[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18290-18291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7692]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
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 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, e-mail, 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, E-mail address: [email protected];
(SSA), Social Security Administration, DCBFM, Attn: Reports
Clearance Officer, 1333 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore,
MD 21235, Fax: 410-965-6400, E-mail address: [email protected].
I. The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will
submit it 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 May
31, 2011. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instruments
by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-965-8783 or by
writing to the above e-mail address.
Representative Payee Report--Adult, Representative Payee Report--
Child, Representative Payee Report--Organizational Representative
Payees--20 CFR 404.635, 404.2035, 404.2065, and 416.665--0960-0068.
When SSA determines it is not in an Old Age Survivors and Disability
Insurance (OASDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipient's
best interest to receive Social Security payments directly, the agency
will designate a representative payee for the recipient. The
representative payee can be (1) a family member; (2) a non-family
member who is a private citizen and is acquainted with the beneficiary;
(3) an organization; (4) a state or local government agency; or (5) a
business. In this capacity, the person or organization receives the SSA
recipient's payments directly and manages these payments. As part of
its stewardship mandate, SSA must ensure the representative payees are
properly using the payments they receive for the recipients they
represent.
The agency annually collects the information necessary to make this
assessment using the SSA-623-Representative Payee Report--Adult, SSA-
6230-Representative Payee Report--Child, (SSA-6234--Representative
Payee Report--Organizational Representative Payees), and through the
electronic internet application Internet Representative Payee
Accounting (iRPA). The respondents are representative payees of OASDI
and SSI recipients.
Type of Request: Revision to an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Number of Frequency of burden per Total annual
Form No. respondents response response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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SSA-623......................................... 2,378,400 1 15 594,600
SSA-6230........................................ 2,875,900 1 15 718,975
SSA-6234........................................ 702,100 1 15 175,525
iRPA*........................................... 652,500 1 15 163,125
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Totals...................................... 6,608,900 .............. .............. 1,652,225
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II. SSA submitted the information collections listed below to OMB
for clearance. Your comments on the information collections would be
most useful if OMB and SSA receive them within 30 days from the date of
this publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive
them no later than May 2, 2011. You can obtain a copy of the OMB
clearance package by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-
965-8783 or by writing to the above e-mail address.
1. Petition to Obtain Approval of a Fee for Representing a Claimant
before the SSA--20 CFR 404.1720 and 404.1725; 20 CFR 416.1520 and
416.1525--0960-0104. A Social Security claimant's representative,
whether an attorney or a non-attorney, uses Form SSA-1560-U4 to
petition SSA for authorization to charge and collect a fee. A claimant
may also use the form to agree or disagree with the requested fee
amount or other information the representative provides on the form.
The SSA official responsible for setting the fee uses the information
from the form to determine a reasonable fee amount representatives may
charge for their services. The respondents are attorneys and non-
attorneys who represent Social Security claimants.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 48,110.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 24,055 hours.
2. Questionnaire for Children Claiming SSI Benefits--0960-0499.
Section 1631(d)(2) of the Social Security Act gives the agency the
authority to collect information needed to determine the validity of an
applicant's claim for SSI benefits. Section 20 CFR 416.912(a) of the
Code of Federal Regulations states an applicant must furnish medical
and other evidence SSA can use to reach conclusions about a child's
medical condition. Parents or legal guardians use the SSA-3881-BK to
provide SSA with the names and addresses of non-medical sources such as
schools, counselors, agencies, organizations, or therapists who would
have information about a child's functioning. SSA uses this information
to help determine a child's eligibility or continuing eligibility for
SSI when conducting a continuing disability review or in the appeals
process. The respondents are applicants who appeal SSI childhood
disability decisions or recipients undergoing a continuing disability
review.
This is a correction notice: SSA published this information
collection as an extension on January 28, 2011 at 76 FR 5233. Since we
are revising the Privacy Act Statement, this is now a revision of an
OMB-approved information collection.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 253,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 126,500 hours.
3. Electronic Benefit Verification Information (BEVE)--20 CFR
401.40--0960-0595. The electronic proof of income (POI) verification
Internet service, BEVE, provides SSI recipients, Social Security
beneficiaries, and Medicare beneficiaries the convenience of requesting
a POI statement through the Internet. Beneficiaries and SSI recipients
often require POI to obtain housing, food stamps, or other public
services. After verifying the requester's identity, SSA uses the
information from BEVE to provide the POI statement. The respondents are
Social Security beneficiaries, Medicare beneficiaries, and SSI
recipients.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 870,958.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 72,580 hours.
Dated: March 29, 2011.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-7692 Filed 3-31-11; 8:45 am]
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