[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 62 (Thursday, March 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17977-17978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7503]


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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 requiring 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. This notice 
includes revisions 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 ways to minimize burden 
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology. Mail, e-mail, or fax your 
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the 
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following 
addresses or fax numbers.

(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].

    I. The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will 
submit it to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be 
sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than May 
31, 2011. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instruments 
by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-965-8783 or by 
writing to the above e-mail address.
    Representative Payee Report-Adult, Representative Payee Report-
Child, Representative Payee Report-Organizational Representative 
Payees--20 CFR 404.635, 404.2035, 404.2065, and 416.665--0960-0068. 
When SSA determines it is not in an Old Age Survivors and Disability 
Insurance (OASDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipient's 
best interest to receive Social Security payments directly, the agency 
will designate a representative payee for the recipient. The 
representative payee can be (1) A family member; (2) a non-family 
member who is a private citizen and is acquainted with the beneficiary; 
(3) an organization; (4) a state or local government agency; or (5) a 
business. In this capacity, the person or organization receives the SSA 
recipient's payments directly and manages these payments. As part of 
its stewardship mandate, SSA must ensure the representative payees are 
properly using the payments they receive for the recipients they 
represent. The agency annually collects the information necessary to 
make this assessment using the SSA-623--Representative Payee Report--
Adult, SSA-6230--Representative Payee Report--Child (, SSA-6234--
Representative Payee Report--Organizational Representative Payees), and 
through the electronic internet application Internet Representative 
Payee Accounting (iRPA). The respondents are representative payees of 
OASDI and SSI recipients.
    Type of Request: Revision to an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                  Average burden
                    Form No.                         Number of     Frequency of    per response    Total annual
                                                    respondents      response        (minutes)    burden (hours)
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SSA-623.........................................       2,378,400               1              15         594,600
SSA-6230........................................       2,875,900               1              15         718,975
SSA-6234........................................         702,100               1              15         175,525
iRPA*...........................................         652,500               1              15         163,125
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Totals......................................       6,608,900  ..............  ..............       1,652,225
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    II. SSA submitted the information collections listed below to OMB 
for clearance. Your comments on the information collections would be 
most useful if OMB and SSA receive them within 30 days from the date of 
this publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive 
them no later than May 2, 2011. You can obtain a copy of the OMB 
clearance package by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-
965-8783 or by writing to the above e-mail address.
    1. Petition To Obtain Approval of a Fee for Representing a Claimant 
Before the SSA-- 20 CFR 404.1720 and 404.1725; 20 CFR 416.1520 and 
416.1525--0960-0104. A Social Security claimant's representative, 
whether an attorney or a non-attorney, uses Form SSA-1560-U4 to 
petition SSA for authorization to charge and collect a fee. A claimant 
may also use the form to agree or disagree with the requested fee 
amount or other information the representative provides on the form. 
The SSA official responsible for setting the fee uses the information 
from the form to determine a reasonable fee amount representatives may 
charge for their services. The respondents are attorneys and non-
attorneys who represent Social Security claimants.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 48,110.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 24,055 hours
    2. Questionnaire for Children Claiming SSI Benefits--0960-0499. 
Section 1631(d)(2) of the Social Security Act gives the agency the 
authority to collect information needed to determine the validity of an 
applicant's claim for SSI benefits. Section 20 CFR 416.912(a) of the 
Code of Federal Regulations states an applicant must furnish medical 
and other evidence SSA can use to reach conclusions about a child's 
medical condition. Parents or legal guardians use the SSA-3881-BK to 
provide SSA with the names and addresses of non-medical sources such as 
schools, counselors, agencies, organizations, or therapists who would 
have information about a child's functioning. SSA uses this information 
to help determine a child's eligibility or continuing eligibility for 
SSI when conducting a continuing disability review or in the appeals 
process. The respondents are applicants who appeal SSI childhood 
disability decisions or recipients undergoing a continuing disability 
review. This is a correction notice: SSA published this information 
collection as an extension on January 28, 2011 at 76 FR 5233. Since we 
are revising the Privacy Act Statement, this is now a revision of an 
OMB-approved information collection.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 253,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 126,500 hours.
    3. Electronic Benefit Verification Information (BEVE)--20 CFR 
401.40--0960-0595. The electronic proof of income (POI) verification 
Internet service, BEVE, provides SSI recipients, Social Security 
beneficiaries, and Medicare beneficiaries the convenience of requesting 
a POI statement through the Internet. Beneficiaries and SSI recipients 
often require POI to obtain housing, food stamps, or other public 
services. After verifying the requester's identity, SSA uses the 
information from BEVE to provide the POI statement. The respondents are 
Social Security beneficiaries, Medicare beneficiaries, and SSI 
recipients.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 870,958.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 72,580 hours.

    Dated: March 25, 2011.
Liz Davidson,
Center Director, Center for Reports Clearance, Social Security 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-7503 Filed 3-30-11; 8:45 am]
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