[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 85 (Thursday, May 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24651-24652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8497]


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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 Public Law 
104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. 
The information collection packages that included in this notice are 
for new information collections and revisions to existing 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, faxed or e-mailed to the 
individuals at the addresses and fax numbers listed below:

(OMB), Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, 
Fax: 202-395-6974, E-mail address: [email protected].
(SSA), Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1333 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, 
Fax: 410-965-6400, E-mail address: [email protected].
    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.
    Electronic Records Express Third-Party Registration Form--0960-NEW. 
ERE (Electronic Records Express) is an online system which enables 
medical providers and various third parties to submit disability 
claimant information electronically to SSA as part of the disability 
application process. Third parties who wish to use this system must 
complete a unique registration process so the Agency can ensure they 
are authorized to access a claimant's electronic disability folder. 
This ICR is

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for the Third Party Registration Form. The respondents are third-party 
representatives of disability applicants or recipients who want to use 
ERE to electronically access beneficiary folders and submit information 
to SSA.
    Type of Request: New information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 75,784.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 3 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,789 hours.
    II. The information collection listed below has been submitted to 
OMB for clearance. Your comments on the information collection 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 package by 
calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-965-0454, or by 
writing to the address listed above.
    Accelerated Benefits Demonstration Project--0960-NEW. The 
Accelerated Benefits Demonstration Project is a multi-phase study 
designed to assess whether providing new SSDI beneficiaries with health 
benefits and employment supports will stabilize or improve their health 
and help them return to work early. In this long-term study, new SSDI 
disability recipients (i.e., those who have just begun receiving 
benefits and who have at least 18 months remaining before they qualify 
for Medicare) will be divided into three groups: (1) A control group 
that will just receive their regular SSDI benefits; (2) a treatment 
group that will receive immediate access to health care benefits; and 
(3) a treatment group that will receive health care benefits and 
additional care management, employment, and benefits services and 
support. The study, which will be conducted for SSA by research 
contractors and health care experts, will assess whether health 
benefits alone or health benefits with additional support services 
improve the health and employment outcomes of new SSDI beneficiaries. 
The respondents are beneficiaries who have just begun receiving SSDI 
disability benefits and are not yet eligible for Medicare health 
benefits.
    Type of Request: New information collection.

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                                               2007                                    2008
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                                          Baseline survey                 Baseline survey            Early use
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                                     Screener       Interviews       Screener       Interviews      Interviews
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No. Respondents.................           9,669             540          26,143           1,460             480
Responses per Respondent........               1               1               1               1               1
Minutes per Respondent..........              10              40              10              10              30
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    Total Respondent Burden                1,612             360           4,357             243             240
     (Hours)....................
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        Total Burden (Screener +
         Interview).............               1,972
                                               4,600                         240
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    Note: Please note that since publication of the 60-day Federal 
Register Notice (published on 1/8/07 at 72 FR 834), SSA has made 
revisions to the study design of this project. These revisions 
account for the above burden being different than the original 
published burden.


    Dated: April 30, 2007.
Elizabeth A. Davidson,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-8497 Filed 5-2-07; 8:45 am]
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