manage the aggregated information resulting from the processing of prescriptions from the National Health System and maintain the databases related to information systems in the field of their competence; manage the aggregated information resulting from the information on purchases of medicinal products and medical devices made from through the corresponding pharmacy services by the hospitals of the National Health System.

(c) Control the advertising of medicinal products for human use, in accordance with the requirements laid down in the recast of the Law on the guarantees and rational use of medicinal products and medical devices, and other implementing rules. It is also appropriate to ensure compliance with the provisions of Article 80 of the said recast text in relation to medical devices and to ensure that information on medicinal products is provided to healthcare professionals. respond to the appropriate quality criteria.

d) Coordinate the development of health education programs aimed at promoting the rational use of the drug as a guarantee of quality and safety for citizens.

e) To participate in the elaboration of the regulations in the subjects mentioned in the preceding paragraphs, as well as in the management of the specialized pharmaceutical formation and in the promotion of the pharmaceutical attention and the formation continuous. It is also up to him to study, design and evaluate the management procedures relating to the subjects mentioned in the preceding paragraphs and to promote the establishment of lines of collaboration, agreements and platforms with Administrations. public, organizations, foundations, private biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry that allow the translation of scientific advances into the National Health System.

(f) To instruct and to resolve the procedures arising from violations related to the functions and powers of this Directorate-General in the field of pharmacy and to promote the adoption of precautionary and control measures corresponding. It is also up to you to report on the resources raised in pharmacy.

g) to decide on the financing or non-financing of each medicinal product and its indications, and of each health product dispensed by official prescription, and to determine, where appropriate, the incorporation of the seal, with the characteristics that in general and for each specific case correspond, as well as the conditions of prescription and dispensing of the drugs in the field of the National Health System, in particular, the establishment of visas prior to the dispensation; assign the national code of the medical devices included in the pharmaceutical supply.

(h) Provide technical and administrative support to the Inter-Ministerial Committee for the Prices of Medicinal Products for the purposes of fixing maximum industrial prices for medicinal products and medical devices intended to be included in the pharmaceutical provision of the National Health System, in the price revisions of the medicines and sanitary products dispensed through an official prescription which, included in the pharmaceutical provision of the National System Health, already in the market and in the fixing of the prices of the drugs generic.

i) Make proposals to the head of the Department regarding the financing conditions, in the field of the National Health System and with the public funding of already authorized medicines and medical devices In the case of the sick, the medical devices and medical devices provided by the National Health System are free of charge or participation in the payment of the sick. Offer to the National Health System for medicinal products, as well as for medical devices dispensed through official prescription.

(j) Develop and implement the generalised price revisions for medicinal products already on the market, and propose the fixing and review of the maximum prices for medical devices dispensed through an official prescription; to issue reports and make proposals on the prices or margins for the distribution and dispensing of medicinal products and medical devices, as well as regular reports on developments in pharmaceutical public expenditure.

k) Develop the reports for the Government's Delegation for Economic Affairs on the price action of medicines and medical devices dispensed through an official prescription, and for the Council Interterritorial of the National Health System of the prices of the medicines and medical devices included in the pharmaceutical delivery of the National Health System.

l) Formulate proposals in relation to the total or partial exclusions of the drugs from the pharmaceutical provision of the National Health System.

m) Manage the revenue from sales volume contributions to the National Health System.

n) Unify and ensure health insurance.

n) Develop and update the common portfolio of services of the National Health System, define the policy of management of benefits, coordinate related activities, as well as define the guarantees of benefits health.

o) Coordinate the network of public agencies for the evaluation of technologies, services and health services aimed at supporting decision-making at the different levels of the National Health System.

p) Identify emerging technologies and organize the evaluation procedures of health benefits, such as evaluation reports, monitoring studies, and tutored uses.

q) Develop prospective studies on the health needs of citizens and report, studies and analyses on the perspectives and needs of resources in the field of the National Health System.

r) Analyze and evaluate the financing systems of the National Health System and their economic needs; analyze the economic impact of the management of health benefits, as well as elaborate studies and reports on the impact of expenditure on health care and the development of health expenditure statistics.

s) Establish the criteria and procedures for the designation of centers, services and reference units of the National Health System and coordinate their integration with the European reference networks.

t) Promote efficiency policies in the management of the National Health System, the development and management of the Health Cohesion Fund, the Assistance Guarantee Fund, and the management of centralized procurement processes medicines, medical devices and technology with a view to the National Health System.

u) Manage the offer of the dietetic and ortho-prosthetic products eligible for funding by the National Health System, as well as the revisions of their maximum amounts of funding.

v) Coordinate and manage procedures in implementation of European legislation on cross-border healthcare.

w) Support the development of European Reference Networks among healthcare providers in the framework of cooperation between States.

4. From the General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy the following General Subdirections depend:

(a) The General Subdirection of Quality of Medicines and Health Products, which shall exercise the functions listed in paragraphs (a) to (m) of the previous paragraph.

(b) The General Secretariat of the National Health System Services Portfolio and Compensation Funds, which shall exercise the functions listed in paragraphs (n) to (w) of the previous paragraph.

5. In the management and maintenance of databases and the resulting information on pharmacy, the General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy will act in collaboration with the Agency. Spanish Medicines and Healthcare products.

6. It is attached to the General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Health System Services and Pharmacy the Advisory Committee on Growth and Related Substances.

Article 12. General Management of Professional Management.

1. The Directorate-General for Vocational Management is the body responsible for making proposals for the management of the health professions, management and management of training in the field of health sciences and professional relations. It will support both the plenary and the working groups of the Human Resources Commission of the National Health System, in order to facilitate cooperation between the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality and the communities. standalone.

2. It is up to him to exercise the high inspection of the National Health System that Law 16/2003, of 28 May, assigns to the State and to assume the coordination of the relations of the organs of the Department with the autonomous communities, the corporations Local and other health organisations and organisations, as well as the monitoring of the acts and provisions of the Autonomous Communities in the field of health.

3. The Directorate-General for Professional Management is responsible for the development of the following functions:

(a) Develop proposals for basic regulations on the management of health professions; order and manage specialised training in health sciences and the recognition of professional effects on foreign qualifications; enable the exercise of the health professions in which the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport does not have competence.

b) Define the training needs of healthcare professionals in matters related to health strategies and advanced therapies and transplants.

c) Coordinate training activities in the field of health sciences.

d) Manage the State Register of Healthcare Professionals and the healthcare professional information system.

e) Elaborate proposals for basic regulations on human resources of the National Health System and the management of the system of accreditation for the continuous training of professionals in the National Health System.

(f) Design the policy of human resources in the National Health System, including the aspects relating to the professional career, the remuneration models and the approval of the jobs, as well as guaranteeing the the cohesion of the human resources policy and the mobility of professionals in the National Health System, in the field of competence of the State.

g) Exercise the high inspection functions. The processing of agreements and agreements signed in the sphere of competence of the General Secretariat of Health and Consumer Affairs with other administrations and public or private entities, monitoring them.

h) Manage the technical secretariat of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System.

4. The following General Subdirectorates-General depend on the Directorate-General for Vocational Management:

(a) The General Secretariat for Professional Management, which shall perform the functions detailed in paragraphs (a) to (d) of the previous paragraph.

(b) The Subdirectorate-General for Human Resources, High Inspection and Cohesion of the National Health System, which shall exercise the functions detailed in paragraphs (e) to (h) of the previous paragraph.

5. It is up to the Subdirectorate General of Human Resources, High Inspection and Cohesion of the National Health System to provide the technical secretariat of the Human Resources Commission of the National Health System, providing technical and logistical support to the plenary, committees, commissions and working groups of the same.

Additional disposition first. Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Prices of Medicinal Products.

1. It is for the Interministerial Committee on Drug Prices to establish the maximum industrial price on a national basis for each pharmaceutical specialty financed by public funds.

2. The Commission shall be composed of:

(a) Presidency: The head of the General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs.

b) Vice-Presidency: The head of the General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy.

c) Vocalias:

1. Two persons representing the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, with the rank of Director General.

2. Two persons representing the Ministry of Finance and the Civil Service, with the rank of director general, one of them representing the Secretariat of State for Budgets and Expenditure and another representing the Ministry of Finance. Secretary of State for Finance.

3. Three representatives of the autonomous communities, on a proposal from the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System, elected among its members.

4. The titular person of the General Administration of Quality of Medicines and Healthcare Products, of the General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy, who will act as Secretary.

5. An official of the General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy.

3. The operation of the Inter-Ministerial Drug Price Commission shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of Chapter II of the Preliminary Title of Law 40/2015 of 1 October 2015 on the Legal Regime of the Public Sector.

4. The members of the Interministerial Committee for the Prices of Medicinal Products shall not be entitled to any remuneration or economic compensation for their membership, unless they are entitled to travel or subsistence allowances, according to the applicable rules.

Additional provision second. Board of Coordination of Adjudications.

The Board of Coordination of Adjudications, regulated in Article 6 of Law 17/2003 of May 29, which regulates the Fund of goods seized by illicit drug trafficking and other related crimes, will be integrated by the following members:

a) Presidency: The head of the Government Delegation for the National Drug Plan.

b) Vice-Presidency: The person in charge of the General Administration Subdirectorate of the Government Delegation for the National Drug Plan.

c) Vocals, with Subdirector General level or equivalent:

1. A person representing the Ministry of the Interior.

2. º Three persons representing the Ministry of Finance and Civil Service.

3. º A person representing the Ministry of Justice.

4. A State Advocate of the State of the State of the State of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, with a voice but without a vote.

d) Act as secretary, with voice but no vote, an official from the Government Delegation for the National Drug Plan.

Additional provision third. Replacements of top-organ holders and managers.

1. In the case of a vacancy, absence or sickness of the person holding the Secretary of State for Social Services and Equality, it shall be for the holders of the Directorates-General to be dependent on the order in which they appear. cited in the structure established in this royal decree.

2. In the cases of vacancy, absence or illness of the holder of a management body, and in default of appointment of alternate as provided for in the article, 13 of Law 40/2015, of 1 October, of Legal Regime of the Public Sector, will correspond the supply to the owners of the executive organs dependent on it by the order in which they appear in the structure established in this royal decree.

Additional provision fourth. Removal of organs.

The following governing bodies with organic level of Subdirection General are deleted:

(a) From the Secretary of State for Social Services and Equality:

1. The General Subdirection of Participation and Tutored Entities.

2. The General Subdirectorate for Information, Studies and Coordination of Prevention, Assistance and Reinsertion Programs.

(b) From the General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs:

1. The General Subdirectorate for Health Promotion and Epidemiology.

2. The General Quality and Cohesion Subdirectorate.

3. The General Health Information and Innovation Subdirectorate.

4. The General Secretariat of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National Health System and Cohesion Fund.

5. The National Human Resources Subdirectorate General of the National Health System.

Additional provision fifth. Exception in appointing Directors General.

The holders of the Directorates-General who are currently excluded from the general rule of appointment provided for in Article 66.2 of Law 40/2015 of 1 October, of Legal Regime of the Public Sector, will remain in force. the characteristics and reasons justifying the application of that derogation.

Additional provision sixth. Reference to deleted organs.

The references that are made in the legal order to the organs that are deleted by this royal decree will be understood to be those that are created, replaced or assume their competences in this same norm.

Additional provision seventh. OA Institute of Health Carlos III.

1. The OA Institute of Health Carlos III, public research agency, assigned organically to the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, will have a double functional dependency of the Ministries of Health, Social Services and Equality and Economic, Industry and Competitiveness, in the sphere of their respective competences.

In particular, the OA Institute of Health Carlos III will be functionally dependent on the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality for the performance of those activities that it develops in the field of health, planning and health care and, in coordination with the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, of those other applied research when they have translation into the National Health System.

2. The functional dependency of the OA Institute of Health Carlos III with respect to the Ministries of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness and Health, Social Services and Equality will be articulated through the Joint Commission of Coordination created by the Royal Decree 1589/2012 of 23 November.

Additional disposition octave. Delegation of powers.

The delegation of powers granted by the various higher bodies and directors affected by this royal decree will continue to be valid and effective until they are expressly revoked or granted again.

Additional provision ninth. Consolidation of ICT Units.

In the exercise of the functions of the implementation and development of the policy in the field of information and communications technologies in the sector sector of the Ministry, the Subdirectorate General of Information Technologies promote, in collaboration with the competent units of the Ministry and its agencies, the consolidation of human, economic and budgetary resources, technical and related materials.

Additional provision 10th. No increase in expenditure.

The application of this royal decree will be made without an increase in the operating costs of the respective management bodies.

Single transient arrangement. Units and jobs with lower organic level to General Subdirection.

1. The units and posts with a lower organic level to the general sub-directorate shall remain subsist and shall be remunerated from the same budgetary appropriations until the relations of the posts adapted to it are approved. organic structure of this royal decree.

2. The posts in the bodies deleted in this royal decree, or which are affected by the changes in the powers laid down therein, shall be provisionally assigned by the Secretariat for Health, Social services and Equality to the relevant management bodies, according to the functions assigned to each one in this royal decree and until the new relations of jobs are approved.

Single repeal provision. Regulatory repeal.

As many provisions of equal or lower rank are repealed, they oppose the provisions of this royal decree and, in particular, the Royal Decree 200/2012 of 23 January, for which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality and amending Royal Decree 1887/2011 of 30 December 2011 establishing the basic organic structure of the Ministerial Departments, with the exception of their second and second third that they maintain their validity.

Likewise, the first and second transitional provisions of Royal Decree 926/2015 of 16 October 2015, amending the Royal Decree 200/2012 of 23 January, for which the structure of the structure of the Royal Decree is being amended, remain in force. The basic organic structure of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality is modified by the Royal Decree 1887/2011 of 30 December 2011, which establishes the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments.

Final disposition first. Amendment of the Statute of the National Transplantation Organization, approved by Royal Decree 1825/2009, of 27 November.

The Statute of the National Transplant Organization, approved by Royal Decree 1825/2009 of 27 November, is amended as follows:

One. Article 1 (1) is worded as follows:

" 1. The OA National Transplant Organization is an autonomous body of those provided for in Article 98 of Law 40/2015 of 1 October, of Legal Regime of the Public Sector, attached to the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality through of the General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs, with its own legal personality, its own treasury and its own assets, and the autonomy of management and full capacity to act for the exercise of its powers. "

Two. Article 9 (1) is worded as follows:

" 1. The Director of the OA National Transplant Organization, with the rank of Director General, will be appointed and separated by royal decree of the Council of Ministers, on a proposal from the head of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality. In accordance with Article 66.2 of Law 40/2015 of 1 October 2015, the person in charge of the Directorate shall not be required, in the light of the specific characteristics of the functions of the body, to have the status of an official. "

Final disposition second. Powers of development.

The head of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality is authorized to take the necessary measures for the development and execution of this royal decree.

Final disposition third. Budgetary changes.

The Ministry of Finance and Civil Service will make the necessary budgetary modifications to comply with this royal decree.

Final disposition fourth. Entry into force.

This royal decree will enter into force on the day of its publication in the "Official State Gazette".

Given in Madrid, on May 12, 2017.

FELIPE R.

The Minister of Finance and Civil Service,

CRISTOBAL MONTORO ROMERO