[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 193 (Monday, October 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57726-57727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25244]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and 
Comment Request

    The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of 
information collection packages that will require clearance by the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Pub. L. 104-
13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. The 
information collection packages that may be included in this notice are 
for new information collections, approval of existing information 
collections, revisions to OMB-approved information collections, and 
extensions (no change) of OMB-approved information collections.
    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. Written comments 
and recommendations regarding the information collection(s) should be 
submitted to the OMB Desk Officer and the SSA Reports Clearance 
Officer. The information can be mailed and/or faxed to the individuals 
at the addresses and fax numbers listed below:

(OMB), Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, New 
Executive Building, Room 10235, 725 17th St., NW., Washington, DC 
20503, Fax: 202-395-6974.
(SSA), Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1338 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, 
Fax: 410-965-6400.

    I. The information collections listed below are pending at SSA and 
will be submitted to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. 
Therefore, your comments should be submitted to SSA within 60 days from 
the date of this publication. You can obtain copies of the collection 
instruments by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-965-
0454 or by writing to the address listed above.
    1. Continuation of Full Benefit Standard for Persons 
Institutionalized--20 CFR 416.212--0960-0516. SSA is required by law to 
establish procedures for collecting information on whether an 
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipient who becomes 
institutionalized (e.g. hospital, nursing home) may be eligible for 
continued benefits, based on the full federal benefit rate, if a 
physician certifies that the expected period of medical confinement 
will last no more than 90 days. The individual (or someone acting on 
his/her behalf) must demonstrate the need to pay some or all of the 
expenses of maintaining the home. The respondents are applicants for 
SSI benefits.
    Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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    Number of Respondents: 60,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Average Burden: 5,000 hours.
    2. Representative Payee Report of Benefits and Dedicated Account--
20 CFR 416.546, 416.635, 416.640, and 416.665--0960-0576. Form SSA-6233 
is used to ensure that the representative payee is using the benefits 
received for the beneficiary's current maintenance and personal needs 
and that expenditures of funds from the dedicated account are in 
compliance with the law. The respondents are individuals and 
organizational representative payees who are required by law to 
establish a separate (``dedicated'') account in a financial institution 
for certain past-due SSI benefits.
    Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 30,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 10,000 hours.
    3. Internet Change of Address--0960-NEW. The information requested 
by the Social Security Administration (SSA) via the Internet will be 
used to report a Title II beneficiary's change of address/telephone 
number and to verify the identity of the individual using knowledge-
based authentication. Electronic screens solicit identity information 
that will be verified by comparing it with information in SSA's 
records. The screens must be completed and identity authenticated 
before the requestor can change their address. This Internet option to 
change the address/telephone number will eliminate the need for a phone 
call to a teleservice center or a visit to a field office. The 
respondents are beneficiaries who request a change of address or 
telephone number via the Internet.
    Type of Request: New information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 80,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 13,333 hours.
    II. The information collections listed below have been submitted to 
OMB for clearance. Your comments on the information collections would 
be most useful if received by OMB and SSA within 30 days from the date 
of this publication. You can obtain a copy of the OMB clearance 
packages by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-965-0454, 
or by writing to the address listed above.
    1. Statement for Determining Continuing Eligibility, Supplemental 
Security Income Payment--20 CFR, Subpart D, 416.204--0960-0145. SSA 
uses form SSA-8202-BK to conduct low- and middle-error-profile (LEP-
MEP) telephone or face-to-face redetermination (RZ) interviews with 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. Form SSA-8202-OCR-SM (Optical Character 
Recognition Self-Mailer) collects information similar to that collected 
on Form SSA-8202-BK. However, it is used exclusively in LEP RZ cases on 
a 6-year cycle.
    Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved collection.

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                                                                                  Average burden     Estimated
                      Forms                         Respondents    Frequency of    per response    annual burden
                                                                     response        (minutes)        (hours)
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SSA-8202-F6.....................................         920,000               1              19         291,333
SSA-8202-OCR-SM.................................         800,000               1               9         120,000
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    Total Burden Hours for this Request: 411,333 hours.
    2. Statement for Determining Continuing Eligibility, Supplemental 
Security Income Payment(s)--20 CFR Subpart B, 416.204-0960-0416. SSA 
uses the information collected on form SSA-8203-BK for high-error-
profile (HEP) redeterminations of disability 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 information is 
normally completed in field offices by personal contact (face-to-face 
or telephone interview) using the automated Modernized SSI Claim System 
(MSSICS). The respondents are recipients of Title XVI benefits.
    Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 19 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 316,667 hours.

    Dated: September 30, 2003.
Elizabeth A. Davidson,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-25244 Filed 10-3-03; 8:45 am]
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