[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 123 (Monday, June 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36658-36659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15636]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: National Medical Support Notice--NPRM.
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 NMSN), which is sent to employers of employee/obligors and used
as a means of enforcing the healthcare 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, which is necessary for the enrollment of the child
in employment-related health care coverage, such as the employee/
obligors name, address, and Social Security Number; the employers name
and address; the name and address of the alternate recipient (child);
and the custodial parents 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 employees wages for the
purpose of paying premiums to the group health plan for enrollment of
the child.
Respondents: State and Territory agencies administering the child
Support Enforcement program.
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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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National Medical Support Notice................. 54 97,775 0.17 897,574.50
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 897,574.50.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(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: [email protected]. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the
proposed 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: June 23, 2010.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-15636 Filed 6-25-10; 8:45 am]
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