[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 63 (Monday, April 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14328-14329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7886]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Proposed Information Collection Activity, Comment Request
Title: Child Support Enforcement Program: State Plan Approval and
Grant Procedures, State Plan Requirements, Standards for Program
Operations, Federal Financial Participation, Optional Cooperative
Agreements for Medical Support Enforcement, and Computerized Support
Enforcement Systems.
Summary: The Office of Child Support Enforcement is requesting
public comments for the information collection requirements included in
a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued January 29, 1996 in the Federal
Register (61 FR 2774). As required by the Paperwork Reduction act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507 (d)), the Department of Health and Human Services
is submitting a copy of the revised State plan preprint page to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its review.
The NPRM indicated that State plan preprint page revisions would be
submitted to OMB for approval. This pertains to submission of the
revised State plan preprint page for Section 303.105, Procedures for
Making Information Available to Consumer Reporting Agencies. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the rulemaking notice should have
included a request for comments on those information collection
requirements. This notice is to supplement that rulemaking.In
addition,this notice corrects the OMB number listed in the NPRM
associated with those paperwork requirements to 0970-0017.
Respondents: State governments.
Description: The State plan preprint and amendments serve as a
contract
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with OCSE in outlining the activities the States will perform as
required by law in order for States to receive federal funds to meet
the costs of these activities. The affected public is comprised of
States receiving funds. We are asking for approval of the revised State
plan preprint page for Periodic Reporting to Consumer Reporting
Agencies to reflect new Federal requirements. Procedures to Improve
Program Effectiveness, is amended by adding a new section 7, Periodic
Reporting to Consumer Reporting Agencies, which requires the State to
have procedures, (1) To periodically report information regarding the
amount of overdue support owed by an absent parent to consumer
reporting agencies when such amount exceeds $1,000 and is at least two
months in arrears in accordance with section 666(a)(7) of the Act; and
(2) for making absent parent information available to consumer
reporting agencies when the amount of overdue support is less than
$1,000. In addition, the revised page provides for indicating that the
Secretary has granted the State an exemption from making information
available to Consumer Reporting Agencies in accordance with
Sec. 302.70(d). The information collected on the State plan pages is
necessary to enable OCSE to monitor compliance with the requirements in
Title IV-D of the Social Security Act and implementing regulations.
Addresses and Dates: Consideration will be given to comments and
suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication. Comments may
be forwarded to ACF in writing: Deputy Director, Office of Child
Support Enforcement, Administration for Children and Families, 370
L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 4th floor, Washington, DC 20447. Attn:
Director, Policy and Planning Division, Mail Stop: OCSE/DPP.
Comments may be forwarded to OMB in writing: Office of Management
and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Ms. Wendy Taylor. OMB is required to make a
decision concerning the collection of information contained in these
proposed regulations between 30 and 60 days after publication of this
document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment to OMB is best
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
To ensure that public comments have maximum effect in developing
the final regulations, the Department urges that each comment clearly
identify the specific section or sections of the regulations that the
comment addresses and that comments be in the same order as the
regulations.
Annual Burden Estimate
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per minutes per Year Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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OMB-0970-0017, revised....... 54 1 43 1st............. 38.7
OMB-0970-0017, revised....... 0 0 0 2nd............. 0
OMB-0970-0017, revised....... 0 0 0 3rd............. 0
Estimated Total Annual
Response Burden Hours: 38.7
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The Department specifically requests comments by the public on this
proposed collection of information on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Department's estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validation of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Dated: March 26, 1996.
Roberta Katson,
Director, Division of Information, Resource Management Services.
[FR Doc. 96-7886 Filed 3-29-96; 8:45 am]
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