[Federal Register: August 23, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 162)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: Computerized Support Enforcement Systems.
OMB No: 0980-0271.
Description: The information being collected is mandated by Section
454(16) of the Social Security Act (the Act) which provides for the
establishment and operation by the state agency, in accordance with an
initial and annually updated advance planning document (APD) approved
under section 452(d) of the Act, of a statewide system meeting the
requirements of Section 454A. In addition, 454A(e)(1) requires that
states create a State Case Registry (SCR) within their statewide
automated child support systems to include information on IV-D cases
and non-IV-D orders established or modified in the state on or after
October 1, 1998. Section 454A(e)(5) of the Act requires states to
regularly update their cases in the SCR.
The data being collected for the APD are a combination of
narratives, budgets and schedules which are used to provide funding
approvals on an annual basis and to monitor and oversee system
development. Child support has separate regulations under 45 CFR 307.15
related to submittal of APDs because the program had supplemental
authority for enhanced funding for systems development, and has
substantial penalties for non-compliance with the statutory deadline of
October 1, 2000. This information collection reflects the fact that 49
states and territories are now certified under the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA)
leaving only five states that are not yet PRWORA systems certified,
including one state that has not submitted an implementation APD for
compliance with PRWORA automation. States and territories that opted to
keep their Annual Planning Documents for child support systems are
covered under a separate information collection, OMB No. 0992-0005, for
45 CFR Part 95 Subpart F.
The data being collected for the State Case Registry is used to
transmit mandatory data elements to the Federal Case Registry (FCR)
where it is used for matching against other data bases for the purposes
of location of individuals, assets, employment and other child support
related activities.
Respondents: The respondents are 54 state and territorial child
support agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Instrument Number of responses per Average burden Total burden
respondents respondent hours per response hours
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307.15 (APD)................................ 1 1 240 240
307.15 (APD Update)......................... 5 1 60 300
307.11(e)(1)(ii) Collection of non-IV-D data 54 25,200 .046 62,597
for SCR states.............................
307.11(e)(1)(ii) Collection of non-IV-D data 3,045 447 .029 39,472
for SCR courts.............................
307.11(e)(3)(v) Collection of child data for 3,045 213 .083 53,833
IV-D cases for SCR courts..................
307.11(f)(1) Case data transmitted from SCR 54 52 2.82 7,918
to FCR new cases and case updates..........
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:.... .............. .............. .................. 164,360
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In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade,
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail
address: grjohnson@acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be identified by
the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the
proposed
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collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology. Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.
Dated: August 17, 2004.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-19256 Filed 8-20-04; 8:45 am]
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