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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA–2020–0006]
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, and one new 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:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
(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:
OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
Or you may submit your comments
online through www.regulations.gov,
referencing Docket ID Number [SSA–
2020–0006].
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 April 27,
2020. Individuals can obtain copies of
the collection instruments by writing to
the above email address.
1. Agreement to Sell Property—20
CFR 416.1240–1245—0960–0127.
Individuals or couples who are
otherwise eligible for Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) payments, but
whose resources exceed the allowable
limit, may receive conditional payments
if they agree to dispose of the excess
non-liquid resources and make
repayments. SSA uses Form SSA–8060–
U3 to document this agreement, and to
ensure the individuals understand their
obligations. Respondents are applicants
for, and recipients of, SSI payments who
will be disposing of excess non-liquid
resources.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–8060–U3 .........................................
20,000
1
10
3,333
* 10.22
** 34,063
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* We based this figure on average DI payments, as reported in SSA’s disability insurance payment 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. Supported Employment
Demonstration (SED)—0960–0806.
Sponsored by SSA, the SED builds on
the success of the intervention designed
for the Mental Health Treatment Study
(MHTS) previously funded by SSA. The
MHTS provides integrated mental
health and vocational services to
disability beneficiaries with mental
illness. The SED offers the same services
to individuals with mental illness who
SSA denied Social Security disability
benefits. SSA seeks to determine
whether offering this evidence-based
package of integrated vocational and
mental health services to denied
disability applicants fosters
employment that leads to selfsufficiency, improved mental health and
quality of life, and reduced demand for
disability benefits. The SED uses a
randomized controlled trial to compare
the outcomes of two treatment groups,
and a control group. Study participation
spans 36 months beginning on the day
following the date of randomization to
one of the three study groups. The SED
study population consists of individuals
aged 18 to 50 who apply for disability
benefits alleging a mental illness and
the initial decision is a denial of
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benefits in the past 60 days. The SED
will enroll up to 1,000 participants in
each of the three study arms for a total
of 3,000 participants: 40 participants in
each of three study arms for the 20
urban sites equaling an n of 2,400 urban
site participants; and 20 participants in
each of three arms for the 10 rural sites
equaling an n of 600 rural site
participants. We randomly select and
assign each enrolled participant to one
of three study arms:
• Full-Service Treatment (n = 1,000).
The multi-component service model
from the MHTS comprises the FullService Treatment. At its core are an
Individual Placement and Support (IPS)
supported employment specialist and
behavioral health specialist providing
IPS supported employment services
integrated with behavioral health care.
Participants in the full-service treatment
group will also receive the services of a
Nurse Care Coordinator who
coordinates Systematic Medication
Management services, as well assistance
with: Out-of-pocket expenses associated
with prescription behavioral health
medications; work-related expenses;
and services and treatment not covered
by the participant’s health insurance.
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• Basic-Service Treatment (n =
1,000). The Basic-Service Treatment
model leaves intact IPS supported
employment integrated with behavioral
health services as the centerpiece of the
intervention arm. The Basic-Service
Treatment is essentially the Full-Service
model without the services of the Nurse
Care Coordinator, Systematic
Medication Management, and the funds
associated with out-of-pocket expenses
for prescription behavioral health
medications.
• Usual Services (n = 1,000). This
study arm represents a control group
against which the two treatment groups
we can compare. Participants assigned
to this group seek services as they
normally would (or would not) in their
community. However, at the time of
randomization, each Usual Service
participant will receive a
comprehensive manual describing
mental health and vocational services in
their locale, along with state and
national resources.
This study will test the two treatment
conditions against each other and
against the control group on multiple
outcomes of policy interest to SSA. The
key outcomes of interest include: (1)
Employment; (2) earnings; (3) income;
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(4) mental status; (5) quality of life; (6)
health services utilization; and (7) SSA
disability benefit receipt and amount.
SSA is also interested in the study take
up rate (participation), knowing who
enrolls (and who does not), and fidelity
to evidence-based treatments, among
other aspects of implementation. Data
collection for the evaluation of the SED
will consist of the following activities:
Baseline in-person participant
interviews; quarterly participant
telephone interviews; receipt of SSA
administrative record data; and
collection of site-level program data.
Evaluation team members will also
conduct site visits involving: (1) Previsit environmental scans in order to
understand the local context in which
SED services are embedded; (2)
independent fidelity assessments in
conjunction with those carried out by
state Mental Health/Vocational
Rehabilitation staff; (3) key informant
interviews with the IPS specialist, the
nurse care coordinator, the case
manager, and facility director; (4) focus
groups with participants in the Full-
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
Number of
respondents
Frequency
of response
Competency and CIDI Screener ...............................................
Baseline Interview .....................................................................
Quarterly Interview (Quarters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 11) ..
Annual Interview (Quarters 4, 8, and 11) .................................
Fidelity Assessment Participant Interview ................................
Key Informant Interview ............................................................
Participant Focus Groups .........................................................
Person-Centered Interview .......................................................
1,878
3,000
3,000
3,000
180
120
600
180
1
1
9
3
4
4
2
4
1,878
3,000
27,000
9,000
720
480
1,200
720
75
45
20
30
60
60
60
60
2,348
2,250
9,000
4,500
720
480
1,200
720
* 7.50
* 7.50
* 7.50
* 7.50
* 7.50
* 17.22
* 7.50
* 7.50
** 17,610
** 16,875
** 67,500
** 33,750
** 5,400
** 8,266
** 9,000
** 5,400
Totals .................................................................................
11,958
....................
43,998
....................
21,218
....................
** 163,801
Modality of completion
Number of
responses
Service and Basic-Service Treatment
groups; and (5) ethnographic data
collection consisting of observations in
the natural environment and personcentered interviews with participants
and non-participants. The respondents
are study participants and nonparticipants, family members, IPS
specialists, nurse care coordinators, case
managers, and facility directors.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
* We based this figure on average hourly wage for disabled and social and human service workers, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics 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.
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
March 26, 2020. Individuals can obtain
copies of the OMB clearance packages
by writing to OR.Reports.Clearance@
ssa.gov.
1. Statement Regarding the Inferred
Death of an Individual by Reason of
Continued and Unexplained Absence—
20 CFR 404.720 & 404.721—0960–NEW.
Section 202(d)–(i) of the Social Security
Act (Act) provides for the payment of
various monthly survivor benefits, and
a lump sum death payment, to certain
survivors upon the death of an
individual who dies while fully or
currently insured. In cases where
insured wage earners have been absent
from their homes for at least seven
years, and there is no evidence these
individuals are alive, SSA may presume
they are deceased and pay their
survivors the appropriate benefits. SSA
uses the information from Form SSA–
723 to determine if we may presume a
missing wage earner is deceased, and, if
so, establish a date of presumed death.
The respondents are relatives, friends,
neighbors, or acquaintances of the
presumed deceased wage earner, or the
person who is filing for survivors
benefits.
Type of Request: Request for a new
information collection.
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency
of response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated
total
annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–723 ..................................................
3,000
1
30
1,500
* 22.50
** 33,750
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* We based this figure on average U.S. citizen’s hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics 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. Supplemental Security Income
(SSI)—Quality Review Case Analysis—
0960–0133. To assess the SSI program
and ensure the accuracy of its payments,
SSA conducts legally mandated
periodic SSI case analysis quality
reviews. SSA uses Form SSA–8508–BK,
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and the electronic Excel application
version, e8505, to conduct these
reviews, collecting information on
operating efficiency; the quality of
underlying policies; and the effect of
incorrect payments. SSA also uses the
data to determine SSI program payment
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accuracy rate, which is a performance
measure for the agency’s service
delivery goals. Respondents are the
recipients of SSI payments which SSA
randomly selects for quality reviews.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
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Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency
of response
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–8508–BK (paper interview) .............
e8508 (electronic interview) .....................
230
4,370
1
1
60
60
230
4,370
* 10.22
* 10.22
** 2,351
** 44,661
Totals ................................................
4,600
........................
........................
4,600
........................
** 47,012
* We based this figure on average DI payments, as reported in SSA’s disability insurance payment 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: February 19, 2020.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020–03669 Filed 2–24–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4191–02–P
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No. SSA–2017–0046]
Rescission of Social Security
Acquiescence Ruling 86–3(5)
Social Security Administration.
Notice of Rescission of Social
Security Acquiescence Ruling 86–3(5)—
Martinez v. Heckler, 735 F.2d 795 (5th
Cir. 1984) —Disability Program—
Individuals Who Are Illiterate and
Unable To Communicate in English—
Titles II and XVI of the Social Security
Act.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with 20 CFR
402.35(b)(2), 404.985(e)(4) and
416.1485(e)(4), the Commissioner of
Social Security gives notice of the
rescission of Social Security
Acquiescence Ruling (AR) 86–3(5).
DATES: We will apply this rescission
notice on April 27, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan
O’Brien, Office of Disability Policy,
Social Security Administration, 6401
Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21235–6401, (410) 597–1632.
For information on eligibility or filing
for benefits, call our national toll-free
number, 1–800–772–1213, or TTY 1–
800–325–0778, or visit our internet site,
Social Security Online, at https://
www.socialsecurity.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We use
ARs in accordance with 20 CFR
402.35(b)(2), 404.985(a), (b), and
416.1485(a), (b) to explain how we
apply a holding in a United States Court
of Appeals decision that we determine
conflicts with our interpretation of a
provision of the Social Security Act
(Act) or regulations when the
Government has decided not to seek
further review of that decision or is
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unsuccessful on further review. As
provided by 20 CFR 404.985(e)(4) and
416.1485(e)(4), we may rescind an AR as
obsolete and apply our interpretation of
the Act or regulations if we
subsequently clarify, modify or revoke
the regulation or ruling that was the
subject of a circuit court holding that we
determined conflicts with our
interpretation of the Social Security Act
or regulations.
In 1984, in Martinez v. Heckler, the
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
considered the issue of whether the
vocational rules 1 applicable to those
individuals who were illiterate or
unable to communicate in English were
applicable to individuals who were
illiterate and unable to communicate in
English.
The court concluded that because Mr.
Martinez was both illiterate and unable
to communicate in English, he did not
fall within the criteria set forth in Rule
201.23 (sedentary, younger individual
aged 18–44, illiterate or unable to
communicate in English, unskilled or
no work). The implication of the
decision was that the rule did not apply
to individuals who were both illiterate
and unable to communicate in English.
In response to the decision, we issued
AR 86–3(5).2 In the ruling, we explained
that we must make a finding on
illiteracy and inability to communicate
in English when both are alleged or
appear to be in question for an
individual residing in Texas,
Mississippi, or Louisiana and seeking
disability benefits or continuation of
disability benefits under Title II or Title
XVI. We clarified that if an individual
aged 18 to 44 is limited to sedentary
work with unskilled or no work history
is found to be both illiterate and unable
to communicate in English, we cannot
apply the Rule 201.23 under the holding
of the Martinez decision. We instructed
adjudicators to use the vocational rules
1 See
20 CFR part 404 Subpart P Appendix 2.
86–3(5) applied only to cases in which the
individual resided in Texas, Mississippi or
Louisiana at the time of the determination or
decision at any level of administrative review.
2 AR
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only as guidance for decisionmaking in
such cases. We also issued the same
guidance for Rule 202.16 (light, younger
individual aged 18–44, illiterate or
unable to communicate in English,
unskilled or no work) in the ruling.
We are revising our rules to remove
the education category inability to
communicate in English on February 25,
2020. The revision will become effective
on April 27, 2020. Because we are
eliminating the education category
‘‘inability to communicate in English,’’
the instructions contained in AR 86–
3(5) will be obsolete as of that date.
Consequently, we are rescinding AR 86–
3(5) effective on April 27, 2020.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance,
Programs Nos. 96.001, Social Security—
Disability Insurance; 96.002, Social
Security—Retirement Insurance; 96.004,
Social Security—Survivors Insurance;
96.006—Supplemental Security Income.)
Dated: January 30, 2020.
Andrew Saul,
Commissioner of Social Security.
[FR Doc. 2020–03201 Filed 2–24–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4191–02–P
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 11033]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Request for Determination
of Possible Loss of United States
Citizenship
Notice of request for public
comment and submission to OMB of
proposed collection of information.
ACTION:
The Department of State has
submitted the information collection
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we
are requesting comments on this
collection from all interested
individuals and organizations. The
purpose of this Notice is to allow 30
days for public comment.
SUMMARY:
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2020-0006]
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, and one new
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-2020-0006].
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
April 27, 2020. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
1. Agreement to Sell Property--20 CFR 416.1240-1245--0960-0127.
Individuals or couples who are otherwise eligible for Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) payments, but whose resources exceed the
allowable limit, may receive conditional payments if they agree to
dispose of the excess non-liquid resources and make repayments. SSA
uses Form SSA-8060-U3 to document this agreement, and to ensure the
individuals understand their obligations. Respondents are applicants
for, and recipients of, SSI payments who will be disposing of excess
non-liquid resources.
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-8060-U3....................................... 20,000 1 10 3,333 * 10.22 ** 34,063
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* We based this figure on average DI payments, as reported in SSA's disability insurance payment 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. Supported Employment Demonstration (SED)--0960-0806. Sponsored
by SSA, the SED builds on the success of the intervention designed for
the Mental Health Treatment Study (MHTS) previously funded by SSA. The
MHTS provides integrated mental health and vocational services to
disability beneficiaries with mental illness. The SED offers the same
services to individuals with mental illness who SSA denied Social
Security disability benefits. SSA seeks to determine whether offering
this evidence-based package of integrated vocational and mental health
services to denied disability applicants fosters employment that leads
to self-sufficiency, improved mental health and quality of life, and
reduced demand for disability benefits. The SED uses a randomized
controlled trial to compare the outcomes of two treatment groups, and a
control group. Study participation spans 36 months beginning on the day
following the date of randomization to one of the three study groups.
The SED study population consists of individuals aged 18 to 50 who
apply for disability benefits alleging a mental illness and the initial
decision is a denial of benefits in the past 60 days. The SED will
enroll up to 1,000 participants in each of the three study arms for a
total of 3,000 participants: 40 participants in each of three study
arms for the 20 urban sites equaling an n of 2,400 urban site
participants; and 20 participants in each of three arms for the 10
rural sites equaling an n of 600 rural site participants. We randomly
select and assign each enrolled participant to one of three study arms:
Full-Service Treatment (n = 1,000). The multi-component
service model from the MHTS comprises the Full-Service Treatment. At
its core are an Individual Placement and Support (IPS) supported
employment specialist and behavioral health specialist providing IPS
supported employment services integrated with behavioral health care.
Participants in the full-service treatment group will also receive the
services of a Nurse Care Coordinator who coordinates Systematic
Medication Management services, as well assistance with: Out-of-pocket
expenses associated with prescription behavioral health medications;
work-related expenses; and services and treatment not covered by the
participant's health insurance.
Basic-Service Treatment (n = 1,000). The Basic-Service
Treatment model leaves intact IPS supported employment integrated with
behavioral health services as the centerpiece of the intervention arm.
The Basic-Service Treatment is essentially the Full-Service model
without the services of the Nurse Care Coordinator, Systematic
Medication Management, and the funds associated with out-of-pocket
expenses for prescription behavioral health medications.
Usual Services (n = 1,000). This study arm represents a
control group against which the two treatment groups we can compare.
Participants assigned to this group seek services as they normally
would (or would not) in their community. However, at the time of
randomization, each Usual Service participant will receive a
comprehensive manual describing mental health and vocational services
in their locale, along with state and national resources.
This study will test the two treatment conditions against each
other and against the control group on multiple outcomes of policy
interest to SSA. The key outcomes of interest include: (1) Employment;
(2) earnings; (3) income;
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(4) mental status; (5) quality of life; (6) health services
utilization; and (7) SSA disability benefit receipt and amount. SSA is
also interested in the study take up rate (participation), knowing who
enrolls (and who does not), and fidelity to evidence-based treatments,
among other aspects of implementation. Data collection for the
evaluation of the SED will consist of the following activities:
Baseline in-person participant interviews; quarterly participant
telephone interviews; receipt of SSA administrative record data; and
collection of site-level program data. Evaluation team members will
also conduct site visits involving: (1) Pre-visit environmental scans
in order to understand the local context in which SED services are
embedded; (2) independent fidelity assessments in conjunction with
those carried out by state Mental Health/Vocational Rehabilitation
staff; (3) key informant interviews with the IPS specialist, the nurse
care coordinator, the case manager, and facility director; (4) focus
groups with participants in the Full-Service and Basic-Service
Treatment groups; and (5) ethnographic data collection consisting of
observations in the natural environment and person-centered interviews
with participants and non-participants. The respondents are study
participants and non-participants, family members, IPS specialists,
nurse care coordinators, case managers, and facility directors.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average Total
Average Estimated theoretical annual
Number of Frequency Number of burden per total hourly opportunity
Modality of completion respondents of response responses response annual cost cost
(minutes) burden amount (dollars)
(hours) (dollars) * **
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Competency and CIDI Screener................................. 1,878 1 1,878 75 2,348 * 7.50 ** 17,610
Baseline Interview........................................... 3,000 1 3,000 45 2,250 * 7.50 ** 16,875
Quarterly Interview (Quarters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 3,000 9 27,000 20 9,000 * 7.50 ** 67,500
11).........................................................
Annual Interview (Quarters 4, 8, and 11)..................... 3,000 3 9,000 30 4,500 * 7.50 ** 33,750
Fidelity Assessment Participant Interview.................... 180 4 720 60 720 * 7.50 ** 5,400
Key Informant Interview...................................... 120 4 480 60 480 * 17.22 ** 8,266
Participant Focus Groups..................................... 600 2 1,200 60 1,200 * 7.50 ** 9,000
Person-Centered Interview.................................... 180 4 720 60 720 * 7.50 ** 5,400
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Totals................................................... 11,958 ........... 43,998 ........... 21,218 ........... ** 163,801
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* We based this figure on average hourly wage for disabled and social and human service workers, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics 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.
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 March 26, 2020. Individuals can obtain copies of the
OMB clearance packages by writing to [email protected].
1. Statement Regarding the Inferred Death of an Individual by
Reason of Continued and Unexplained Absence--20 CFR 404.720 & 404.721--
0960-NEW. Section 202(d)-(i) of the Social Security Act (Act) provides
for the payment of various monthly survivor benefits, and a lump sum
death payment, to certain survivors upon the death of an individual who
dies while fully or currently insured. In cases where insured wage
earners have been absent from their homes for at least seven years, and
there is no evidence these individuals are alive, SSA may presume they
are deceased and pay their survivors the appropriate benefits. SSA uses
the information from Form SSA-723 to determine if we may presume a
missing wage earner is deceased, and, if so, establish a date of
presumed death. The respondents are relatives, friends, neighbors, or
acquaintances of the presumed deceased wage earner, or the person who
is filing for survivors benefits.
Type of Request: Request for a new 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-723........................................... 3,000 1 30 1,500 * 22.50 ** 33,750
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* We based this figure on average U.S. citizen's hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics 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. Supplemental Security Income (SSI)--Quality Review Case
Analysis--0960-0133. To assess the SSI program and ensure the accuracy
of its payments, SSA conducts legally mandated periodic SSI case
analysis quality reviews. SSA uses Form SSA-8508-BK, and the electronic
Excel application version, e8505, to conduct these reviews, collecting
information on operating efficiency; the quality of underlying
policies; and the effect of incorrect payments. SSA also uses the data
to determine SSI program payment accuracy rate, which is a performance
measure for the agency's service delivery goals. Respondents are the
recipients of SSI payments which SSA randomly selects for quality
reviews.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average Estimated theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of burden per total annual hourly cost opportunity
respondents response response burden amount cost
(minutes) (hours) (dollars) * (dollars) **
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SSA-8508-BK (paper interview)........................... 230 1 60 230 * 10.22 ** 2,351
e8508 (electronic interview)............................ 4,370 1 60 4,370 * 10.22 ** 44,661
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Totals.............................................. 4,600 .............. .............. 4,600 .............. ** 47,012
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* We based this figure on average DI payments, as reported in SSA's disability insurance payment 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: February 19, 2020.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-03669 Filed 2-24-20; 8:45 am]
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