[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39246-39247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19185]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Voluntary Establishment of Paternity.
    OMB No.: New Request.
    Description: Public Law 104-193 requires the Secretary of the 
Department of Health and Human Services to specify the minimum data 
requirements of an affidavit to be used for the voluntary 
acknowledgment of paternity. Public Law 104-193 also requires States to 
enact laws requiring the development and use of an affidavit which met 
the minimum requirements specified by the Secretary and to give full 
faith and credit to such an affidavit signed in any other State 
according to its procedures. The Department established a task group 
composed of Federal and State staff to recommend minimum data elements 
for all State paternity acknowledgment affidavits. The minimum data 
elements were crafted to balance the need for a tool for collecting 
information necessary to the establishment of a child support order and 
the need for a user-friendly form that addresses only the data 
necessary to establish legal paternity. The minimum data elements are: 
The current full name, social security number and date of birth of 
mother, father, and child; address of mother and father, birthplace of 
child; an explanation of the legal consequences of signing the 
affidavit; a statement indicating both parents understand their rights, 
responsibilities, alternatives and the consequences of signing the 
affidavit; the place the affidavit was completed; and signature lines 
for mother, father and witnesses or notaries.
    Respondents: States and Other Entities.
    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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Affidavits..................................       2,000,000            .2243             .166           74,468 
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 74,468.
    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 
Information Services, Division of Information Resource Management 
Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447, Attn: 
ACF Reports Clearance Officer. 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: July 16, 1997.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-19185 Filed 7-21-97; 8:45 am]
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