[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 208 (Monday, October 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50133-50134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23467]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Multistate Financial Institution Data Match and Federally 
Assisted State Transmitted Levy (MSFIDM/FAST Levy).
    OMB No.: 0970-0196.
    Description: Section 466(a)(17) of the Social Security Act (the 
Act) requires states to establish procedures for their child support 
agencies to enter into agreements with financial institutions doing 
business in their state for the purpose of securing information leading 
to the enforcement of child support orders. Under 452(m) and 
466(a)(17)(A)(i) of the Act, the Secretary may aid state agencies 
conducting data matches with financial institutions doing business in 
two or more states by establishing a centralized and standardized 
matching program through the Federal Parent Locator Service.
    To further assist states collect child support, the federal Office 
of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) worked with child support agencies 
and financial institutions to develop the Federally Assisted State 
Transmitted (FAST) Levy system.
    FAST Levy is a central, standardized, and secure electronic process 
for child support agencies and financial institutions to exchange 
information about levying financial accounts to collect past-due 
support. OCSE picks up files created by child support agencies that 
contain FAST Levy requests and distributes them to financial 
institutions that use the FAST Levy system. Those financial 
institutions create response files that OCSE picks up and distributes 
to the child support agencies.
    The MSFIDM/FAST-Levy information collection activities are 
authorized by: 42 U.S.C. 652(m), which authorizes OCSE, through the 
Federal Parent Locator Service, to aid state child support agencies and 
financial institutions doing business in two or more states reach 
agreements regarding the receipt from financial institutions, and the 
transfer to the state child support agencies, of information pertaining 
to the location of accounts held by obligors who owe past-due support; 
42 U.S.C. 666(a)(2) and (c)(1)(G)(ii), which require state child 
support agencies in cases in which there is an arrearage to establish 
procedures to secure assets to satisfy any current support obligation 
and the arrearage by attaching and seizing assets of the obligor held 
in financial institutions; 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(17)(A), which requires 
state child support agencies to establish procedures under which the 
state child support agencies shall enter into agreements with financial 
institutions doing business in the State to develop and operate, in 
coordination with financial institutions, and the Federal Parent 
Locator Service (in the case of financial institutions doing business 
in two or more States), a data match system, using automated data 
exchanges to the maximum extent feasible, in which a financial 
institution is required to quarterly provide information pertaining to 
a noncustodial parent owing past-due support who maintains an account 
at the institution and, in response to a notice of lien or levy, 
encumber or surrender, assets held; 42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7), which requires 
OCSE to provide technical assistance to state child support enforcement 
agencies to help them establish effective systems for collecting child 
and spousal support; and, 45 CFR 303.7(a)(5), which requires state 
child support agencies to transmit requests for information and provide 
requested information electronically to the greatest extent possible. 
To facilitate this requirement for states, OCSE developed the FAST Levy 
system that supports the electronic exchange of lien and levy 
information between child support agencies and financial institutions.
    Respondents: Multistate Financial Institutions and State Child 
Support Agencies.

                                             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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Financial Data Match Result File-Portal.........             192               4   5 minutes \1\              64
Election Form...................................              30               1             0.5              15
FAST-Levy Record Specifications: Current                       1               1          65 \2\              65
 Financial Institutions Users to Program New
 Codes..........................................
FAST-Levy Record Specifications: Current State                 3               1              65             195
 Child Support Agencies to Program New Codes....
FAST-Levy Response Withhold Record                             1               1           1,716           1,716
 Specifications: Financial Institutions.........
FAST-Levy Request Withhold Record                              2               1           1,610           3,220
 Specifications: State Child Support Agencies...
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\1\ Estimate is approximately 5 minutes per response. For calculation, use 5/60.
\2\ Estimate is an average based on input from OCSE's matching partners.

    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,275.
    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 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, Email: 
[email protected], Attn:

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Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families.

Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-23467 Filed 10-27-17; 8:45 am]
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