[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10697-10698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3889]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    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 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.

 Table of Burden Estimates for Informing Parents of Their Rights and Responsibilities and for Providing Training
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                                                            Number of      Average
                                              Number of    disclosures  burden hours     Average    Total burden
             Notifying entity                disclosures       per           per      burden hours      hours
                                                           disclosure    disclosure   for training
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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 Centers..           500         3.319          .166            36         1,728
Child Care Providers......................       310,000         3.319          .166            36         1,728

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TANF Agencies.............................         3,072        36.507          .166           400        19,017
Legal Aid Agencies and Private Attorneys..       946,500         3.319          .166            36         1,728
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
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 76,059.
    In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, D.C. 
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be 
identified by the title of the information collection.
    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.

    Dated: February 12, 2001.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-3889 Filed 2-15-01; 8:45 am]
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