[Federal Register: November 24, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 226)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: National Medical Support Notice.
OMB No.: 0970-0222.
Description: The information collected by state IV-D child support
enforcement agencies is used to complete the National Medical Support
Notice (NMSV) that is sent to employers of employee/obligors and used
as a means of enforcing the health care coverage provision in a child
support order. Primarily, the information the state child support
enforcement agencies use to complete the NMSN is information regarding
appropriate persons that is necessary for the enrollment of the child
in employment-related health care coverage, such as the employee/
obligor's name, address, and Social Security number; the employer's
name and address; the name and address of the alternate recipient
(child); the custodial parent's name and address. The employer forwards
the second part of the NMSN to the group health plan administrator,
which contains the same individual identifying information. The plan
administrator requires this information to determine whether to enroll
the alternate recipient in the group health plan. If necessary, the
employer also initiates withholding from the employee's wages for the
purpose of paying premiums to the group health plan for enrollment of
the child.
Respondents: State and local title IV-D child support enforcement
agencies initiate the process of enforcing medical health care coverage
for the child by completing and sending the notice to known employers
of the noncustodial parents (employee/obligor). Employers and plan
administrators are on the receiving end of the notice.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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45CFR303.32..................................... 54 13,454 .17 123,507
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 123,507.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained 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. All requests should be identified by the title of the
information collection. E-mail address: grjohnson@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best
assured of having its full effect if OMB received it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Attn: Desk
Officer for ACF, E-Mail address: Katherine_T._Astrich@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: November 17, 2004.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-25993 Filed 11-23-04; 8:45 am]
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