[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 106 (Monday, June 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31530-31531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12113]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: 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 
(Pub. L.) 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective 
October 1, 1995. The information collection package in this notice is 
for a revision to an OMB-approved information collection.
    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 how to minimize the 
burden on respondents, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology. Submit written 
comments and recommendations on the information collection to the SSA 
Reports Clearance Officer. Mail, fax or email the information to the 
address and fax number 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, DCBFM, Attn: Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1333 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, 
Fax: 410-965-6400, E-mail address: [email protected].

    We are submitting the information collection below to OMB for 
clearance. Your comments on the information collection will be most 
useful if you send them to 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-

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0454, or by writing to [email protected].
    Medicare Modernization Act Outreach Mailer--20 CFR 418--0960-NEW. 
To: (1) Promote awareness of the Medicare Part D subsidy program; and 
(2) encourage potentially eligible Medicare beneficiaries to complete 
Form SSA-1020 (OMB No. 0960-0696, the Application for Help with 
Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs), SSA plans to use a new outreach 
brochure including a mailer. Pharmacies, doctors' offices, and medical 
clinics will display and distribute copies of the brochure 
incorporating a mailer to encourage eligible Medicare beneficiaries to 
request and complete Form SSA-1020. The brochure will include an insert 
beneficiaries complete to request Form SSA-1020 from SSA. SSA will make 
follow-up phone calls to beneficiaries who use the mailer to request an 
SSA-1020 but do not submit it to the Agency. The respondents are 
Medicare beneficiaries who: (1) Are potentially eligible for Part D 
subsidy benefits; and (2) request a copy of Form SSA-1020 using the 
brochure insert.
    Type of Request: New information collection.

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                                                                               Average burden
                                              Number of       Frequency of      per response    Estimated annual
                                             respondents        response          (minutes)      burden  (hours)
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Mailer insert...........................            75,000                 1                 1            1,250.
Follow-up phone calls...................            30,000                 1                 1              500.
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      Totals............................           105,000  ................  ................            1,750.
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    Dated: May 27, 2008.
Elizabeth A. Davidson,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-12113 Filed 5-30-08; 8:45 am]
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