[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 244 (Friday, December 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70810-70811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31378]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: National Medical Support Notice (NMSN).
    OMB No.: 0970-0222.
    Description: The information collected by state IV-D child support 
enforcement agencies is used to complete the National Medical Support 
Notice (NMSN) that is sent to employers of employee/obligors and used 
as a means of enforcing the health care coverage provision in a child 
support order. Primarily, the information the state child support 
enforcement agencies use to complete the NMSN is information that is 
necessary for the enrollment of the child in employment-related health 
care coverage, such as the employee/obligor's name, address, and social 
security number; the employer's name and address; the name and address 
of the alternate recipient (child); and the custodial parent's name and 
address. The employer forwards the second part of the NMSN which 
contains the same individual identifying information to the group 
health plan administrator. The plan administrator requires this 
information to determine whether to enroll the alternate recipient in 
the group health plan. If necessary, the employer also initiates 
withholding from the employee's wages for the purpose of paying 
premiums to the group health plan for enrollment of the child.
    Respondents: State and local title IV-D child support enforcement 
agencies initiate the process of enforcing medical health care coverage 
for the child by completing and sending the notice to known employers 
of the noncustodial parents (employee/obligor). Employers and plan 
administrators are on the receiving end of the notice.
    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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NMSN........................................              54           13,454              .17          123,507
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 123,507.
    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. 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: December 10, 2003.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-31378 Filed 12-18-03; 8:45 am]
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