[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6907-6908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02413]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Federal Case Registry (FCR).
OMB No. 0970-0421.
Description: Section 454A(e)(1) of the Social Security Act requires
that states create a State Case Registry (SCR) within their statewide
automated child support systems, to include information on IV-D cases
and non-IV-D orders established or modified in the state on or after
October 1, 1998. Section 454A(e)(5) requires states to regularly update
their cases in the SCR.
The Federal Case Registry (FCR) informs states which other state(s)
has information on cases or participants of interest to them. Section
454(A)(f)(1) requires states to furnish to the FCR the minimum amount
of information on child support cases (including updates to those
cases) recorded in the SCR that is necessary to operate the FCR. The
information alerts states to other states that have registered the same
individual and automatically provides states with address, employment,
and unemployment information to locate these parents and their
employers to either establish or enforce a child support order.
The activities associated with the Federal Case Registry
information collection are authorized by (1) 42 U.S.C Sec.
654a(e)which requires that state child support agencies establish,
update, maintain, and monitor an automated State case registry
containing records pertaining to cases enforced by the child support
agencies and order information pertaining to all cases, including cases
not enforced by the child support agencies, using standardized data
elements and including payment records; and (2) 42 U.S.C. Sec.
654a(f)(1), which requires states to furnish certain State Case
Registry information to the Federal Case Registry of Child Support
Orders, an automated registry established within the Federal Parent
Locator Service, to assist state child support enforcement agencies and
for other purposes.
Respondents: State Child Support Agencies and Courts
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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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State Case Registry: IV-D data (Courts)......... 3,144 454 0.025 35,684
State Case Registry: Non-IV-D data (Courts)..... 3,144 198 0.025 15,563
States: State Case Registry Submission to 54 18,980 0.033 33,822
Federal Case Registry..........................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 85,069.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of information can be obtained an
comments may be forwarded by writing to the Administration for Children
and Families, Office of Administration, Office of Information Services,
370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports
Clearance Officer. Email address [email protected]. All
requests should be identified by the title of the information
collection.
The department specifically requests comments on: (a) whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and, (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-02413 Filed 2-4-14; 8:45 am]
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