[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66330-66334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27767]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2018-0069]
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 an extension and revisions of OMB-approved information
collections, and one new information collection.
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-2018-
0069].
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
February 25, 2019. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
1. Employer Verification of Records for Children Under Age Seven--
20 CFR 404.801-404.803, 404.821-404.822--0960-0505. SSA discovered as
many as 70 percent of the wage reports we receive for children under
age seven are actually the earnings of someone other than the child. To
ensure we credit the correct person with the reported earnings, SSA
verifies wage reports for children under age seven with the children's
employers before posting to the earnings record. SSA uses Form SSA-
L3231-C1, Request for Employer Information, for this purpose. The
respondents are employers who report earnings for children under age
seven.
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-L3231-C1................................ 11,823 1 10 1,971
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2. Request for Reinstatement (Title XVI)--20 CFR 416.999-416.999d--
0960-0744. SSA uses Form SSA-372 to: (1) Inform previously entitled
beneficiaries of the expedited reinstatement (EXR) requirements of
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments under Title XVI of the
Social Security Act (Act); and (2) document their requests for EXR. SSA
requires this application for reinstatement of benefits for respondents
to obtain SSI disability payments for EXR. When an SSA claims
representative learns of individuals whose medical conditions no longer
permit them to perform substantial gainful activity as defined in the
Act, the claims representative gives the form to the previously
entitled individuals (or mails it to those who request EXR over the
phone). SSA employees collect
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this information whenever an individual files for EXR payments. The
respondents are applicants for EXR of SSI disability payments.
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-372..................................... 2,000 1 2 67
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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 January 25, 2019. Individuals can obtain copies of
the OMB clearance packages by writing to [email protected].
1. The Department of the Treasury's Pay.gov Collection Application
for Benefit Overpayments--20 CFR 404.501, 404.502, 404.521, and
404.527--0960-NEW. SSA will use the new internet Pay.gov Application
for Overpayments to offer a new repayment option to beneficiaries and
recipients to recover overpayments they incurred. Pay.gov is an online
collection portal developed and maintained by the Department of the
Treasury (Treasury). The internet remittance portal will offer
beneficiaries and recipients another option to repay overpayments via
credit card; debit card; and automated clearing house (ACH). The SSA
application located on SocialSecurity.gov will request the overpaid
individuals' Social Security Numbers (SSN) and dollar amount they wish
to repay on their overpayment prior to sending them to Treasury's
Pay.gov application which will request and process the payment
information on SSA's behalf. The information SSA will collect is used
to reconcile the Pay.gov transactions, and update the overpaid
individuals' balances on their records. The respondents are individuals
who have Title II or XVI overpayments, and who wish to voluntarily
repay the overpayment online through SocialSecurity.gov.
Type of Request: Request for a new information collection.
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Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of Number of per response annual burden
respondents response responses (minutes) (hours)
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Internet Application for Pay.gov................................... 424,126 12 5,089,512 10 848,252
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2. Surveys in Accordance with E.O. 12862 for the Social Security
Administration--0960-0526. Under the auspices of Executive Order 12862,
Setting Customer Service Standards, SSA conducts multiple customer
satisfaction surveys each year. These voluntary customer satisfaction
assessments include paper, internet, and telephone surveys; mailed
questionnaires; and customer comment cards. The purpose of these
questionnaires is to assess customer satisfaction with the timeliness,
appropriateness, access, and overall quality of existing SSA services
and proposed modifications or new versions of services. The respondents
are recipients of SSA services (including most members of the public),
professionals, and individuals who work on behalf of SSA beneficiaries.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Number of Burden
respondents (burden for
(burden for Frequency of Range of all activities
all activities response response times within that
within that (minutes) year; reported
year) in hours)
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Year 1.......................................... 5,843,298 1 3-30 1,004,460
Year 2.......................................... 5,868,843 1 3-30 1,371,074
Year 3.......................................... 5,949,054 1 3-30 1,012,482
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Totals...................................... 17,661,195 .............. .............. 3,388,016
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3. Pain Report Child--20 CFR 404.1512 and 416.912--0960-0540.
Before SSA can make a disability determination for a child, we require
evidence from SSI applicants or claimants to prove their disability.
Form SSA-3371-BK provides disability interviewers, and SSI applicants
or claimants in self-help situations, with a convenient way to record
information about claimants' pain or other symptoms. The State
disability determination services adjudicators and administrative law
judges then use the information from Form SSA-3371-BK to assess the
effects of symptoms on function for purposes of determining disability
under the Act. The respondents are applicants for, or claimants of, SSI
payments.
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-3371.................................... 250,000 1 15 62,500
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4. Replacement of Forms SSA-1099/SSA-1042S--20 CFR 401.45--0960-
0583. Title II beneficiaries use Forms SSA-1099 and SSA-1042S, Social
Security Benefit Statement, to determine if their Social Security
benefits are taxable, and the amount they need to report to the
Internal Revenue Service. In cases where the original forms are
unavailable (e.g., lost, stolen, mutilated), an individual may use
SSA's automated telephone application to request a replacement SSA-1099
and SSA-1042S. SSA uses the information from the automated telephone
requests to verify the identity of the requestor and to provide
replacement copies of the forms. SSA accepts information in other ways,
however; the automated telephone options reduce requests to the
National 800 Number Network (N8NN) and visits to local Social Security
field offices (FO). The respondents are Title II beneficiaries who wish
to request a replacement SSA-1099 or SSA-1042S via telephone.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Estimated
Number of Frequency of Average burden total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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Automated Telephone Requestors.................. 238,286 1 2 7,943
N8NN............................................ 458,442 1 3 22,922
Calls to local FOs.............................. 870,811 1 3 43,541
Other (program service centers)................. 69,207 1 3 3,460
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Totals...................................... 1,636,746 .............. .............. 77,866
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5. The Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program--20 CFR 411--
0960-0644. SSA's Ticket to Work (TTW) Program transitions Social
Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and SSI recipients toward
independence by allowing them to receive Social Security payments while
maintaining employment under the auspices of the program. SSA uses
service providers, called Employment Networks (ENs), to supervise
participant progress through the stages of TTW Program participation,
such as job searches and interviews; progress reviews; and changes in
ticket status. ENs can be private for-profit and nonprofit
organizations, as well as state vocational rehabilitation agencies
(VRs). SSA and the ENs utilize the TTW program manager to operate the
TTW Program and exchange information about participants. For example,
the ENs use the program manager to provide updates on tasks such as
selecting a payment system, or requesting payments for helping the
beneficiary achieve certain work goals. Since the ENs are not PRA-
exempt, the multiple information collections within the TTW program
manager require OMB approval. Most of the categories of information are
necessary for SSA to: (1) Comply with the Ticket to Work legislation;
and (2) provide proper oversight of the program. SSA collects this
information through several modalities, including forms, electronic
exchanges, and written documentation. The respondents are the ENs or
state VRs, SSDI beneficiaries, and blind or disabled SSI recipients
working under the auspices of the TTW Program.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Estimated
Number of Frequency of Average burden total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(2)--Interactive Voice 6,428 1 2.5 268
Recognition Telephone..........................
(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(2)--Portal................ 25,713 1 1.25 536
(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(3); 411.325(a); 948 1 15 237
411.150(b)(3)--SSA-1365........................
(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(3); 411.325(a); 3,792 1 11 695
411.150(b)(3)--SSA-1365 Portal.................
(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(3); 411.325(a); 21,600 1 60 21,600
411.150(b)(3)--SSA-1370........................
(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(3); 411.325(a); 5,868 1 10 978
411.150(b)(3)--SSA-1370 Portal.................
(a) 20 CFR 411.166; 411.170(b)--Electronic File 40,324 1 5 3,360
Submission.....................................
(b) 20 CFR 411.145; 411.325..................... 2,494 1 15 624
(b) 20 CFR 411.145; 411.325--Portal............. 7,481 1 11 1,372
(b) 20 CFR 411.535(a)(1)(iii)--Data Sharing/ 8,505 1 5 709
Portal.........................................
(c) 20 CFR 411.192(b)&(c)....................... 6 1 30 3
(c) 20 CFR 411.200(b)--SSA-1375................. 120,000 1 15 30,000
(c) 20 CFR 411.200(b)--Portal................... 64,824 1 5 5,402
(c) 20 CFR 411.210(b)........................... 41 1 30 21
(c) 20 CFR 411.200(b) Wise Webinar Registration 4,812 1 3 241
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(d) 20 CFR 411.365; 411.505; 411.515............ 6 1 10 1
(e) 20 CFR 411.325(d); 411.415*................. 1 1 480 8
(f) 20 CFR 411.575--SSA[dash]1389; 2,805 1 40 1,870
SSA[dash]1391; SSA[dash]1398; SSA[dash]1399....
(f) 20 CFR 411.575--Portal...................... 42,075 1 22 15,428
(f) 20 CFR 411.560--SSA[dash]1401............... 100 1 20 33
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(g) 20 CFR 411.325(f)........................... 1,371 1 45 1,028
(h) 20 CFR 411.435; 411.615; 411.625............ 2 1 120 4
(i) 20 CFR 411.320--SSA[dash]1394............... 52 1 10 9
(i) 20 CFR 411.320--SSA[dash]1394 Portal........ 158 1 5 13
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Totals...................................... 359,406 .............. .............. 84,440
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* Note: We have not received any responses since 2011.
6. Promoting Opportunity Demonstration--0960-0809. Section 823 of
the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 required SSA to carry out the
Promoting Opportunity Demonstration (POD) to test a new benefit offset
formula for SSDI beneficiaries. Therefore, SSA is undertaking POD, a
demonstration to evaluate the affect the new policy will have on SSDI
beneficiaries and their families in several critical areas. We
previously obtained OMB approval for this demonstration, and are in the
midst of implementing the project. In this information collection
request, we are seeking approval to add new questions to our follow-up
surveys. Respondents are SSDI beneficiaries, who will provide written
consent before agreeing to participate in the study and before we
randomly assign them to one of the study treatment groups.
Note: We revised the burden information for this collection since
we published the first Federal Register Notice on October 22, 2018 at
83 FR 53352. As part of our revisions to this collection, we are
replacing the End of the Year Reporting Form with a new version which
we will pre-fill with annual information based on the respondents'
monthly earnings reporting. Since we will not require respondents to
submit the new End of Year Reporting documentation unless they need to
make corrections, we are updating the burden accordingly.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Estimated
Number of Frequency of Number of Average burden total annual
Modality of completion respondents response responses per response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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Informed Consent Form........... 16,500 1 16,500 10 2,750
Baseline Survey................. 16,500 1 16,500 20 5,500
12-Month Follow Up Survey....... 6,000 1 6,000 32 3.200
24-Month Follow Up Survey....... 12,000 1 12,000 27 5,400
Interviews with Site Staff...... 40 4 160 66 176
Onsite Audit of Sample of Case 8 2 16 20 5
Files..........................
Semi-Structured Interviews with 144 1 144 60 144
Treatment Group Subjects.......
Monthly Earnings and Impairment- 1,820 12 21,840 10 3,640
Related Expenses Reporting Form
(Paper)........................
Monthly Earnings and Impairment- 780 12 9,360 5 780
Related Expenses Reporting Form
(Internet).....................
End of Year Reporting 2,615 1 2,615 8 348
Documentation..................
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Totals...................... 56,407 .............. 85,135 .............. 21,943
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7. Protecting the Public and Our Personnel To Ensure Operational
Effectiveness (RIN 0960-AH35), Regulation 3729I--20 CFR 422.905,
422.906--0960-0796. SSA published regulations for the process we follow
when we restrict individuals from receiving in-person services in our
field offices and provide them, instead, with alternative services. We
published these rules to create a safer environment for our personnel
and members of the public who use our facilities, while ensuring we
continue to serve the American people with as little disruption to our
operations as possible. Under our regulations at 20 CFR 422.905, an
individual for whom we restrict access to our facilities has the
opportunity to appeal our decision within 60 days of the date of the
restrictive access and alternative service notice. To appeal,
restricted individuals must submit a written request stating why they
believe SSA should rescind the restriction and allow them to conduct
business with us on a face-to-face basis in one of our offices. There
is no printed form for this request; rather, restricted individuals
create their own written statement of appeal, and submit it to a sole
decision-maker in the regional office of the region where the
restriction originated. The individuals may also provide additional
documentation to support their appeal. Under 20 CFR 422.906, if the
individual does not appeal the decision within the 60 days; if we
restricted the individual prior to the effective date of this
regulation; or if the appeal results in a denial, the individual has
another opportunity to request review of the restriction after a three-
year period. To submit this request for review, restricted individuals
may re-submit a written appeal of the decision. The same criteria apply
as for the original appeal: (1) It must be in writing; (2) it must go
to a sole decision-maker in the regional office of the region where the
restriction originated for review; and (3) it may accompany supporting
documentation. We make this periodic review available to all restricted
individuals once every three years. Respondents for this collection are
individuals appealing their restrictions from in-person services at SSA
field offices.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Estimated
Number of Frequency of Average burden total annual
Regulation section respondents response per response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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20 CFR 422.905.................................. 75 1 15 19
20 CFR 422.906.................................. 75 1 20 25
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Totals...................................... 150 .............. .............. 44
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Dated: December 18, 2018.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-27767 Filed 12-21-18; 8:45 am]
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