Notice2023-25731
Submission for OMB Review; Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity and Required Data Elements for Paternity Establishment Affidavits
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Published
November 21, 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 223 (Tuesday, November 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81086-81087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25731]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; 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 30 days of publication. OMB must make a
decision about the collection of information between 30 and 60 days
after publication of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore,
a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by
emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3851565e575b5754545d5b4c51575678595b5e1650504b165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0861666e676b6764646d6b7c61676648696b6e2660607b266f677e">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed 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 of responses hours per Annual burden
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
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Ordering Brochures........................ 2,604,802 1 .08 208,384
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 613,808.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(5)(C) and 652(a)(7).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-25731 Filed 11-20-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-41-P
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