[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 195 (Friday, October 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62405-62406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25023]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[OMB No. 0970-0171]
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Required Data Elements for Voluntary Establishment of
Paternity Affidavits.
Description: Section 466(a)(5)(C)(iv) of the Social Security Act
(the Act) requires States to develop and use an affidavit for the
voluntary acknowledgement of paternity. The affidavit for the voluntary
acknowledgement of paternity must include the minimum requirements
specified by the Secretary under section 452(a)(7) of the Act. The
affidavits will be used by hospitals, birth record agencies, and other
entities participating in the voluntary paternity establishment
program, that collect information from parents of children that are
born out of wedlock.
Respondents: Parents of children that are born out of wedlock
provide the required information to State and Tribal IV-D agencies,
hospitals, birth record agencies and other entities participating
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in the voluntary paternity establishment program.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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None............................................ 1,167,097 1 .166 193,738
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 193,738.
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: [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: September 29, 2010.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-25023 Filed 10-7-10; 8:45 am]
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