[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 66285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23274]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request 
Proposed Projects:

    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 burden   Total burden
                   Instrument                      respondents/     respondent/      hours per         hours
                                                      partner         partner        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
Ordering Brochures..............................       2,606,596               1             .08         208,528
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 782,003.
    In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chap 35) 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 
and comments may be forwarded by writing to the Administration for 
Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 
C Street SW., Washington DC 20201. 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. 2016-23274 Filed 9-26-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4184-01-P