[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45283-45285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18005]
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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 one extension and two 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, Fax:
202-395-6974, Email address: [email protected].
(SSA) Social Security Administration, DCRDP, Attn: Reports Clearance
Director, 107 Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD
21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: [email protected].
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
September 24, 2013. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
1. Incorporation by Reference of Oral Findings of Fact and
Rationale in Wholly Favorable Written Decisions (Bench Decision
Regulation)--20 CFR 404.953 and 416.1453--0960-0694. If an
administrative law judge (ALJ) makes a wholly favorable oral decision
that includes all the findings and rationale for the decision for a
claimant of title II benefits or title XVI payments at an
administrative appeals hearing, the ALJ sends a Notice of Decision
(Form HA-82), as the records from the oral hearing preclude the need
for a written decision. We call this the incorporation-by-reference
process. In addition, the regulations for this process state that if
the involved parties want a record of the oral decision, they may
submit a written request for these records. SSA collects
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identifying information under the aegis of Sections 20 CFR 404.953 and
416.1453 of the Code of Federal Regulations to determine how to send
interested individuals written records of a favorable incorporation-by-
reference oral decision made at an administrative review hearing. Since
there is no prescribed form to request a written record of the
decision, the involved parties send SSA their contact information and
reference the hearing for which they would like a record. The
respondents are applicants for Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) and
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments, or their representatives,
to whom SSA gave a wholly favorable oral decision under the regulations
cited above.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
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HA-82....................................... 2,500 1 5 208
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2. Request for Proof(s) from Custodian of Records--20 CFR 404.703,
404.704, 404.720, 404.721, 404.723, 404.725, & 404.728--0960-0766. SSA
sends Form SSA-L707, Request for Proof(s) from Custodian of Records, to
records custodians on behalf of individuals who need help obtaining
evidence of death, marriage, or divorce in connection with claims for
benefits. SSA uses the information from the SSA-L707 to determine
eligibility for benefits. The respondents are records custodians
including statistics and religious entities, coroners, funeral
directors, attending physicians, and State agencies.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Estimated
Number of Frequency of Average burden total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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State or Local Government....................... 501 1 10 84
Private Sector.................................. 99 1 10 17
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Totals...................................... 600 .............. .............. 101
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II. SSA submitted the information collection below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding the 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 August 26, 2013. Individuals can obtain copies of the OMB
clearance package by writing to [email protected].
Request to Withdraw a Hearing Request; Request to Withdraw an
Appeals Council Request for Review; and Administrative Review Process
for Adjudicating Initial Disability Claims--20 CFR Parts 404, 405, and
416--0960-0710. Claimants have a statutory right under the Social
Security Act and current regulations to apply for Social Security
Disabiltiy Insurance (SSDI) benefits or SSI payments. SSA must collect
information at each step of the administrative process to adjudicate
claims fairly and efficiently. SSA collects this information to
establish a claimant's right to administrative review and the severity
of the claimant's alleged impairments. SSA uses the information to
determine entitlement or continuing eligibility to DIB or SSI payments
and to enable appeals of these determinations. In addition, SSA
collects information on Forms HA-85 and HA-86 to allow claimants to
withdraw a hearing request or an Appeals Council review request. The
respondents are applicants for title II SSDI benefits or title XVI SSI
payments; their appointed representatives; legal advocates; medical
sources; and schools.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Estimated
Number of Frequency of Average burden total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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404.961, 416.1461, 405.330, and 405.366......... 12,220 1 20 4,073
404.950, 416.1450, and 405.332.................. 1,040 1 20 347
404.949 and 416.1449............................ 2,868 1 60 2,868
405.334......................................... 20 1 60 20
404.957, 416.1457, and 405.380.................. 21,041 1 10 3,507
405.381......................................... 37 1 30 19
405.401......................................... 5,310 1 10 885
404.971 and 416.1471 (HA-85; HA-86)............. 1,606 1 10 268
404.982 and 416.1482............................ 1,687 1 30 844
404.987 & 404.988 and 416.1487 & 416.1488 and 12,425 1 30 6,213
405.601........................................
405.372(c)...................................... 5,310 1 10 885
405.1(b)(5) 405.372(b).......................... 833 1 30 417
405.505......................................... 833 1 30 417
405.1(c)(2)..................................... 5,310 1 10 885
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405.20.......................................... 5,310 1 10 885
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Totals...................................... 75,850 .............. .............. 22,533
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Dated: July 23, 2013.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-18005 Filed 7-25-13; 8:45 am]
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