[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59618-59619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29323]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submissions for OMB 
Review

    The information collection package listed below has been submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, in 
compliance with Public Law 104-13 effective October 1, 1995, The 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    Information Collections Conducted by State Disability Determination 
Services (DDS) on Behalf of SSA--0960-0555. The State DDSs collect 
certain information to administer SSA's disability program. The 
information collected is as follows: (1) medical evidence requirements 
(MER)--DDSs use MER information to determine a person's physical and/or 
mental status prior to making a disability determination; (2) 
consultative exam (CE) provider information--DDSs use the CE provider 
information to verify medical providers' credentials and licenses 
before hiring them to conduct CEs; (3) CEs--DDSs use CE information to 
make disability determinations when the claimant's own medical sources 
cannot or will not provide the information; DDSs use the information 
obtained from claimants under the CE process to obtain release of 
medical information to personal physicians and to confirm scheduled CE 
appointments; (4) activities of daily living--this information and 
other medical evidence are part of the evidentiary documentation used 
by the DDS's in evaluating a person's disability; and (5) pain 
information--this information is used by the DDSs to assess the effects 
of symptoms on functionality for determining disability. The 
respondents are medical providers and disability claimants.

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MER: (Respondents-Medical Providers)

    Number of Responses: 9,182,836.
    Frequency of Response: Unknown.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimate Annual Burden: 2,295,709 hours.

CE: (Respondents-Medical Providers)

    Number of Responses: 3,001,500.
    Frequency of Response: Unknown.
    Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,500,750 hours.

CE: (Respondents-Claimants)

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                                    Appointment form    Medical release
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Number of Respondents............  750,375..........  1,500,750.
Frequency of Response............  2................  2.
Average Burden Per Response......  5 minutes........  5 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden..........  125,062 hours....  250,125 hours
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CE Providers (Respondents-Medical Providers)

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

ADL: (Respondents-Claimants)

    Number of Responses: 2,264,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 566,000 hours.

Pain: (Respondents-Claimants)

    Number of Responses: 1,000,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Average Burden: 250,000 hours.
    In addition to your comments on the accuracy of the Agency's burden 
estimate, we are soliciting comments on the need for the information; 
its practical utility; ways to enhance its quality, utility and 
clarity; and on ways to minimize burden on respondents, including the 
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Written comments and recommendations regarding the information 
collection should be directed within 30 days to the OMB Desk Officer 
and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following addresses:

(OMB), Office of Management and Budget, OIRA, Attn: Desk Officer for 
SSA, New Executive Office Building, Room 10230, 725 17th St., NW, 
Washington, D.C. 20503.
(SSA), Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Frederick W. 
Brickenkamp, 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, 
MD 21235.

    To receive a copy of any of the forms or clearance packages, call 
the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4145 or write to him at 
the address listed above.

    Dated: October 27, 1998.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-29323 Filed 11-3-98; 8:45 am]
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