[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 57286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20299]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No: SSA-2020-0048]


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 a revision of an OMB-approved 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-2020-0048].
    SSA submitted the information collection below to OMB for 
clearance. Your comments regarding this information collection 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 October 15, 2020. Individuals can obtain copies of the 
OMB clearance package by writing to [email protected].
    Disability Update Report--20 CFR 404.1589-404.1595 and 416.988-
416.996-0960-0511. As part of our statutory requirements, SSA 
periodically uses Form SSA-455, the Disability Update Report, to 
evaluate current Title II disability beneficiaries' and Title XVI 
disability payment recipients' continued eligibility for disability 
payments. Specifically, SSA uses the form to determine if: (1) There is 
enough evidence to warrant referring the respondent for a full medical 
Continuing Disability Review (CDR); (2) the respondent's impairments 
are still present and indicative of no medical improvement, precluding 
the need for a full medical CDR; or (3) the respondent has unresolved 
work-related issues. SSA mails Form SSA-455 to specific disability 
recipients, whom we select as possibly qualifying for the full medical 
CDR process. SSA pre-fills the form with data specific to the 
disability recipient, except for the sections we ask the recipients to 
complete. When SSA receives the completed form, we scan it into SSA's 
system. This allows us to gather the information electronically, and 
enables SSA to process the returned forms through automated decision 
logic to decide the proper course of action to take. The respondents 
are recipients of Title II and Title XVI Social Security disability 
payments.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                           Average
                                                                     Average  burden  Estimated total    theoretical     Average  wait     Total annual
     Modality of  completion          Number of       Frequency of    per  response    annual burden     hourly cost     time in  field    opportunity
                                     respondents        response        (minutes)         (hours)           amount           office      cost  (dollars)
                                                                                                          (dollars)*      (minutes) **         ***
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SSA-455..........................       1,300,000                1               15          325,000         $10.73 *            24 **   $9,066,850 ***
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* We based this figure on average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2020 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2020Fact%20Sheet.pdf).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2020 wait times for field offices, based on SSA's current management information data.
*** 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.


    Dated: September 10, 2020.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-20299 Filed 9-14-20; 8:45 am]
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