[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31132-31134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14018]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No: SSA-2017-0035]


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

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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 Officer 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, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance 
Director, 3100 West High Rise, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 
21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: [email protected]

    Or you may submit your comments online through www.regulations.gov, 
referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2017-0035].
    I. The information collection below are 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 
September 5, 2017. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection 
instruments by writing to the above email address.
    Help America Vote Act--0960-0706. House Rule 3295, the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002, mandates that States verify the identities of newly 
registered voters. When newly registered voters do not have driver's 
licenses or State-issued ID cards, they must supply the last four 
digits of their Social Security number to their local State election 
agencies for verification. The election agencies forward this 
information to their State Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA), and the 
State MVA inputs the data into the American Association of MVAs, a 
central consolidation system that routes the voter data to SSA's Help 
America Vote Verification (HAVV) system. Once SSA's HAVV system 
confirms the identity of the voter, the information returns along the 
same route in reverse until it reaches the State election agency. The 
respondents are the State MVAs seeking to confirm voter identities.
    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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HAVV........................................       4,938,093                1                2          164,603
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    II. SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for 
clearance. Your comments regarding these information collections would 
be most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of 
this publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive 
them no later than August 4, 2017. Individuals can obtain copies of the 
OMB clearance packages by writing to [email protected].
    1. Application for Benefits under a U.S. International Social 
Security Agreement--20 CFR 404.1925--0960-0448. Section 233(a) of the 
Social Security Act (Act) authorizes the President to broker 
international Social Security agreements (Totalization Agreements) 
between the United States and foreign countries. SSA collects 
information using Form SSA-2490-BK to determine entitlement to Social 
Security benefits from the United States, or from a country that enters 
into a Totalization Agreement with the United States. The respondents 
are individuals applying for Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance 
(OASDI) benefits from the United States or from a Totalization 
Agreement country.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of     Frequency of     burden per       Estimated
             Modality of completion                 respondents      response        response      total annual
                                                                                     (minutes)    burden (hours)
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SSA-2490-BK (MCS)...............................          15,030               1              30           7,515
SSA-2490-BK (paper).............................           2,120               1              30           1,060
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    Totals......................................          17,150  ..............  ..............           8,575
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    2. Medicare Part D Subsidies Regulations--20 CFR 418.3625(c), 
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: Revision of an existing OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                      Average        Estimated
                                                     Number of     Frequency of     burden per     total annual
             Modality of completion                 respondents      response        response         burden
                                                                                     (minutes)        (hours)
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418.3625(c).....................................             140               1               5              12
418.3645........................................              10               1              10               2
418.3665(a).....................................             275               1               5              23
418.3670 *......................................               0               1              10               0
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    Total.......................................             425  ..............  ..............              37
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* Regulation section 418.3670 could be used at any time; however, we currently have no data showing usage over
  the past three years.

    3. Request for Evidence from Doctor and Request for Evidence from 
Hospital--20 CFR 404 Subpart P and 20 CFR 416 Subpart I--0960-0722. 
Sections 223(d)(5) and 1614(a)(3)(H)(i) of the Act require claimants to 
furnish medical evidence of their disability when filing a disability 
claim. SSA uses Forms HA-66 and HA-67 to request evidence from medical 
sources, which claimants identify as having information relative to 
their impairments, or ability to do work-related activities. In 
addition to accepting manual paper responses, SSA sends a barcode with 
the HA-66 and HA-67, allowing respondents to fax the information 
directly into the electronic claims folder rather than submitting it 
manually. SSA uses the information to determine eligibility for 
benefits, and to pay medical sources for furnishing the information. 
The respondents are medical sources, doctors, and hospitals that 
evaluate the claimants.
    This is a correction notice: when we published the first Federal 
Register Notice on February 28, 2017 at 82 FR 12159, it did not include 
the accurate number of responses. We are correcting this by publishing 
the number of responses in a separate column in the chart below.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                      Average        Estimated
                                     Number of     Frequency of      Number of      burden per     total annual
     Modality of completion         respondents      response        responses       response         burden
                                                                                     (minutes)        (hours)
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HA-66--Paper Version............           3,060              22          67,320              15          16,830
HA-66--Electronic Version.......           8,940              22         196,680              15          49,170
HA-67--Paper Version............           3,060              22          67,320              15          16,830
HA-67--Electronic Version.......           8,940              22         196,680              15          49,170
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    Totals......................          24,000  ..............         528,000  ..............         132,000
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    Dated: June 28, 2017.
Naomi R. Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-14018 Filed 7-3-17; 8:45 am]
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