[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 63 (Monday, April 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14328-14329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7886]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Proposed Information Collection Activity, Comment Request

    Title: Child Support Enforcement Program: State Plan Approval and 
Grant Procedures, State Plan Requirements, Standards for Program 
Operations, Federal Financial Participation, Optional Cooperative 
Agreements for Medical Support Enforcement, and Computerized Support 
Enforcement Systems.
    Summary: The Office of Child Support Enforcement is requesting 
public comments for the information collection requirements included in 
a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued January 29, 1996 in the Federal 
Register (61 FR 2774). As required by the Paperwork Reduction act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507 (d)), the Department of Health and Human Services 
is submitting a copy of the revised State plan preprint page to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its review.
    The NPRM indicated that State plan preprint page revisions would be 
submitted to OMB for approval. This pertains to submission of the 
revised State plan preprint page for Section 303.105, Procedures for 
Making Information Available to Consumer Reporting Agencies. Under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the rulemaking notice should have 
included a request for comments on those information collection 
requirements. This notice is to supplement that rulemaking.In 
addition,this notice corrects the OMB number listed in the NPRM 
associated with those paperwork requirements to 0970-0017.
    Respondents: State governments.
    Description: The State plan preprint and amendments serve as a 
contract

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with OCSE in outlining the activities the States will perform as 
required by law in order for States to receive federal funds to meet 
the costs of these activities. The affected public is comprised of 
States receiving funds. We are asking for approval of the revised State 
plan preprint page for Periodic Reporting to Consumer Reporting 
Agencies to reflect new Federal requirements. Procedures to Improve 
Program Effectiveness, is amended by adding a new section 7, Periodic 
Reporting to Consumer Reporting Agencies, which requires the State to 
have procedures, (1) To periodically report information regarding the 
amount of overdue support owed by an absent parent to consumer 
reporting agencies when such amount exceeds $1,000 and is at least two 
months in arrears in accordance with section 666(a)(7) of the Act; and 
(2) for making absent parent information available to consumer 
reporting agencies when the amount of overdue support is less than 
$1,000. In addition, the revised page provides for indicating that the 
Secretary has granted the State an exemption from making information 
available to Consumer Reporting Agencies in accordance with 
Sec. 302.70(d). The information collected on the State plan pages is 
necessary to enable OCSE to monitor compliance with the requirements in 
Title IV-D of the Social Security Act and implementing regulations.
    Addresses and Dates: Consideration will be given to comments and 
suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication. Comments may 
be forwarded to ACF in writing: Deputy Director, Office of Child 
Support Enforcement, Administration for Children and Families, 370 
L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 4th floor, Washington, DC 20447. Attn: 
Director, Policy and Planning Division, Mail Stop: OCSE/DPP.
    Comments may be forwarded to OMB in writing: Office of Management 
and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Ms. Wendy Taylor. OMB is required to make a 
decision concerning the collection of information contained in these 
proposed regulations between 30 and 60 days after publication of this 
document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment to OMB is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication.
    To ensure that public comments have maximum effect in developing 
the final regulations, the Department urges that each comment clearly 
identify the specific section or sections of the regulations that the 
comment addresses and that comments be in the same order as the 
regulations.

                                             Annual Burden Estimate                                             
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                                                  Number of    Average burden                                   
          Instrument              Number of     responses per    minutes per         Year          Total burden 
                                 respondents     respondent       response                            hours     
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OMB-0970-0017, revised.......              54               1              43  1st.............             38.7
OMB-0970-0017, revised.......               0               0               0  2nd.............              0  
OMB-0970-0017, revised.......               0               0               0  3rd.............              0  
Estimated Total Annual                                                                                          
 Response Burden Hours: 38.7                                                                                    
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    The Department specifically requests comments by the public on this 
proposed collection of information on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the Department, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Department's estimate 
of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validation of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) the quality, 
usefulness, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.

    Dated: March 26, 1996.
Roberta Katson,
Director, Division of Information, Resource Management Services.
[FR Doc. 96-7886 Filed 3-29-96; 8:45 am]
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