[Federal Register: November 16, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 221)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Computerized Support Enforcement Systems--NPRM.
OMB No.: 0980-0271.
Description: The information being collected is mandated by Section
454(16) of the Social Security Act (the Act), which provides for the
establishment and operation by State agencies, in accordance with an
initial and annually updated Advance Planning Document (APD) approved
under section 452(d) of the Act, of a statewide system meeting the
requirements of section 454A of the Act. In addition, section
454A(e)(1) of the Act requires that States create a State Case Registry
(SCR) within their statewide automated child support systems to include
information on IV-D cases and non-IV-D orders established or modified
in the State on or after October 1, 1998. Section 454A(e)(5) of the Act
requires States to regularly update their cases in the SCR.
This notice reflects the new transaction set for SCR to Federal
Case Registry (FCR) transactions where States are encouraged, but not
required, to submit child data from their SCR to the FCR.
The data being collected for the APD are a combination of
narratives, budgets and schedules, which are used to provide funding
approvals on an annual basis and to monitor and oversee systems
development. Child support has separate regulations under 45 CFR 307.15
related to submittal of APDs because the program had supplemental
authority for enhanced funding for systems development, a requirement
for Independent Validation and Verification (IV&V) reviews for high
risk projects, waiver authority, and has substantial penalties for non-
compliance with the statutory deadline of October 1, 2000. This
information collection reflects the fact that 52 States and Territories
are now certified as meeting the automation requirements of the Family
Support Act of 1988 (FSA) and the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), leaving only two
States that are not yet PRWORA systems certified and only one State
that has not submitted an Implementation APD for compliance with PRWORA
automation. The two States not yet certified have a requirement for
ongoing IV&V, i.e., that up to five States will require semiannual IV&V
services related to their plans to develop entirely new CSE systems to
replace their legacy systems and that one State is operating under a
waiver for an Alternative Systems Configuration which requires
additional information to be provided on an annual basis. States and
Territories that opted to keep their APD for child support systems are
covered under a separate Information Collection, OMB No. 0992-0005, for
45 CFR Part 95 Subpart F.
The data being collected for the SCR is used to transmit mandatory
data elements to the FCR where it is used for matching against other
databases for the purposes of location of individuals, assets,
employment and other child support related activities.
Respondents: State and Territorial Child Support Agencies.
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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307.15(b)(1)(IV&V), Ongoing..................... 2 12 16 384
307.15(b)(1) (IV&V), Semiannual................. 5 2 16 160
307.5(b), Waiver Option......................... 1 1 80 80
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307.5(a) System, Certification.................. 2 1 240 480
307.11(e)(1)(ii), Collection of Non-IV-D Data 54 25,200 .046 62,597
for SCR--States................................
Collection of Child Data for IV-D Cases for SCR-- 54 12,000 .083 53,784
States.........................................
307.11(e)(1)(ii), Collection of Non-IV-D Data 3,045 447 .029 39,472
for SCR--Courts................................
307.11(e)(3)(v), Collection of Child Data for IV- 3,045 213 .083 53,833
D cases for SCR--Courts........................
307.11(f)(1), Case Data Transmitted from SCR to 54 52 2.82 7,919
FCR--New cases and case updates................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 218,709.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families;
Office of Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant
Promenade, SW., Washington DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. All requests should be identified by the title of the
information collection. E-mail address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
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, Fax: 202-395-
6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and
Families.
November 7, 2007.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-5652 Filed 11-15-07; 8:45 am]
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