[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64177-64178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25120]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2019-0049]
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 revisions, extensions, and corrections 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-2019-0049].
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 December 20, 2019. Individuals can obtain copies of
the OMB clearance packages by writing to [email protected].
1. Ohio Direct Referral Demonstration (ODRD)--0960-NEW
Background
SSA is requesting clearance to collect data necessary to conduct a
random assignment evaluation of volunteers in Ohio who enroll in Ohio
Direct Referral Demonstration (ODRD). SSA and Opportunities for
Ohioan's with Disabilities (OOD) will conduct the ODRD to test the
effectiveness of providing direct referrals to vocational
rehabilitation services for 18 and 19 year-olds who are, or may become,
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability
Insurance (SSDI) recipients. The participants in the demonstration will
be individuals ages 18 and 19 at the time of enrollment, who are either
(1) applying for SSDI or SSI or (2) undergoing an age-18
redetermination of SSI eligibility. The ODRD is a joint effort by SSA
and OOD's Division of Disability Determination (DDD), and Ohio's Bureau
of Vocational Rehabilitation (BVR). ODRD builds off other work by SSA
exploring ways to improve the adult employment outcomes and financial
independence for SSI recipients and SSI and SSDI applicants who are in
the process of transitioning to adulthood. ODRD tests the effects of a
direct referral to vocational rehabilitation services for individuals
aged 18 or 19 who are in the process of applying for, or undergoing an
evaluation to, retain SSDI benefits or SSI payments. We will use the
data collected to answer the following questions:
What effect did the intervention have on receipt of Ohio's
BVR services?
What effect did the intervention have on employment
outcomes, such as job placement and earnings?
What is the length of time from application to eligibility
decision?
What general vocational rehabilitation outcomes did
participants achieve?
What was the number of closed cases resulting in
employment and what was the number of cases closed for other reasons?
Ohio Direct Referral Demonstration (ODRD) Project
Currently, SSA is seeking OMB clearance for the data collection
related to enrollment and evaluation of the ODRD. Using SSA claims
records, which DDD will access to perform disability determinations for
SSA, DDD will attempt to recruit at least 750 participants.
As required under SSA's demonstration authority, DDD will obtain
signed, informed consent from individuals who want to participate in
the demonstration. Recruitment for the ODRD will require two forms: (1)
A new Invitation to Participate and Consent form, and (2) Form SSA-
3288, Consent for Release of Information (OMB # 0960-0566). ODD will
send the new Invitation to Participate and Consent form to young adult
disability recipients, whose claim we sent to the DDD for a continuing
disability review, and applicants to see if they are interested in
participating in the demonstration. The ODRD Invitation to Participate
and Consent forms will meet the informed consent requirements in the
Social Security Act and SSA regulations. Specifically, they include
language explaining the study as well as potential benefits and harms.
SSA will use administrative records systems and BVR data to evaluate
the effect of the demonstration.
This is a onetime collection of information, and there are no
surveys or additional data collections for the ODRD. This collection is
voluntary, and participation in this demonstration will have no impact
on respondents' disability determination, benefits, or SSI payments. In
addition, participation in the ODRD is revocable at any time. SSA and
OOD will remove participants who revoke consent from the demonstration.
Upon notification of revocation of participation, SSA and OOD will no
longer use, transmit, or request information about the participant who
revoked participation in any ODRD data exchange or analysis.
Participation in the ODRD will have no effect on DDD's usual process
for deciding eligibility for SSI payments or SSDI benefits.
The respondents are individuals aged 18 or 19 who are in the
process of applying for, or undergoing an evaluation, to obtain or
retain SSDI benefits or SSI payments.
Type of Request: This is a new information collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response total annual hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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Invitation to Participate and Consent Form--Participant 645 1 6 65 * 8.55 ** 556
Only (no Representative Payee..........................
Invitation to Participate and Consent Form-- 105 1 6 11 * 33.50 ** 369
Representative Payee (on behalf of the Participant)....
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Totals.............................................. 750 .............. .............. 76 .............. ** 925
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* We based this figure on average U.S. minimum wage (for the participants ages 18-19 who may be working); and the average family income in Ohio (for the
Representative Payees).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
2. The Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act
of 2018, Section 103(b) Questionnaire--0960-NEW
Background
SSA pays monthly benefits to members of the public who qualify
under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program
and who are eligible for the Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
program. Some claimants who qualify for monthly payments under these
programs are unable to manage their benefit payments. When SSA deems
program participants incapable of managing, or directing the management
of their benefits, SSA sends the payments to a representative payee on
the beneficiary's behalf. The representative payee is a person or
organization designated by SSA to manage OASDI or SSI payments to meet
the individual's basic needs, such as food, clothing, and shelter.
Explanation of Proposed Information Collection Tool
To help ensure that appointed representatives are acting in the
best interests of the claimants whom they represent, Section 103(b) of
the Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act
(SPSSBA), Public Law 115-165, requires SSA to assess the administrative
feasibility of improving information sharing about claimants with
representative payees, with State agencies that provide Adult
Protective Services. Specifically, Section 103(b) of the SPSSBA asks us
to evaluate the following:
The assessment of an individual's need for a
representative payee in connection with benefits to which the
individual is entitled under Title II or Title XVI of the Social
Security Act; and
Oversight of the individuals and organizations who are
serving as representative payees.
To conduct this evaluation, SSA created the Strengthening
Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018, Section
103(b) Questionnaire. The Questionnaire will assess the representative
payee data available from each State and determine if the State is
willing to share the data it collects. We will email this one-time
questionnaire to State agencies or non-governmental entities that
provide Adult Protective Services, and let them know that participation
in the questionnaire is voluntary. We estimate we will receive one
response per respondent, and one respondent per agency. We expect to
complete this study by June 30, 2022, so we can submit the required
report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate in
accordance with the SPSSBA. The Respondents are State agencies and non-
governmental entities that provide Adult Protective Services to
disability claimants under our OASDI and SSI programs.
Type of Request: Request for a new information collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total Theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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Emailed Questionnaire............................. 57 1 12 11 * 12.15 ** 134
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* We based this figure on average State Governmental Information Clerks hourly salary.
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
Date: November 15, 2019.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-25120 Filed 11-19-19; 8:45 am]
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