Notice2023-13855
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity and Required Data Elements for Paternity Establishment Affidavits
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Published
June 29, 2023
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), United States Department of Health and Human Services, is requesting a three-year extension of the Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity and Required Data Elements for Paternity Establishment Affidavits (OMB #0970-0171, expiration 1/31/2024). No changes are proposed.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 124 (Thursday, June 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42075-42076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13855]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Voluntary
Acknowledgment of Paternity and Required Data Elements for Paternity
Establishment Affidavits
AGENCY: Office of Child Support Services, Administration for Children
and Families, United States Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), Administration
for Children and Families (ACF), United States Department of Health and
Human Services, is requesting a three-year extension of the Voluntary
Acknowledgment of Paternity and Required Data Elements for Paternity
Establishment Affidavits (OMB #0970-0171, expiration 1/31/2024). No
changes are proposed.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#355c5b535a565a59595056415c5a5b755456531b5d5d461b525a43"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="167f78707975797a7a7375627f797856777570387e7e6538717960">[email protected]</span></a>.
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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) of the Social Security Act 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 acknowledgment of
paternity, the mother and putative father must be given notice, orally,
or through the use of video equipment, 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, State and Tribal
agencies operating child support programs under Title IV-D of the
Social Security Act, hospitals, birth record agencies, and other
entities participating in the voluntary paternity establishment
program.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Annual number Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses hours per Annual burden
of respondents per respondent response hours
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Training........................................ 130,240 1 1 130,240
Paternity Acknowledgment Process................ 1,618,412 1 0.17 275,130
Data Elements................................... 54 1 1 54
Ordering Brochures.............................. 2,604,802 1 .08 208,384
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 613,808.
Comments: 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
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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.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(5)(C) and 652(a)(7).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-13855 Filed 6-28-23; 8:45 am]
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