[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35234-35235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16571]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request

    In compliance with Pub. L. 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, SSA is providing notice of its information collections that 
require submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). SSA is 
soliciting comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden estimate; 
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.
    The information collections listed below will be submitted to OMB 
within 60 days from the date of this notice. Therefore, comments and 
recommendations regarding the information collections would be most 
useful if received by the Agency within 60 days from the date of this 
publication. Comments should be directed to the SSA Reports Clearance 
Officer at the address listed at the end of the notices. You can obtain 
a copy of the collection instruments by calling the SSA Reports 
Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4145, or by writing to him.

1. Disability Evaluation Study-0960-NEW

    The Social Security Administration is sponsoring the Disability 
Evaluation Study (DES); a national disability study of the civilian 
non-institutionalized population of working-age adults aged 18-69. The 
DES will provide a key source of data for disability program and policy 
goals of critical interest to SSA, Congress, and others. SSA will 
collect information from individuals, aged 18 to 69 years, and their 
medical providers. SSA will use the information to:
     Estimate and project the size of the potential pool of 
eligible persons, that is, severely impaired working age individuals 
who, but for work or other reasons, meet SSA's definition of 
disability;
     Determine what enables individuals with severe impairments 
to work;
     Construct self-reported disability measures to be included 
on national surveys to monitor future program changes and changes in 
the pool of eligible persons;
     Examine relationships between disability and retirement 
for older workers;
     Evaluate ways to improve the current disability decision 
process, such as use of additional objective performance measures.
    Following is a listing of the information that will be collected 
and the burden imposed on the public:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                  Average burden     Estimated
               Title of collection                   Number of     Frequency of      hours per     annual burden
                                                    respondents      response        response          hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   Pilot Study
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Focus groups, cognitive laboratory studies, and              100               1            2.00             200
 pretest........................................
In-person canvassing for area probability sample          11,795               1            0.08             944

[[Page 35235]]

 
Initial Screening...............................          11,882               1            0.50           5,941
Follow-up Screening, Comprehensive Survey                  1,800               1            1.50           2,700
 Interview, Forms for obtaining informed
 consent, release of medical records, and
 release of SSA records.........................
Medical Examination.............................           1,000               1            2.00           2,000
Provide Medical Records.........................           2,000               1            0.50           1,000
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Total (Pilot)...............................  ..............  ..............  ..............          12,785
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    Main Study
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In-person canvassing for area probability sample          55,405               1            0.08           4,432
Initial Screening...............................          56,031               1            0.50          28,016
Follow-up Screening, Comprehensive Survey                 10,000               1            1.50          15,000
 Interview, Forms for obtaining informed
 consent, release of medical records, and
 release of SSA records.........................
Medical Examination.............................           5,500               1            2.00          11,000
Provide Medical Records.........................          11,000               1            0.50           5,500
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Total (Main)................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          63,948
                                                 ===============================================================
    Total (Overall).............................  ..............  ..............  ..............          76,733
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2. Application for Supplemental Security Income-0960-0444

    The information collected on the SSA-8001 is used by the Social 
Security Administration to determine whether applicants for SSI 
benefits meet all statutory and regulatory requirements for eligibility 
and, if so, the amount of benefits payable. The respondents are 
applicants for SSI benefits.
    Number of Respondents: 1,011,046.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 252,762 hours.
(SSA Address)
    Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Frederick W. 
Brickenkamp, 6401 Security Blvd., 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., Baltimore, 
MD 21235.
(OMB Address)
    Office of Management and Budget, OIRA, Attn: Lori Schack, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10230, 725 17th St., NW, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: June 24, 1999.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-16571 Filed 6-29-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4190-29-P