[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22510-22515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08800]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No: SSA-2021-0011]


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 a new collection, and revisions 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

    Comments: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Submit your 
comments online referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2021-0011].

(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 https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-
2021-0011].
    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 June 
28, 2021. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instruments 
by writing to the above email address.
    1. Work-Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB)--0960-
NEW.

Background

    SSA uses continuing disability reviews (CDR) to determine continued 
eligibility of program benefits for Social Security disability 
insurance (SSDI), and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients. 
SSA is requesting clearance to administer the Work-Disability 
Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB) assessment to a sample of 
working-age SSDI and SSI program recipients who are due for their CDR. 
The WD-FAB is a self-reported assessment measuring whole person-
functioning at the activity level for eight work-related functional 
domains: (1) Basic Mobility; (2) Upper Body Function; (3) Fine Motor 
Function; (4) Community Mobility; (5) Communication and Cognition; (6) 
Resilience and Sociability; (7) Self- Regulation; and (8) Mood and 
Emotion. SSA will use the data the WD-FAB collects to assess the 
feasibility and value of incorporating the WD-FAB into SSA's CDR 
process with the intent of improving the CDR process. Section 1110(a) 
of the Social Security Act (Act) gives the Commissioner of Social 
Security the authority to help fund research or demonstration projects 
relating to the prevention and reduction of dependency. SSA contracted 
with Westat to conduct the WD-FAB data collection.

WD-FAB Project Description

    To assess the feasibility of incorporating the WD-FAB into the CDR 
process, this study will conduct two assessments. The first assessment 
is a baseline assessment of the WD-FAB and the second assessment, which 
we will conduct with the same individuals six months later, will detect 
any changes. Each survey will include three main components: 
Classification questions, WD-FAB questions, and follow-up questions. 
The classification questions and WD-FAB questions will be identical in 
each survey.
    Survey 1 will cover questions in the following domains:
     Classification questions:
    [cir] Demographic questions (age, gender, race, ethnicity, marital 
status, highest level of education completed);
    [cir] Questions on general health, mental health status, and work-
limiting conditions;
    [cir] 4-item set of Healthy Days core questions included in the 
state-based Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System;
    [cir] Questions from Form SSA-455;
     Veterans Item Health Survey;
     Items from WD-FAB; and
     3-5 follow-up questions to solicit feedback on the WD-FAB 
about ease of use, clarity of instructions, and perceived burden.
    Survey 2 will include the same classification questions included in 
Survey 1, and we will record responses using the WD-FAB Computer 
Assisted Telephone (CAT) system. CAT interviewers and respondents who

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complete the surveys via the web will access the same web version of 
the survey instruments ensuring data consistency between these two 
modes of data collection. The CAT methodology uses a computer interface 
that rapidly tailors questions to the unique ability level of each 
claimant, allowing for fewer items to be administered, while providing 
an assessment that is proven to be accurate, precise, comprehensive, 
and efficient. Follow-up questions for Survey 2 will include 52 effort 
and symptom validity questions to examine certain symptoms related to 
function.
    Data collection for Survey 1 will begin in November 2021 and extend 
for 12 weeks through January 2022. The target goal for Survey 1 is to 
obtain 2,400 completed surveys from a participant pool of at least 
4,000 beneficiaries.
    Data collection for Survey 2 will begin in April 2022, 
approximately 6 months after Survey 1, and continue for 3 months 
through June 2022. For Survey 2, we will initiate contact with the 
2,400 beneficiaries who complete Survey 1. The target goal for Survey 2 
is to obtain 1,600 completed surveys.

Recruitment

    Participant recruitment will include multiple modes of contact. We 
will initiate contact by mailing a study invitation package. The study 
invitation package will include the following items:
    1. An invitation letter explaining the study and notifying selected 
recipients that we will call them soon;
    2. A study consent form explaining the background of the study, 
what will happen during the study, the risks and benefits associated 
with participating, and their rights as a study participant; and
    3. Instructions to download the study smartphone app to facilitate 
study participation.
    Following the mailing of the study invitation package, we will call 
recipients to conduct a short screener to ensure we are speaking to the 
sampled recipient and confirm that the recipient is eligible for the 
study. Eligibility criteria include aged 18 or over, ability to 
understand English, and ability to provide informed consent.
    To assess ability to provide informed consent, interviewers will 
read aloud a brief description of the study and then ask participants 
to name one thing participation involves. This vetted question will be 
a check for cognitive ability to provide consent. Failure to name one 
thing will deem the recipient ineligible for the study due to inability 
to provide informed consent.
    If the recipient is able to provide informed consent, the 
interviewer will review the main points on the consent form over the 
phone with the beneficiary. This will include:
     The voluntary nature of the study;
     That the study will not directly benefit them;
     Their rights as study participants;
     That they can withdraw at any time;
     Information on who to call if they have questions about 
their rights as research participants.
    The interviewer will then ask the recipient if they want to 
participate in the study and collect verbal informed consent. After 
collecting consent, interviewers will collect contact information from 
the recipient including home address, preferred telephone numbers, and 
email addresses. Interviewers will obtain permission to send reminders 
via text message for respondents with cell phones. We will send 
electronic reminders to participants about survey completion and to 
keep in touch with respondents between each wave of data collection. We 
will confirm the recipient's address to mail incentives after survey 
completion.
    At the close of the screener, recipients will have the option of 
completing the survey online themselves or over the telephone with an 
interviewer. Recipients who opt to do the survey with an interviewer on 
the phone will be given the opportunity to do the survey immediately 
following the screener, or at a later date and time that is convenient 
for the recipient. The interviewer will schedule an appointment to call 
the recipient at their preferred date and time. We will ask recipients 
who opt to complete the survey on the web to provide a valid email 
address where they can receive information about how to access the web 
survey. The recipient will receive an email with the survey URL and 
instructions for logging on. Recipients who elect to complete Survey 1 
or Survey 2 on their own via the web will also receive email reminders 
if they have not started the web survey within four days and another 
emailed reminder on day 5. We will administer the eligibility screener 
via telephone and obtain consent prior to each survey.
    Survey participants will receive a gift card in the amount of $50 
and $75 as a reimbursement for completing Survey 1 and Survey 2, 
respectively. The respondents are Study participants who are receiving 
SSA disability payments.
    Type of Request: Request for a new information collection.

                                                                     WD-FAB Survey 1
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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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Survey 1 competency screening and informed consent......           4,500               1               5             375        * $10.95       ** $4,106
Survey 1 (respondents)..................................           5,600               1              50           4,667         * 10.95       ** 51,104
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    Total...............................................          10,100  ..............  ..............           5,042  ..............          55,210
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                                                                     WD-FAB Survey 2
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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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Survey 2 competency screener............................           2,400               1               5             200        * $10.95       ** $2,190

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Survey 2 (respondents)..................................           3,200               1              75           4,000          *10.95       ** 43,800
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    Total...............................................           5,600  ..............  ..............           4,200  ..............          45,990
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                                                            WD-FAB Grand Total Burden Figures
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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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Totals..................................................          15,700  ..............  ..............           9,242  ..............        $101,200
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* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2021FactSheet.pdf).
** 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. Authorization for the Social Security Administration to Obtain 
Account Records from a Financial Institution and Request for Records 
(Medicare)--20 CFR 418.3420--0960-0729. The Medicare Prescription Drug, 
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) established the 
Medicare Part D program for voluntary prescription drug coverage of 
premium, deductible, and copayment costs for individuals with limited 
income and resources. The MMA mandates that the Government provide 
subsidies for those individuals who qualify for the program, and who 
meet eligibility criteria for help with premium, deductible, or co-
payment costs. SSA uses the SSA-4640, Authorization for the Social 
Security Administration to Obtain Account Records from a Financial 
Institution and Request for Records (Medicare), to determine if subsidy 
applicants or recipients qualify, or continue to qualify, for the 
subsidy. SSA uses Form SSA-4640 to: (1) Obtain the individual's consent 
to verify balances of financial institution (FI) accounts; and (2) 
obtain verification of such balances from the FI. Respondents are 
Medicare Part D program subsidy applicants or claimants, and their 
financial institutions.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved 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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Medicare Part D Subsidy Applicants......................           5,000               1               1              83        * $10.95         ** $909
Financial Institutions..................................           5,000               1               4             333         * 37.56       ** 12,507
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    Totals..............................................          10,000  ..............  ..............             416  ..............       ** 13,416
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* We based these figures on the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2021FactSheet.pdf), and the
  average Business and Financial operations occupations, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes130000.htm).
** 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.

    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 May 28, 2021. Individuals can obtain copies of these 
OMB clearance packages by writing to [email protected].
    1. Supplement to Claim of Person Outside the United States--20 CFR 
422.505(b), 404.460, 404.463, and 42 CFR 407.27(c)--0960-0051. 
Claimants or beneficiaries (both United States (U.S.) citizens and 
aliens entitled to benefits) living outside the U.S. complete Form SSA-
21 as a supplement to an application for benefits. SSA collects the 
information to determine eligibility for U.S. Social Security benefits 
for those months an alien beneficiary or claimant is outside the U.S., 
and to determine if tax withholding applies. In addition, SSA uses the 
information to: (1) Allow beneficiaries or claimants to request a 
special payment exception in an SSA restricted country; (2) terminate 
supplemental medical insurance coverage for recipients who request it 
because they are, or will be, out of the U.S.; and (3) allow claimants 
to collect a lump sum death benefit if the number holder died outside 
the United States and we do not have information to determine whether 
the lump sum death benefit is payable under the Act. The respondents 
are Social Security claimants, or individuals entitled to Social 
Security benefits, who are, were, or will be residing outside the 
United States for three months or longer.

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    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                              Average
                                                                          Average burden     Estimated      theoretical    Average wait    Total annual
         Modality of completion              Number of     Frequency of    per response    total annual     hourly cost    time in field    opportunity
                                            respondents      response        (minutes)    burden (hours)      amount          office      cost (dollars)
                                                                                                            (dollars) *    (minutes) **         ***
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Paper version--U.S. Residents...........             360               1              14              84        * $10.95           ** 24      *** $2,497
Paper version--Residents of a Tax Treaty           1,978               1               9             297         * 10.95  ..............       *** 3,252
 Country................................
Paper version--Nonresident aliens.......           1,379               1               8             184         * 10.95  ..............       *** 2,015
Intranet version--(MCS)--U.S. Residents.             441               1              11              81         * 10.95  ..............         *** 887
Intranet version--(MCS)--Residents of a            2,426               1               6             243         * 10.95  ..............       *** 2,661
 Tax Treaty Country.....................
Intranet version--(MCS)--Nonresident               1,691               1               5             141         * 10.95  ..............       *** 1,544
 aliens.................................
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    Totals..............................           8,275  ..............  ..............           1,030  ..............  ..............      *** 12,856
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* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2021FactSheet.pdf).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2021 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.

    2. You Can Make Your Payment by Credit Card--0960-0462. Using 
information from Form SSA-4588 and its electronic application, Form 
SSA-4589, SSA updates individuals' Social Security records to reflect 
payments made on their overpayments. In addition, SSA uses this 
information to process payments through the appropriate credit card 
company. SSA provides the SSA-4588 when we inform an individual that we 
detected an overpayment. Individuals may choose to make a one-time 
payment or recurring monthly payments by completing and submitting the 
SSA-4588. SSA uses the SSA-4589 electronic Intranet application only 
when individuals choose to telephone the Program Service Centers to 
make a one-time payment in lieu of completing Form SSA-4588. An SSA 
debtor contact representative completes the SSA-4589 electronic 
Intranet application. Respondents are Old Age Survivors and Disability 
Insurance (OASDI) beneficiaries and SSI recipients who have outstanding 
overpayments.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                              Average
                                                                          Average burden     Estimated      theoretical    Average wait    Total annual
         Modality of completion              Number of     Frequency of    per response    total annual     hourly cost    time in field    opportunity
                                            respondents      response        (minutes)    burden (hours)      amount          office      cost (dollars)
                                                                                                            (dollars) *    (minutes) **         ***
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SSA-4588 (Paper)........................          16,500               1              10           2,750        * $10.95              24    *** $102,383
SSA-4589 (Electronic Intranet                    258,500               1               5          21,542         * 10.95  ..............     *** 235,885
 Application)...........................
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    Totals..............................         275,000  ..............  ..............          24,292  ..............  ..............     *** 338,268
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* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2021FactSheet.pdf).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2021 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.

    3. Screen Pop--20 CFR 401.45--0960-0790. Section 205(a) of the Act 
requires SSA to verify the identity of individuals who request a record 
or information pertaining to themselves, and to establish procedures 
for disclosing personal information. SSA established Screen Pop, an 
automated telephone process, to speed up verification for such 
individuals. Accessing Screen Pop, callers enter their Social Security 
number (SSN) using their telephone keypad or speech technology prior to 
speaking with a National 800 Number Network (N8NN) agent. The automated 
Screen Pop application collects the SSN and routes it to the ``Start 
New Call'' Customer Help and Information (CHIP) screen. Functionality 
for the Screen Pop application ends once the SSN connects to the CHIP 
screen and the SSN routes to the agent's screen. When the call connects 
to the N8NN agent, the agent can use the SSN to access the caller's 
record as needed. The respondents for this collection are individuals 
who contact SSA's N8NN to speak with an agent.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                            Average      Average wait
                                                                             Average       Estimated      theoretical      time for       Total annual
           Modality of completion                Number of     Frequency    burden per   total annual     hourly cost     teleservice   opportunity cost
                                                respondents   of response    response   burden (hours)      amount          centers       (dollars) ***
                                                                            (minutes)                     (dollars) *    (minutes) **
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Screen Pop..................................      50,487,044            1            1         841,451        * $25.72           ** 17  *** $389,558,027
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* We based this figure on average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2021 wait times for teleservice centers, 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.

    4. Application for Access to SSA Systems--20 CFR 401.45--0960-0791. 
SSA uses Form SSA-120, Application for Access to SSA Systems, to allow 
limited access to SSA's information resources for SSA employees and 
non-Federal employees (contractors). SSA requires supervisory approval, 
and local or component Security Officer review prior to granting this 
access. The respondents are SSA employees and non-Federal Employees 
(contractors) who require access to SSA systems to perform their jobs. 
Note: Because SSA employees are Federal workers exempt from the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the burden below is only 
for SSA contractors.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved 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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SSA-120 (paper version).................................             685               1               2              23        * $48.80        **$1,122
SSA-120 (Internet version)..............................           1,482               1               2              49         * 48.80        ** 2,391
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    Total...............................................           2,167  ..............  ..............              72  ..............       *** 3,513
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* We based this figure on average Federal Executive Branch worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_999100.htm).
** 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.

    5. Request to Show Cause for Failure to Appear--20 CFR 404.938, 
416.1438, and 404.957(b)(1)--0960-0794. When claimants who requested a 
hearing before a judge fail to appear at their scheduled hearing, the 
judge may reschedule the hearing if the claimants establish good cause 
for missing the hearings. To establish good cause, respondents must 
show proof of one of the following: (1) SSA did not properly notify the 
claimant of the hearing; or (2) an unexpected event occurred without 
sufficient time for the claimant to request a postponement. The 
claimants can use paper Form HA-L90 or HA-L90-OP1 to provide their 
reason for not appearing at their scheduled hearings; or the claimants' 
representatives can use Electronic Records Express (ERE), OMB Control 
No. 0960-0753, to submit the HA-L90 online. SSA uses the HA-L90 for new 
cases, and the HA-L90-OP1 for redeterminations cases. We need two 
versions of the paper form, as the judges follow different procedures 
when determining the good cause on redetermination cases (cases that 
have a prior decision and evidence on file), than they do for new cases 
(where we have no evidence on file). The ERE modality automatically 
adjusts for redetermination cases, so we only need one version of the 
internet screens. If the judge determines the claimant established good 
cause for failure to appear at the hearing, the judge will schedule a 
supplemental hearing; if not, the judge will make a claims eligibility 
determination based on the claimants' evidence of record. Respondents 
are claimants, or their representatives, seeking to establish good 
cause for failure to appear at a scheduled hearing before a judge.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                                              Average
                                                                                          Average burden                    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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HA-L90..................................................          39,500               1              10           6,583        * $18.34     ** $120,732
HA-L90-OP1..............................................             500               1              10              83         * 18.34        ** 1,522
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    Totals..............................................          40,000  ..............  ..............           6,666  ..............      ** 122,254
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* We based this figure on averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2021FactSheet.pdf), and the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
** 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.



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    Dated: April 22, 2021.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
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