[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61512-61513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30220]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Required Data Elements for Paternity Establishment
Affidavits.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: Public Law 104-193 requires the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human Services to specify the minimum data
requirements of an affidavit to be used for the voluntary
acknowledgment of paternity. Public Law 104-193 also requires States to
enact laws requiring the development and use of an affidavit which met
the
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minimum requirements specified by the Secretary and to give full faith
and credit to such an affidavit signed in any other State according to
its procedures. The Department established a task group composed of
Federal and State staff to recommend minimum data elements for all
State paternity acknowledgment affidavits. The minimum data elements
were crafted to balance the need for a tool for collecting information
necessary to the establishment of a child support order and the need
for a user-friendly form that addresses only the data necessary to
establish legal paternity. The minimum data elements are: The current
full name, social security number and date of birth of mother, father,
and child; address of mother and father, birthplace of child; an
explanation of the legal consequences of signing the affidavit; a
statement indicating both parents understand their rights,
responsibilities, alternatives and the consequences of signing the
affidavit; the place the affidavit was completed; and signature lines
for mother, father and witnesses or notaries.
Respondents: Individuals and Households; Not-for-Profit
Institutions; and State, Local or Tribal Govt.
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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Affidavits.................................. 2,000,000 .2243 .166 74,468
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 74,468.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained by writing to The Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Information Services, Division of Information Resource
Management Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C.
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer.
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, 725 17th Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503, Attn: Ms. Wendy Taylor.
Dated: November 12, 1997.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-30220 Filed 11-17-97; 8:45 am]
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