[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 80 (Thursday, April 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19377-19378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08510]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity and Required Data 
Elements for Paternity Establishment Affidavits.
    OMB No.: 0970-0171.
    Description: Section 466(a)(5)(C) of the Social Security Act 
requires States to enact laws ensuring a simple civil process for 
voluntarily acknowledging paternity via an affidavit. The development 
and use of an affidavit for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity 
would include the minimum requirements of the affidavit specified by 
the Secretary under section 452(a)(7) and give full faith and credit to 
such an affidavit signed in any other State according to its 
procedures. The State must provide that, before a mother and putative 
father can sign a voluntary acknowledgement of paternity, the mother 
and putative father must be given notice, orally and in writing of the 
alternatives to, the legal consequences of, and the rights (including 
any rights, if one parent is a minor, due to minority status) and 
responsibilities of acknowledging paternity. The affidavits will be 
used by hospitals, birth record agencies, and other entities 
participating in the voluntary paternity establishment program to 
collect information from the parents of nonmarital children.
    Respondents: The parents of nonmarital children and State and 
Tribal IV-D agencies, hospitals, birth record agencies and other 
entities participating in the voluntary paternity establishment 
program.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                      Number of
                                                      Number of     responses per     Average      Total burden
                    Instrument                      respondents/     respondent/    burden hours       hours
                                                       partner         partner      per response
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Training.........................................         130,330               1           1            130,300
Paternity Acknowledgment Process.................       2,606,596               1           0.17         443,121
Data Elements....................................              54               1           1                 54
Data Elements....................................       2,606,596               1            .08         208,528
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 782,003
    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, 330 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20201. Attention 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

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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, Email: 
[email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration 
for Children and Families.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-08510 Filed 4-26-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4184-01-P