[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 140 (Friday, July 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42742-42743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17681]


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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 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

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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
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Sampling Decisions and Fieldwork Preparation                  17               1             106            1802
 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            1248
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:........  ..............  ..............  ..............       43,613.36
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    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. 2012-17681 Filed 7-19-12; 8:45 am]
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