[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61512-61513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30220]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Required Data Elements for Paternity Establishment 
Affidavits.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: Public Law 104-193 requires the Secretary of the 
Department of Health and Human Services to specify the minimum data 
requirements of an affidavit to be used for the voluntary 
acknowledgment of paternity. Public Law 104-193 also requires States to 
enact laws requiring the development and use of an affidavit which met 
the

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minimum requirements specified by the Secretary and to give full faith 
and credit to such an affidavit signed in any other State according to 
its procedures. The Department established a task group composed of 
Federal and State staff to recommend minimum data elements for all 
State paternity acknowledgment affidavits. The minimum data elements 
were crafted to balance the need for a tool for collecting information 
necessary to the establishment of a child support order and the need 
for a user-friendly form that addresses only the data necessary to 
establish legal paternity. The minimum data elements are: The current 
full name, social security number and date of birth of mother, father, 
and child; address of mother and father, birthplace of child; an 
explanation of the legal consequences of signing the affidavit; a 
statement indicating both parents understand their rights, 
responsibilities, alternatives and the consequences of signing the 
affidavit; the place the affidavit was completed; and signature lines 
for mother, father and witnesses or notaries.
    Respondents: Individuals and Households; Not-for-Profit 
Institutions; and State, Local or Tribal Govt.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates                                            
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                                                                  Number of      Average burden                 
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours per       Total burden 
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours     
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Affidavits..................................       2,000,000            .2243             .166           74,468 
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 74,468.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained by writing to The Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Information Services, Division of Information Resource 
Management Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
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, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503, Attn: Ms. Wendy Taylor.

    Dated: November 12, 1997.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-30220 Filed 11-17-97; 8:45 am]
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