Notice2021-28466
Agency Information Collection Request; 60-Day Public Comment Request
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Published
January 4, 2022
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Health and Human Services Department
Abstract
In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed collection for public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28466]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New]
Agency Information Collection Request; 60-Day Public Comment
Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and
Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed
collection for public comment.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before March 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8edde6ebfcfcebfafaeba0c8fbe0e0cee6e6fda0e9e1f8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b48737e69697e6f6f7e355d6e75755b737368357c746d">[email protected]</span></a> or by calling
(202) 795-7714.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the document identifier 0990-New-60D and
project title for reference, to Sherrette A. Funn, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b6e5ded3c4c4d3c2c2d398f0c3d8d8f6dedec598d1d9c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83d0ebe6f1f1e6f7f7e6adc5f6ededc3ebebf0ade4ecf5">[email protected]</span></a>, or call (202) 795-7714 the Reports Clearance
Officer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1)
The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for
the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information collection burden.
Title of the Collection: Understanding Economic Risk for Low Income
Families: Economic Security, Program Benefits, and Decisions about
Work.
Type of Collection: New.
OMB No.: 0990-XXXX.
Abstract: The primary purpose of this study is to identify the
risks that federal program benefit recipients weigh when faced with an
opportunity to increase earnings, including benefit reductions,
earnings instability and the ease of regaining lost benefits if needed.
The study will use a discrete choice experiment to explore the
importance of these considerations when low-income individuals are
presented with a hypothetical opportunity to increase earnings.
Statistical analysis will explore interactions between factors and
threshold effects. The focus population will be persons currently
receiving benefits from at least one of the following programs:
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid/Children's
Health Insurance Program (CHIP), housing assistance, Child Care
Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies, and/or Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (TANF). The study will explore whether different
preferences are exhibited by parents with children and by persons of
different races and ethnicities.
The results of this study will provide HHS with a better
understanding of the economic risks that people weigh when they make
decisions about increasing earnings, which will inform HHS policy and
programs at large, and further lines of research around benefit
programs and employment decisions.
The length of the request for data collection is one year. The data
will be collected once, using primarily a web-based survey, from a
sample of low-income persons receiving one or more federal benefit
programs. The survey consists of five vignettes presenting different
combinations of experimental conditions surrounding a hypothetical
earnings increase. In each vignette, respondents will be presented with
a scenario where a hypothetical individual is presented with an
opportunity to increase their earnings (by accepting a higher hourly
wage); consequences of the earnings increase for his or her receipt of
benefits; the risk of going back down to the lower, original hourly
wage at a later time; and the prospect of re-applying for lost
benefits. Respondents will be asked to review the vignette and choose
whether they think the hypothetical individual should accept the
earnings increase. In addition, the questionnaire includes follow-up
questions for each vignette/experimental condition, and a set of
demographic questions.
Annualized Burden Hour Table
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Number of
Number of respondents responses per Average burden Total burden
respondents per response hours
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Approximately 2,000.......................................... 1 20/60 667
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Sherrette A. Funn,
Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-28466 Filed 1-3-22; 8:45 am]
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