[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]
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