[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46307-46308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17659]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No: SSA-2021-0029]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed 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 to 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

    Comments: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Submit your 
comments online referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2021-0029].

(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-
2021-0029].
    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 
October 18, 2021. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection 
instruments by writing to the above email address.
    Continuing Disability Review Report--20 CFR 404.1589 & 416.989-
0960-0072. Sections 221(i), 1614(a)(3)(H)(ii)(I) and 1633(c)(1) of the 
Social Security Act (Act) require SSA to periodically review the cases 
of individuals who receive benefits under Title II or Title XVI based 
on disability to determine if their disability continues. SSA considers 
adults eligible for disability payments if they continue to be unable 
to perform substantial gainful activity because of their impairments, 
and we consider Title XVI children eligible for disability payment if 
they have marked and severe functional limitations because of their 
impairments. To assess claimants' ongoing disability payment 
eligibility, SSA requires disability recipients (or their 
representatives acting on their behalf) to undergo a continuing 
disability review (CDR). SSA uses the Continuing Disability Review 
Report to obtain information on disability recipients' disability; on 
their sources of medical treatment; on their participation in 
vocational rehabilitation programs (if any); on attempts to work (if 
any); and on recipients' assessments when they believe their conditions 
improved.
    Title II or Title XVI disability recipients can complete the 
Continuing Disability Review Report using one of three modalities: (1) 
A paper application or fillable PDF (using Form SSA-454-BK), which SSA 
mails to recipients or their representatives; (2) a field office 
interview, during which SSA employees enter recipient data directly 
into SSA's

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internal Electronic Disability Collection System; or (3) upon the 
completion of the current PRA process, a new online, entirely web-based 
system called the i454. This new web-based modality will provide 
recipients a new platform for submitting information to increase 
accessibility, and enhance automation. In this information collection 
request, we are soliciting comment on the new i454.
    The respondents are Title II or Title XVI disability recipients or 
their representatives.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                                           Average wait
                                                                                                              Average      time in field   Total annual
                                             Number of     Frequency of   Average burden     Estimated      theoretical    office or for    opportunity
         Modality of completion             respondents      response      per response    total annual     hourly cost     teleservice   cost (dollars)
                                                                             (minutes)    burden (hours)      amount          centers           ***
                                                                                                            (dollars) *    (minutes) **
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SSA-454- BK (paper version).............         189,350               1              60         189,350        * $10.95           ** 24  *** $2,902,736
Electronic Disability Collect System             270,500               1              60         270,500         * 10.95           ** 24   *** 4,146,765
 (EDCS).................................
i454 (Internet).........................          81,150               1              60          81,150         * 10.95  ..............     *** 888,593
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    Totals..............................         541,000  ..............  ..............         541,000  ..............  ..............   *** 7,938,094
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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.


    Dated: August 12, 2021.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-17659 Filed 8-17-21; 8:45 am]
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