Proposed Information Collection Activity; Information Comparison With Insurance Data

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The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the Information Comparison with Insurance Data (OMB #0970-0342, expiration January 31, 2027) for an additional 3 years. OCSE revised the Insurance Match Implementation Guide and reduced the burden by 43.25 percent.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 213 (Thursday, November 5, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69851-69852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-22557]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0342]


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Information Comparison 
With Insurance Data

AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for 
Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration 
for Children and Families (ACF), is

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requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the 
Information Comparison with Insurance Data (OMB #0970-0342, expiration 
January 31, 2027) for an additional 3 years. OCSE revised the Insurance 
Match Implementation Guide and reduced the burden by 43.25 percent.

DATES: Comments due January 4, 2027.

ADDRESSES: 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. You can obtain 
copies of the proposed collection of information and submit comments by 
emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7f161119101c1013131a1c0b1610113f1e1c195117170c51181009"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1970777f767a7675757c7a6d70767759787a7f3771716a377e766f">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Identify all by the title of the 
information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 amended section 452 
of the Social Security Act to authorize the Health and Human Services 
Secretary, through the Federal Parent Locator Service, to conduct 
comparisons of information concerning individuals owing past-due child 
support with information maintained by insurers (or their agents) 
concerning insurance claims, settlements, awards, and payments. OCSE 
sends the daily results of the insurance data match in an Insurance 
Match Response Record to child support agencies, that use the insurance 
data matches to collect past-due support from the insurance proceeds. 
OCSE incorporated a separate burden calculation for respondents opting 
to use electronic quarterly reporting.
    On December 19, 2025, ACF published a notice in the Federal 
Register Volume 90, Number 242, Page 59525 to announce that the Office 
of Child Support Services (OCSS) is now OCSE. Any reference to OCSS is 
changed to OCSE in the collection instruments. Further, OCSE revised 
the Insurance Match Implementation Guide to include additional guidance 
for connectivity, remove obsolete text, and add an additional field in 
the Debtor File Layout.
    Respondents: Insurers or their agents, including the U.S. 
Department of Labor and state agencies administering workers' 
compensation programs, and the Insurance Services Office.
    Annual Burden Estimates: The burden estimates were updated to 
reflect current estimates for the respondents and responses over the 
next 3 years. The burden reduction is attributable to the large 
reduction in the number of insurers manually reporting daily through 
the Insurance Match Debt Inquiry application. The total number 
decreased from 150 to 65. The prior burden was 3,090.86 hours, the 
current burden is 1,754.09 hours, and this amounts to a burden 
reduction of 1,336.77 hours, or 43.25 percent.

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                                                                                       Average
                                                       Total annual   Total annual      annual
          Information collection instrument              number of      number of       burden     Total annual
                                                        respondents   responses per   hours per    burden hours
                                                                       respondent      response
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Insurance Match File: Quarterly Reporting                         2               4        0.083            0.66
 Electronically......................................
Insurance Match File: Monthly Reporting                          25              12        0.083           24.90
 Electronically......................................
Insurance Match File: Weekly Reporting Electronically             8              52        0.083           34.53
Insurance Match File: Daily Reporting Electronically.             3             251        0.083           62.50
Insurance Match File: Daily Reporting Manually.......            65             251          0.1        1,631.50
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,754.09.
    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 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. 652(a)(9), 42 U.S.C. 653(a)(1), and 42 U.S.C. 
652(m).)

Samantha L. Illangasekare,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-22557 Filed 11-4-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-41-P


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