[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48793-48794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20034]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and 
Comment Request

    In compliance with Public Law 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.
    I. The information collections listed below will be submitted to 
OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. Therefore, comments 
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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 this publication. 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 at the 
address listed at the end of this publication.
    1. Application of Circuit Court Law--0960-0581. SSA regulations at 
20 CFR 404.985 and 416.1485 inform claimants of their right to request 
that a published Acquiescence Ruling (AR) be applied to a prior 
determination when we make a determination or decision on a claim 
between the date of the Circuit Court decision and the date we publish 
the AR. The regulations also specify that claimants can request that 
the AR be applied to a prior determination or decision by submitting a 
statement that demonstrates how the AR could change the prior 
determination or decision. SSA will use the information provided in the 
statement to readjudicate the claim, if the claimant demonstrates the 
Ruling could change the prior determination. Claimants may use Form 
SSA-795, Statement of Claimant or Other Person (OMB No. 0960-0045), to 
request and support application of a published AR to the prior 
determination or decision. The respondents are claimants whose 
determinations or decisions on their claims may be affected by an AR.
    Number of Respondents: 100,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 17 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 28,333 hours.
    2. Statement for Determining Continuing Eligibility, Supplemental 
Security Income Payment--0960-0145. SSA uses Form SSA-8202-F6 to 
conduct low- and middle-error-profile (LEP-MEP) telephone or face-to-
face interviews with Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients and 
representative payees. The information collected during the interview 
is used to determine whether SSI recipients' have met and continue to 
meet all statutory and regulatory requirements for SSI eligibility and 
whether they have been and are still receiving the correct payment 
amount. The respondents are recipients of SSI benefits or their 
representative payees.
    Number of Respondents: 920,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 17 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 260,667 hours.
    II. The information collections listed below have been submitted to 
OMB for clearance. Written comments and recommendations on the 
information collections would be most useful if received within 30 days 
from the date of this publication. Comments should be directed to the 
SSA Reports Clearance Officer and the OMB Desk Officer at the addresses 
listed at the end of this publication. You can obtain a copy of the OMB 
clearance packages by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on 
(410) 965-4145, or by writing to him.
    1. State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Claim (SSA-199-U2) and 
Subpart V--Payments for Vocational Rehabilitation Services, 20 CFR 
Sections 404.2104, 404.2108, 404.2113, 404.2117, 404.2121, 416.2204, 
416.2208, 416.2213 and 416.2217-0960-0310. The information collected on 
Form SSA-199-U2 and through these current rules is used by the Social 
Security Administration (SSA) to determine if State vocational 
rehabilitation agencies are providing appropriate services, including 
referrals when necessary, and whether those claims for services should 
be paid. The respondents are the 80-100 State vocational rehabilitation 
agencies and alternate participants who offer vocational and employment 
services for SSA beneficiaries.
    Number of Respondents: 80-100.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Number of Responses: 16,300.
    Average Burden Per Response: Varies from 23 minutes to 4 hours.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 9,048 hours.
    2. SSA/DDS Cost-Effectiveness Measurement System (CEMS) Data 
Reporting Form--0960-0384. The data requested on Form SSA-1461 is input 
directly into the CEMS by the Disability Determination Services (DDS). 
This data is used by SSA in making DDS funding allocations, in 
measuring the cost effectiveness of operating each of the 52 reporting 
DDSs, and in setting cost-effectiveness goals. The respondents are 
State DDS's that report data for cost analysis and evaluation.
    Number of Respondents: 52.
    Frequency of Response: 4.
    Average Burden Per Response: 6 hours.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,248 hours.
    (SSA Address), Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: 
Frederick W. Brickenkamp, 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., 6401 Security Blvd., 
Baltimore, MD 21235.
    (OMB Address), 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.

    Dated: August 3, 2000.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
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