The Information Comparison with
Insurance Data Match (“Insurance Match”) program is a cooperative
effort between the federal Office of Child Support Services (OCSS),
states, insurers, and third-party administrators or agents. The
information collected for the Insurance Match is necessary to help
state child support agencies (“CSAs”) collect past-due support from
noncustodial parents. To facilitate the Insurance Match, OCSS uses
a centralized, efficient, secure, and cost-effective automated
process that compares information about individuals who may receive
a payment from an insurance claim, settlement, or award (“claim”)
with information in the OCSS Debtor File (OMB #0970-0161, Federal
Tax Refund Offset, Administrative Offset, and Passport Denial) to
identify obligors who owe past-due support. State workers’
compensation agencies and the U.S. Department of Labor also provide
OCSS with claim information for collecting past-due child support
from noncustodial parents. State agency and insurer participation
in the Insurance Match program is voluntary; however, 13 states
have specific mandates for insurers to report claims. The Insurance
Match program assists with meeting these state mandates. The
information collection activities associated with the Insurance
Match program are authorized by 42 U.S.C. § 652(a)(9) and (m),
which authorizes the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS), through the Federal Parent Locator Service
(FPLS), to conduct comparisons of information concerning
individuals with a child support debt with information that
insurers (or their agents) maintain concerning insurance claims.
This approval request is for a revision of a currently approved
information collection. An explanation of changes is provided under
item #15 of Supporting Statement A.
The Insurance Match instruments
underwent minor edits to replace “Office of Child Support
enforcement (OCSE)” with “Office of Child Support Services (OCSS)”.
These adjustments constitute a program change but do not impact the
burden. The burden hour increased since the previous approval, from
2,817.21 hours to 3,090.86 hours. This adjustment is the result of
an increase in the number of new Insurance Match program
respondents from 145 to 165 and adding a burden estimate for
quarterly reporting respondents. The estimated average amount of
time for each response is unchanged.
$2,730,382
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Molly Buck 202 205-4724
mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov
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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.