[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 180 (Monday, September 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57178-57180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22843]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed 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 to and extensions 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, email, or fax your 
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the 
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Director at the following 
addresses or fax numbers.

(OMB)

    Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, Fax: 
202-395-6974, Email address: [email protected].

(SSA)

    Social Security Administration, DCRDP, Attn: Reports Clearance 
Director, 107 Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 
21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: [email protected].
    I. The information collections below are pending at SSA. SSA will 
submit them 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 
November 16,

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2012. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instruments by 
writing to the above email address.
    1. Substitution of Party Upon Death of Claimant--20 CFR 
404.957(c)(4) and 416.1457(c)(4)--0960-0288. An administrative law 
judge (ALJ) may dismiss a request for a hearing on a pending claim of a 
deceased individual for Social Security benefits or Supplemental 
Security Income (SSI) payments. Individuals who believe they may be 
adversely affected by the dismissal may ask to be a substitute party 
for the deceased claimant by completing Form HA-539. The ALJs and the 
hearing office support staff use this form to (1) maintain a written 
record of the request; (2) establish the relationship of the requester 
to the deceased claimant; (3) determine the substituted individual's 
wishes regarding an oral hearing or decision on the record; and (4) 
admit the data into the claimant's official record as an exhibit. The 
respondents are individuals requesting to be a substitute party for a 
deceased claimant.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                Average  burden  Estimated total
           Modality of completion                Number of       Frequency of    per  response    annual burden
                                                respondents        response        (minutes)         (hours)
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HA-539......................................           4,000                1                5              333
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    2. Continuation of SSI Benefits for the Temporarily 
Institutionalized--Certification of Period and Need to Maintain Home--
20 CFR 416.212(b)(1)--0960-0516. When SSI recipients (1) enter a public 
institution or (2) enter a private medical treatment facility with 
Medicaid paying more than 50 percent of expenses, SSA must reduce 
recipients' SSI payments to a nominal sum. However, if this 
institutionalization is temporary (defined as a maximum of three 
months), SSA may waive the reduction. Before SSA can waive the SSI 
payment reduction, the agency must receive the following documentation: 
(1) A physician's certification stating the SSI recipient will only be 
institutionalized for a maximum of 3 months and (2) certification from 
the recipient, the recipient's family, or friends confirming SSI 
payments are needed to maintain the living arrangements to which the 
individual will return post-institutionalization. The respondents are 
SSI recipients, their family or friends, and doctors.
    Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                Average  burden  Estimated total
           Modality of completion                Number of       Frequency of    per  response    annual burden
                                                respondents        response        (minutes)         (hours)
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Certifications from physicians, and other             60,000                1                5            5,000
 respondents................................
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    3. Representative Payee Report of Benefits and Dedicated Account--
20 CFR 416.546, 416.635, 416.640, 416.665-0960-0576. SSA requires 
representative payees (RP) to submit a written report accounting for 
the use of money paid to Social Security or SSI recipients, and to 
establish and maintain a dedicated account for these payments. SSA uses 
Form SSA-6233 to ensure the RPs are using the benefits for the 
recipient's current maintenance and personal needs, and the 
expenditures of funds from the dedicated account are in compliance with 
the law. Respondents are RPs for SSI and Social Security recipients.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                Average  burden  Estimated total
           Modality of completion                Number of       Frequency of    per  response    annual burden
                                                respondents        response        (minutes)         (hours)
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SSA-6233....................................          30,000                1               20           10,000
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    4. Application for Circuit Court Law--20 CFR 404.985 & 416.1458-
0960-0581. Persons claiming an acquiescence ruling (AR) would change 
SSA's prior determination or decision must submit a written 
readjudication request with specific information. SSA reviews the 
information in the requests to determine if the issues stated in the AR 
pertain to the claimant's case, and if the claimant is entitled to 
readjudcation. If readjudication is appropriate, SSA considers only the 
issues the AR covers. Any new determination or decision is subject to 
administrative or judicial review as specified in the regulations. 
Respondents are claimants for Social Security benefits and SSI payments 
who request readjudication. This information collection request is for 
the information claimants must provide to request readjudication.
    Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                Average  burden  Estimated total
           Modality of completion                Number of       Frequency of    per  response    annual burden
                                                respondents        response        (minutes)         (hours)
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AR-based Readjudication Requests............          10,000                1               17            2,833
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    Dated: August 12, 2012.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-22843 Filed 9-14-12; 8:45 am]
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