[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 113 (Monday, June 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38259-38260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13803]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA 2016-0066]


Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; Computer Matching Program (SSA/
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS))--Match Number 1076

AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).

ACTION: Notice of a renewal of an existing computer matching program 
that will expire on April 19, 2016.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as 
amended, this notice announces a renewal of an existing computer 
matching program that we are currently conducting with CMS.

DATES: We will file a report of the subject matching program with the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 
Representatives; and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget

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(OMB). The matching program will be effective as indicated below.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may comment on this notice by either 
telefaxing to (410) 966-0869 or writing to the Executive Director, 
Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office of the General Counsel, Social 
Security Administration, 617 Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401. All comments received will be 
available for public inspection at this address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Executive Director, Office of 
Privacy and Disclosure, Office of the General Counsel, as shown above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. General

    The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 
100-503), amended the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) by describing the 
conditions under which computer matching involving the Federal 
government could be performed and adding certain protections for 
persons applying for, and receiving, Federal benefits. Section 7201 of 
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-508) further 
amended the Privacy Act regarding protections for such persons.
    The Privacy Act, as amended, regulates the use of computer matching 
by Federal agencies when records in a system of records are matched 
with other Federal, State, or local government records. It requires 
Federal agencies involved in computer matching programs to:
    (1) Negotiate written agreements with the other agency or agencies 
participating in the matching programs;
    (2) Obtain approval of the matching agreement by the Data Integrity 
Boards of the participating Federal agencies;
    (3) Publish notice of the computer matching program in the Federal 
Register;
    (4) Furnish detailed reports about matching programs to Congress 
and OMB;
    (5) Notify applicants and beneficiaries that their records are 
subject to matching; and
    (6) Verify match findings before reducing, suspending, terminating, 
or denying a person's benefits or payments.

B. SSA Computer Matches Subject to the Privacy Act

    We have taken action to ensure that all of our computer matching 
programs comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act, as amended.

Glenn Sklar,
Acting Executive Director, Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office of 
the General Counsel.

Notice of Computer Matching Program, SSA With the Centers for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services (CMS)

A. Participating Agencies

    SSA and CMS.

B. Purpose of the Matching Program

    The purpose of this matching program is to establish the terms, 
conditions, and safeguards under which CMS will disclose to us certain 
individuals' admission and discharge information for care received in a 
nursing care facility. We will use this information to administer the 
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program efficiently and to identify 
Special Veterans' Benefits (SVB) beneficiaries who are no longer 
residing outside of the United States.

C. Authority for Conducting the Matching Program

    The legal authority for this agreement is the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 
552a), as amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act 
of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-503) and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
    Legal authority for the SSI portion of the matching program is 
contained in sections 1611(e)(1) and 1631(f) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1) and 1383(f)), and 20 CFR 416.211. Section 
1611(e)(1)(B) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(B)) limits the amounts 
of SSI benefits that eligible individuals or their eligible spouse may 
receive when that individual is, throughout any month, in a medical 
treatment facility receiving payments (with respect to such individual 
or spouse), under a State plan approved under Title XIX of the Act, or 
the amount of benefits an eligible child under 18 may receive who is 
receiving payments under any health insurance policy issued by a 
private provider.
    The legal authorities for the SVB portion of the matching program 
are contained in sections 801 and 806(a) and (b) of the Act. (42 U.S.C. 
1001 and 1006(a) and (b)).
    The legal authority for CMS' disclosures under this CMA to our data 
request is section 1631(f) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(f)), which 
requires Federal agencies to provide us with such information as 
necessary to establish eligibility for SSI payments, or the amount of 
benefits owed, and 45 CFR 164.512(a) Standard: Uses and disclosures 
required by law (Health Insurance Affordability and Accountability Act 
of 1996 (HIPPA) Privacy Rule).
    The legal authority for the agencies to enter this interagency 
transaction is the Economy Act, 31 U.S.C. 1535.

D. Categories of Records and Persons Covered by the Matching Program

    We will use this information to administer the SSI program 
efficiently and to identify SVB beneficiaries who are no longer 
residing outside of the United States. We will provide CMS with a 
finder file on a monthly basis extracted from our Supplemental Security 
Income Record and Special Veterans Benefits (SSR/SVB), SSA/ODSSIS 60-
0103, last published on December 19, 2007 (72 FR 69723).
    CMS will match our finder file against the system of records that 
applies to individuals on the Long Term Care-Minimum Data Set (LTC/-MDS 
09-70-0528) and submit its response file to us no later than 21 days 
after receipt of our finder file.
    This matching program employs CMS systems that contain Protected 
Health Information (PHI), as defined by 45 CFR 160.103, and disclosures 
of PHI are permitted under 45 CFR 164.512(a).

E. Inclusive Dates of the Matching Program

    The effective date of this matching program is June 6, 2016, 
provided that the following notice periods have lapsed: 30 days after 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register and 40 days after 
notice of the matching program is sent to Congress and OMB. The 
matching program will continue for 18 months from the effective date 
and, if both agencies meet certain conditions, it may extend for an 
additional 12 months thereafter.

[FR Doc. 2016-13803 Filed 6-10-16; 8:45 am]
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