[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 167 (Monday, August 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53702-53703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21956]


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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 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 one extension of an 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,

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Fax: 410-965-6400, E-mail address: [email protected].

    SSA submitted the information collection listed below to OMB for 
clearance. Your comments on the information collection would be most 
useful if OMB and SSA receive them within 30 days from the date of this 
publication. To consider your comments, we must receive them no later 
than September 28, 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.
    Medicare Part D Subsidies Regulations--20 CFR 418.3625, 418.3645, 
418.3665(a), and 418.3670--0960-0702. The Medicare Prescription Drug 
Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003 established the 
Medicare Part D program for voluntary prescription drug coverage of 
premium, deductible, and co-payment costs for certain low-income 
individuals. The MMA also mandated the provision of subsidies for those 
individuals who qualify for the program and who meet eligibility 
criteria for help with premium, deductible, or co-payment costs. This 
law requires SSA to make eligibility determinations and to provide a 
process for appealing SSA's determinations. Regulation sections 
418.3625(c), 418.3645, 418.3665(a), and 418.3670 contain public 
reporting requirements pertaining to administrative review hearings. 
Respondents are applicants for the Medicare Part D subsidies who 
request an administrative review hearing.
    Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of     Frequency of     burden per     Total annual
                     Section                        respondents      response        response     burden (hours)
                                                                                     (minutes)
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418.3625(c).....................................           2,500               1               5             208
418.3645........................................              10               1              20               3
418.3665(a).....................................           1,000               1               5              83
418.3670........................................               5               1              10               1
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    Total.......................................           3,515  ..............  ..............             295
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    Dated: August 24, 2011.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social 
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-21956 Filed 8-26-11; 8:45 am]
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