[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 122 (Monday, June 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37909-37910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15351]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)--Reporting Improper 
Payments--Instructions for States.
    OMB No.: 0970-0323.
    Description: Section 2 of the Improper Payments Act of 2002 
provides for estimates and reports of improper payments by Federal 
agencies. Subpart K of 45 CFR, Part 98 will require States to prepare 
and submit a report of errors occurring in the administration of CCDF 
grant funds once every three years.
    The Office of Child Care (OCC) is completing the second 3-year 
cycle of case record reviews to meet the requirements for reporting 
under IPIA. The OCC has conducted ongoing evaluation of the case record 
review process to determine if ``improper

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authorizations for payment'' remained a suitable proxy for actual 
``improper payments.'' It is OCC's determination that in some cases 
authorizations for payment represented the same figure as actual 
payments; in other cases authorizations for payment has represented a 
figure as much as 20% higher than actual payments. Many States reported 
errors found during the desk audit review process that were due to 
missing or insufficient documentation or other misapplication of 
policy, but found that families were determined to be eligible for 
services and that the actual payment authorized was correct. Other 
States reported regulatory barriers in State law which prohibits 
recovery of over-authorization or over-payment as the result of agency 
error. As such, this information collection will provide a methodology 
revision that will assess errors in eligibility determinations that 
will compare the amount authorized for payment with the actual payment.
    Respondents: State grantees, the District of Columbia, and Puerto 
Rico.

                                             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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Sampling Decisions and Fieldwork Preparation                  17               1             106        1,802
 Plan...........................................
Record Review Worksheet.........................              17             276            6.33       29,700.36
State Improper Authorizations for Payment Report              17               1             639       10,863
Corrective Action Plan..........................               8               1             156        1,248
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 43,613.36.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 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. Email address: [email protected].
    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, Fax: 202-395-
7285, Email: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the 
Administration for Children and Families.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-15351 Filed 6-22-12; 8:45 am]
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