[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 11033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4188]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: TANF High Performance Bonus Report, Assessment of Medicaid 
and SCHIP Enrollment.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: Public Law 104-93 (PRWORA) established the Temporary 
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program. It also included 
provisions for rewarding States that attain the highest levels of 
success in achieving the legislative goals of that program. The purpose 
of this collection is to obtain data upon which to base the computation 
for measuring State performance in meeting those goals by providing 
Medicaid and SCHIP work supports. DHHS will use the information to 
allocate the Medicaid/SCHIP portion of the bonus grant funds 
appropriated under the law and implemented by 45 CFR part 270 published 
on August 30, 2000. States will not be required to submit this 
information unless they elect to compete in a Medicaid/SCHIP measure 
for the TANF High Performance Bonus awards in Federal fiscal years 2002 
or 2003, or any subsequent Federal fiscal year for which Congress 
authorizes and appropriates bonus funds.
    Respondents: Respondents may include any of the 50 States, the 
District of Columbia, and the U.S. Territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, 
and the Virgin Islands.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                              No. of      Average
                                                               No. of       responses      burden       Total
                        Instrument                           respondents       per       hours per      burden
                                                                            respondent    response      hours
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TANF high performance bonus report, assessment of                      54            2           40        4,320
 Medicaid and SCHIP enrollment among individuals after
 leaving TANF assistance.................................
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      Estimated total annual burden hours................  ..............  ...........  ...........        4,320
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    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, 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.
    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: February 14, 2001.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-4188 Filed 2-20-01; 8:45 am]
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