[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 123 (Monday, June 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36658-36659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15636]


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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--NPRM.
    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), which is sent to employers of employee/obligors and used 
as a means of enforcing the healthcare coverage provision in a child 
support order. Primarily, the information the State Child Support 
enforcement agencies use to complete the NMSN is information regarding 
appropriate persons, which is necessary for the enrollment of the child 
in employment-related health care coverage, such as the employee/
obligors name, address, and Social Security Number; the employers name 
and address; the name and address of the alternate recipient (child); 
and the custodial parents name and address. The employer forwards the 
second part of the NMSN to the group health plan administrator, which 
contains the same individual identifying information. 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 employees wages for the 
purpose of paying premiums to the group health plan for enrollment of 
the child.
    Respondents: State and Territory agencies administering the child 
Support Enforcement program.

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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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National Medical Support Notice.................              54          97,775            0.17      897,574.50
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 897,574.50.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(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. E-mail 
address: [email protected]. 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: June 23, 2010.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-15636 Filed 6-25-10; 8:45 am]
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