[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 145 (Friday, July 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 38886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18574]



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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Forms Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for 
Clearance

    Normally on Fridays, the Social Security Administration publishes a 
list of information collection packages that have been submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in compliance with 
Public Law 96-511, The Paperwork Reduction Act. The following clearance 
packages have been submitted to OMB since the last list was published 
in the Federal Register on July 14, 1995.

    (Call Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4142 for copies of 
package.)

    Information Collections Conducted by State Disability Determination 
Services (DDS) on Behalf of SSA--0960-NEW. The information collections 
are conducted in support of the SSA's disability program. There are 
three categories of information collections--medical evidence 
requirements (MER), consultative exams (CE), and consultative exam (CE) 
providers. DDSs use MER information to determine a person's physical 
and/or mental status prior to making a disability determination. DDSs 
use CE information to make disability determinations when the 
claimant's own medical sources cannot or will not provide the 
information. The information obtained from claimants is used to obtain 
release of medical information to personal physicians and to confirm 
scheduled appointments. DDSs use the CE provider information to verify 
a medical provider's credentials and license before hiring them to 
conduct consultative exams. The respondents are medical providers and 
claimants for CE information collections and medical providers for CE 
providers and MER information collections.

MER:
    Number of Responses: 9.181 million
    Frequency of Response: Unknown
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes
    Estimate Annual Burden: 2,295,250 hours

CE: (Respondents--Medical Providers)
    Number of Responses: 3 million
    Frequency of Response: Unknown
    Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1.5 million hours


          CE: (Respondents--                                            
           Claimants)                                                   
Number of Responses:........  750,000.............  1.5 million         
Average Burden Per Response:  5 minutes...........  5 minutes           
Estimated Annual Burden:....  125,000 hours.......  250,000 hours       
                                                                        

CE Providers:
    Number of Responses: 6,300
    Frequency of Response: 1
    Average Burden: 20 minutes
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2,100 hours.

    OMB Desk Officer: Laura Oliven

Social Security Adminiatration

    Written comments and recommendations regarding these information 
collections should be sent directly to the appropriate OMB Desk Officer 
designated above at the following address: Office of Management and 
Budget, OIRA, New Executive Office Building, Room 10230, Washington, 
D.C. 20503.

    Dated: July 24, 1995.
Charlotte Whitenight,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-18574 Filed 7-27-95; 8:45 am]
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