Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,
[Federal Register: April 25, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 80)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Voluntary Establishment of Paternity.
OMB No.: 0970-0175.
Description: The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 requires States to develop procedures for a simple civil process for voluntarily acknowledging paternity under which 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 and responsibilities of acknowledging
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paternity, and ensure that due process safeguards are afforded.
Respondents: Hospitals, birth record agencies, and other entities participating in a State's voluntary paternity establishment program.
Annual Burden Estimates
Table of Burden Estimates for Informing Parents of Their rights and Responsibilities and for Providing Training
Number of Average burden Average burden Notifying entity
Number of disclosures hours per hours for Total burden disclosors per disclosor disclosure training
hours
Hospital........................
6,291
35.654
.166
800
38,034 Birth Record Agencies...........
3,072
3.319
.166
36
1,728 Child Support Agencies..........
3,072
3.319
.166
36
1,728 Private Health Care Providers...
650,000
3.319
.166
36
1,728 Child Care Resource and Referral
500
3.319
.166
36
1,728 Centers........................ Child Care Providers............
310,000
3.319
.166
36
1,728 TANF agencies...................
3,072
36.507
.166
400
19,017 Legal Aid Agencies and Private
946,500
3.319
.166
36
1,728 Attorneys...................... Food Stamp Agencies.............
3,072
3.319
.166
36
1,728 community Action Agencies.......
1,158
3.319
.166
36
1,728 Head Start Schools..............
37,000
3.319
.166
36
1,728 Secondary Schools...............
23,046
3.319
.166
36
1,728 WIC Centers.....................
1,800
3.319
.166
36
1,728
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 76,059.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning 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. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Desk Officer for ACF.
Dated: April 20, 2001. Bob Sargis, Reports Clearance Officer.
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