[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20817-20818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10233]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Voluntary Establishment of Paternity.
    OMB No.: 0970-0175.
    Description: The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 requires States to develop procedures for a 
simple civil process for voluntarily acknowledging paternity under 
which the State must provide that, before a mother and putative father 
can sign a voluntary acknowledgement of paternity, the mother and 
putative father must be given notice, orally and in writing, of the 
alternatives to, the legal consequences of, and the rights and 
responsibilities of acknowledging

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paternity, and ensure that due process safeguards are afforded.
    Respondents: Hospitals, birth record agencies, and other entities 
participating in a State's voluntary paternity establishment program.

Annual Burden Estimates

 Table of Burden Estimates for Informing Parents of Their rights and Responsibilities and for Providing Training
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                                                     Number of    Average burden  Average burden
        Notifying entity             Number of      disclosures      hours per       hours for     Total burden
                                    disclosors     per disclosor    disclosure       training          hours
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Hospital........................           6,291          35.654            .166             800          38,034
Birth Record Agencies...........           3,072           3.319            .166              36           1,728
Child Support Agencies..........           3,072           3.319            .166              36           1,728
Private Health Care Providers...         650,000           3.319            .166              36           1,728
Child Care Resource and Referral             500           3.319            .166              36           1,728
 Centers........................
Child Care Providers............         310,000           3.319            .166              36           1,728
TANF agencies...................           3,072          36.507            .166             400          19,017
Legal Aid Agencies and Private           946,500           3.319            .166              36           1,728
 Attorneys......................
Food Stamp Agencies.............           3,072           3.319            .166              36           1,728
community Action Agencies.......           1,158           3.319            .166              36           1,728
Head Start Schools..............          37,000           3.319            .166              36           1,728
Secondary Schools...............          23,046           3.319            .166              36           1,728
WIC Centers.....................           1,800           3.319            .166              36           1,728
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 76,059.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained 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.
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Desk Officer for ACF.

    Dated: April 20, 2001.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-10233 Filed 4-24-01; 8:45 am]
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