[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 181 (Monday, September 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56224-56225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21087]


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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 (ACF-210).
    OMB No.: 0992-0007.
    Description: Public Law 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and 
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (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, which is a proposed extension of a 
collection currently in use, is to obtain data upon which to base the 
computation for measuring State performance in meeting those goals by 
providing Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program 
(SCHIP) work supports. HHS 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 on a Medicaid/SCHIP measure for the TANF High 
Performance Bonus awards in any 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.

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                                             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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TANF High Performance Bonus Report,                       54                2               40            4,320
 Assessment of Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment
 Among Individuals After Leaving TANF
 Assistance.................................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,320.
    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. E-mail address: 
[email protected]. All requests should be identified by the title 
of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments on: (1) 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: September 15, 2004.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-21087 Filed 9-17-04; 8:45 am]
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