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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Requests
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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 (Pub. L.) 104–13, the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
effective October 1, 1995. This notice
includes extensions and revisions of
OMB-approved information collections,
new information collections, and an
information collection in use without an
OMB number.
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. Submit your
comments online referencing Docket ID
Number [SSA–2023–0040].
(SSA) Social Security Administration,
OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance Director,
Mail Stop 3252 Altmeyer, 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 https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain, referencing Docket
ID Number [SSA–2023–0040].
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 December 12,
2023. Individuals can obtain copies of
the collection instruments by writing to
the above email address.
1. Appointed Representative
Availability Portal for SSA Hearings—
20 CFR 404.929, 404.933, 404.1740,
416.1429, 416.1433, 416.1540, 418.1350,
422.203—0960–NEW. As part of the
appeal process, claimants can request a
hearing with an Administrative Law
Judge. As per sections 20 CFR
404.1740(b)(3)(iii) and
416.1540(b)(3)(iii) of the Code of Federal
Regulations (Code), representatives,
when asked, have an affirmative duty to
provide potential availability for
hearings. When the SSA schedules
hearings, it usually considers the
availability of appointed
representatives. Historically,
representatives provide their hearing
availability to schedulers via telephone
or email, using a process for gathering
and considering representative
availability that is not standardized and
varies greatly amongst the regional
centralized scheduling units (RCSUs).
In the Spring of 2023, SSA launched
a new web-based portal called the
Enhanced Representative Availability
Process (ERAP) to provide
representatives with a uniform,
standardized, and streamlined
representative availability collection
process. The new web-based
Representative Availability Portal
(Portal) marks the next step in
modernizing SSA’s scheduling practices
for hearings. We expect use of the Portal
will result in receiving consistent
structured data from appointed
representatives, which will allow for a
more streamlined and effective hearing
scheduling process. The Portal also
meets a longstanding customerexperience request by the representative
community, one of SSA’s key
stakeholders in the process.
This collection asks respondents to
submit their availability for hearings
through the Portal on a rolling, monthly
basis. The respondent can be the
representative or a delegated official
from the appointed representative’s firm
or Designated Scheduling Group (DSG).
The respondents will request
availability five months in advance of
the hearing. Respondents who chose not
to use the Portal will continue to be able
to submit their availability via email.
Once a submission period closes, SSA
will schedule the hearings. SSA will
schedule hearings even if a respondent
has not submitted the representative’s
availability.
SSA plans to roll the Portal out to all
appointed representatives registered
with the Registration, Appointment, and
Services for Representatives (RASR)
application who regularly conduct
business with SSA through RASR.
Respondents will need to have a
mySocial Security account to use the
Portal and be registered into the Portal
by SSA systems. Respondents who wish
to use the Portal, but who are not
registered with RASR, or who do not
have a Representative ID, must provide
SSA systems with the necessary data,
including name and SSN, to complete
the Portal registration process. Portal
response options will include DSG
group, hearing region, availability
during the period of submission, and
respondent-preferred case maximums,
and will allow SSA to obtain the
information we require to schedule
hearings for attendees.
Respondents are authorized
representatives and delegated officials
from appointed representative firms or
DSG.
Type of Request: Request for a new
information collection.
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Number of
responses
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated
total
annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly
cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
ERAP Portal ..................................................
4,000
12
48,0000
20
16,000
* $29.76
** $476,160
* We based this figure on average U.S. worker’s hourly wages; State and local government worker’s salaries; and attorney representative payee wages as reported
by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.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.
2. Medicaid Use Report—20 CFR
416.268—0960–0267. Section 1619(b) of
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payments and (2) special SSI eligibility
status for a person who works despite a
disabling condition. Section 20 CFR
416.268 of the Code also provides that
to qualify for special SSI eligibility
status, an individual must establish that
termination of eligibility for benefits
under Title XIX of the Act would
seriously inhibit their ability to
continue employment. The collected
information is used to determine if an
individual is entitled to special Title
XVI SSI payments and, consequently, to
Medicaid or Medi-Cal.
In most cases, if an SSI beneficiary is
blind or disabled, regardless of age, and
• Without Medicaid (Medi-Cal, etc.),
would you be unable to pay your
medical bills if you become ill or
injured in the next 12 months?
Generally, a response of ‘‘yes’’ to one
of those three questions will lead to SSA
determining that an SSI recipient whose
payments have stopped based on
earnings, is entitled to special SSI
payments and, consequently, to
Medicaid benefits under section 1619
(b) of the Act. The respondents are SSI
recipients for whom SSA has stopped
payments based on earnings.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
they have Medicaid before beginning to
work again, they can retain their
Medicaid benefits while continuing to
work as long as their disabling
condition still exists. During a personal
or telephone Redetermination interview
with the SSI recipient, an SSA
employee asks the following questions:
• Have you used any medical care or
services in the past 12 months that were
paid for by Medicaid (or Medi-Cal, etc.)?
• Do you expect to receive any
medical care or services in the next 12
months that will be paid for by
Medicaid (or Medi-Cal, etc.)?
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
20 CFR 416.268 SSI Claims System ...........
99,000
1
3
Estimated
total
annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly
cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average
wait time
in field
offices and
teleservice
centers
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
4,950
* $12.81
** 21
*** $507,276
* We based this figure on average SSI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2023 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2023factsheet.pdf).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2023 wait times for field offices and 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. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the application.
3. Appeal of Determination for Extra
Help with Medicare Prescription Drug
Costs—0960–0695. Public Law 108–173,
also known as the Medicare Prescription
Drug, Improvement and Modernization
Act of 2003 (MMA), amended Title
XVIII of the Act to establish a subsidy
program to help certain individuals
with limited income and resources pay
for Medicare Part D prescription drug
coverage. This subsidy program is
commonly referred to as Extra Help.
Individuals seeking Extra Help may
apply via the SSA–1020 paper form or
i1020 online application (OMB No.
0960–0696). If SSA determines that the
claimant is not eligible for Extra Help,
SSA will mail a notice to the claimant
indicating the claim is denied. Extra
Help denial notices include appeal
rights and explain how to request an
appeal.
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Modality of
completion
Individuals learn about the appeal
process for Extra Help via determination
notices, 800# representatives, as well as
SSA and CMS websites. Individuals
voluntarily initiate the Extra Help
appeal process by printing the form
from SSA’s online website and sending
the completed form to SSA, contacting
SSA’s 800 Number to request an appeal,
or going into the field office to request
the appeal. If the individual chooses to
call the 800# or go into the field office,
an SSA technician enters the
individual’s request into the MAPS
system. The request is then
electronically sent to the Subsidy
Determination Unit, who then schedules
an appointment for the appeal and
sends an appointment notice to the
individual. Individuals who appeal
SSA’s decision regarding eligibility or
continuing eligibility for Medicare Part
Number of
respondents
Estimated
total
annual
burden
(hours)
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
D Extra Help must complete Form SSA–
1021. The respondent may mail the
completed form to either the local field
office or to the Wilkes-Barre Direct
Operations Center. The respondent may
also complete the form with assistance
from an SSA technician via an in-person
interview at the Field Office or over the
telephone. All claims are entered into
Medicare Application Processing
System (MAPS), which automatically
adjudicates claims based on the data
input by SSA technicians. Respondents
are Medicare beneficiaries, or proper
applicants acting on behalf of a
Medicare beneficiary, who do not agree
with the outcome of an SSA Extra Help
eligibility determination and want to
file an appeal.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
theoretical
hourly
cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average
wait time
in field
office
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
SSA–1021—(Paper version) .........................
SSA–1021—(Internet version: MAPS) ..........
1,859
5,291
1
1
10
10
310
882
* $29.76
* 29.76
........................
** 24
*** $9,226
*** 89,220
Totals .....................................................
7,150
........................
........................
1,192
........................
........................
*** 98,446
* We based this figure on average U.S. worker’s hourly wages; State and local government worker’s salaries; and attorney representative payee wages as reported
by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2023 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.
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Dated: October 10, 2023.
Naomi R. Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Office of
Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social
Security Administration.
Council on African Diaspora
Engagement.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12219]
Notice of Determinations; Culturally
Significant Objects Being Imported for
Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘Botticelli
Drawings’’ Exhibition
[FR Doc. 2023–22655 Filed 10–12–23; 8:45 am]
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Notice is hereby given of the
following determinations: I hereby
determine that certain objects being
imported from abroad pursuant to
agreements with their foreign owners or
custodians for temporary display in the
exhibition ‘‘Botticelli Drawings’’ at the
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,
Legion of Honor, San Francisco,
California, and at possible additional
exhibitions or venues yet to be
determined, are of cultural significance,
and, further, that their temporary
exhibition or display within the United
States as aforementioned is in the
national interest. I have ordered that
Public Notice of these determinations be
published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator,
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S.
Department of State (telephone: 202–
632–6471; email: section2459@
state.gov). The mailing address is U.S.
Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street
NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington,
DC 20522–0505.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
foregoing determinations were made
pursuant to the authority vested in me
by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat.
985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order
12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign
Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of
1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C.
6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999,
Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of
August 28, 2000, and Delegation of
Authority No. 523 of December 22,
2021.
SUMMARY:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12218]
Notice of Determinations; Culturally
Significant Object Being Imported for
Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘Bellini
and Giorgione: In the House of Taddeo
Contarini’’ Exhibition
Notice is hereby given of the
following determinations: I hereby
determine that a certain object being
imported from abroad pursuant to an
agreement with its foreign owner or
custodian for temporary display in the
exhibition ‘‘Bellini and Giorgione: In the
House of Taddeo Contarini’’ at The
Frick Collection, New York, New York,
and at possible additional exhibitions or
venues yet to be determined, is of
cultural significance, and, further, that
its temporary exhibition or display
within the United States as
aforementioned is in the national
interest. I have ordered that Public
Notice of these determinations be
published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator,
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S.
Department of State (telephone: 202–
632–6471; email: section2459@
state.gov). The mailing address is U.S.
Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street
NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington,
DC 20522–0505.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
foregoing determinations were made
pursuant to the authority vested in me
by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat.
985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order
12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign
Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of
1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C.
6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999,
Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of
August 28, 2000, and Delegation of
Authority No. 523 of December 22,
2021.
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SUMMARY:
Nicole L. Elkon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional
and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department
of State.
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Nicole L. Elkon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional
and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department
of State.
[FR Doc. 2023–22499 Filed 10–12–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12222]
President’s Advisory Council on
African Diaspora Engagement
Department of State.
Notice of public inaugural
plenary session meeting and swearingin ceremony of the President’s Advisory
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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Pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 1001
et seq., and 41 CFR 102–3.65, the
Department of State hereby provides
notice of the inaugural plenary session
meeting and swearing-in ceremony of
the President’s Advisory Council on
African Diaspora Engagement (‘‘the
Advisory Council’’).
DATES: The Advisory Council will host
a public inaugural plenary session and
swearing-in ceremony on Monday,
October 30, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deniece Laurent-Mantey at email;
Laurent-ManteyDO@state.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
inaugural meeting for the Advisory
Council will take place at the White
House and will be broadcast live on the
internet. Individuals requesting a link to
the livestream should RSVP to Ms.
Laurent-Mantey at the email address
above, not later than October 23, 2023,
for instructions on how to access the
meeting. Persons needing reasonable
accommodation should make that
request when they RSVP. Requests
made after October 23 will be
considered but might not be possible to
fulfill.
The primary mission of the Advisory
Council is to provide counsel to the
President on enhancing the connections
between the United States Government
and the African Diaspora within the
United States, aligning with the
objectives outlined in the U.S. Strategy
Toward Sub-Saharan Africa.
The activities of the Advisory Council
encompass strategies to advance equity
and opportunity for African Diaspora
communities, ways to support the
United Nations’ Permanent Forum on
People of African Descent, programs
and initiatives to strengthen cultural,
social, political, and economic ties
between African communities, the
global African Diaspora, and the United
States, and programs and initiatives to
increase participation of members of the
African Diaspora in the United States
with regard to trade, investment,
economic growth, and development
programs relating to Africa. Established
in accordance with Executive Order
14089, the Advisory Council operates
under the administrative authority of
the Secretary of State and under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act.
This announcement might appear in
the Federal Register less than 15 days
prior to the meeting. The Department of
State finds that there is an exceptional
circumstance in that this advisory
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2023-0040]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Requests
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 (Pub. L.)
104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995.
This notice includes extensions and revisions of OMB-approved
information collections, new information collections, and an
information collection in use without an OMB number.
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]. Submit
your comments online referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2023-0040].
(SSA) Social Security Administration, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance
Director, Mail Stop 3252 Altmeyer, 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-
2023-0040].
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
December 12, 2023. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
1. Appointed Representative Availability Portal for SSA Hearings--
20 CFR 404.929, 404.933, 404.1740, 416.1429, 416.1433, 416.1540,
418.1350, 422.203--0960-NEW. As part of the appeal process, claimants
can request a hearing with an Administrative Law Judge. As per sections
20 CFR 404.1740(b)(3)(iii) and 416.1540(b)(3)(iii) of the Code of
Federal Regulations (Code), representatives, when asked, have an
affirmative duty to provide potential availability for hearings. When
the SSA schedules hearings, it usually considers the availability of
appointed representatives. Historically, representatives provide their
hearing availability to schedulers via telephone or email, using a
process for gathering and considering representative availability that
is not standardized and varies greatly amongst the regional centralized
scheduling units (RCSUs).
In the Spring of 2023, SSA launched a new web-based portal called
the Enhanced Representative Availability Process (ERAP) to provide
representatives with a uniform, standardized, and streamlined
representative availability collection process. The new web-based
Representative Availability Portal (Portal) marks the next step in
modernizing SSA's scheduling practices for hearings. We expect use of
the Portal will result in receiving consistent structured data from
appointed representatives, which will allow for a more streamlined and
effective hearing scheduling process. The Portal also meets a
longstanding customer-experience request by the representative
community, one of SSA's key stakeholders in the process.
This collection asks respondents to submit their availability for
hearings through the Portal on a rolling, monthly basis. The respondent
can be the representative or a delegated official from the appointed
representative's firm or Designated Scheduling Group (DSG). The
respondents will request availability five months in advance of the
hearing. Respondents who chose not to use the Portal will continue to
be able to submit their availability via email. Once a submission
period closes, SSA will schedule the hearings. SSA will schedule
hearings even if a respondent has not submitted the representative's
availability.
SSA plans to roll the Portal out to all appointed representatives
registered with the Registration, Appointment, and Services for
Representatives (RASR) application who regularly conduct business with
SSA through RASR. Respondents will need to have a mySocial Security
account to use the Portal and be registered into the Portal by SSA
systems. Respondents who wish to use the Portal, but who are not
registered with RASR, or who do not have a Representative ID, must
provide SSA systems with the necessary data, including name and SSN, to
complete the Portal registration process. Portal response options will
include DSG group, hearing region, availability during the period of
submission, and respondent-preferred case maximums, and will allow SSA
to obtain the information we require to schedule hearings for
attendees.
Respondents are authorized representatives and delegated officials
from appointed representative firms or DSG.
Type of Request: Request for a new information collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of Number of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
respondents response responses (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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ERAP Portal...................... 4,000 12 48,0000 20 16,000 * $29.76 ** $476,160
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* We based this figure on average U.S. worker's hourly wages; State and local government worker's salaries; and attorney representative payee wages as
reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.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.
2. Medicaid Use Report--20 CFR 416.268--0960-0267. Section 1619(b)
of the Social Security Act (Act) and 20 CFR 416.268 of the Code require
SSA to determine eligibility for: (1) special Supplemental Security
Income (SSI)
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payments and (2) special SSI eligibility status for a person who works
despite a disabling condition. Section 20 CFR 416.268 of the Code also
provides that to qualify for special SSI eligibility status, an
individual must establish that termination of eligibility for benefits
under Title XIX of the Act would seriously inhibit their ability to
continue employment. The collected information is used to determine if
an individual is entitled to special Title XVI SSI payments and,
consequently, to Medicaid or Medi-Cal.
In most cases, if an SSI beneficiary is blind or disabled,
regardless of age, and they have Medicaid before beginning to work
again, they can retain their Medicaid benefits while continuing to work
as long as their disabling condition still exists. During a personal or
telephone Redetermination interview with the SSI recipient, an SSA
employee asks the following questions:
Have you used any medical care or services in the past 12
months that were paid for by Medicaid (or Medi-Cal, etc.)?
Do you expect to receive any medical care or services in
the next 12 months that will be paid for by Medicaid (or Medi-Cal,
etc.)?
Without Medicaid (Medi-Cal, etc.), would you be unable to
pay your medical bills if you become ill or injured in the next 12
months?
Generally, a response of ``yes'' to one of those three questions
will lead to SSA determining that an SSI recipient whose payments have
stopped based on earnings, is entitled to special SSI payments and,
consequently, to Medicaid benefits under section 1619 (b) of the Act.
The respondents are SSI recipients for whom SSA has stopped payments
based on earnings.
Type of Request: Extension 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 total theoretical offices and opportunity
Modality of completion respondents response per response annual burden hourly cost teleservice cost (dollars)
(minutes) (hours) amount centers ***
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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20 CFR 416.268 SSI Claims System. 99,000 1 3 4,950 * $12.81 ** 21 *** $507,276
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* We based this figure on average SSI payments based on SSA's current FY 2023 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2023factsheet.pdf).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2023 wait times for field offices and 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. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the application.
3. Appeal of Determination for Extra Help with Medicare
Prescription Drug Costs--0960-0695. Public Law 108-173, also known as
the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of
2003 (MMA), amended Title XVIII of the Act to establish a subsidy
program to help certain individuals with limited income and resources
pay for Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage. This subsidy
program is commonly referred to as Extra Help.
Individuals seeking Extra Help may apply via the SSA-1020 paper
form or i1020 online application (OMB No. 0960-0696). If SSA determines
that the claimant is not eligible for Extra Help, SSA will mail a
notice to the claimant indicating the claim is denied. Extra Help
denial notices include appeal rights and explain how to request an
appeal.
Individuals learn about the appeal process for Extra Help via
determination notices, 800# representatives, as well as SSA and CMS
websites. Individuals voluntarily initiate the Extra Help appeal
process by printing the form from SSA's online website and sending the
completed form to SSA, contacting SSA's 800 Number to request an
appeal, or going into the field office to request the appeal. If the
individual chooses to call the 800# or go into the field office, an SSA
technician enters the individual's request into the MAPS system. The
request is then electronically sent to the Subsidy Determination Unit,
who then schedules an appointment for the appeal and sends an
appointment notice to the individual. Individuals who appeal SSA's
decision regarding eligibility or continuing eligibility for Medicare
Part D Extra Help must complete Form SSA-1021. The respondent may mail
the completed form to either the local field office or to the Wilkes-
Barre Direct Operations Center. The respondent may also complete the
form with assistance from an SSA technician via an in-person interview
at the Field Office or over the telephone. All claims are entered into
Medicare Application Processing System (MAPS), which automatically
adjudicates claims based on the data input by SSA technicians.
Respondents are Medicare beneficiaries, or proper applicants acting on
behalf of a Medicare beneficiary, who do not agree with the outcome of
an SSA Extra Help eligibility determination and want to file an appeal.
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-1021--(Paper version)............... 1,859 1 10 310 * $29.76 .............. *** $9,226
SSA-1021--(Internet version: MAPS)...... 5,291 1 10 882 * 29.76 ** 24 *** 89,220
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Totals.............................. 7,150 .............. .............. 1,192 .............. .............. *** 98,446
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* We based this figure on average U.S. worker's hourly wages; State and local government worker's salaries; and attorney representative payee wages as
reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2023 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.
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Dated: October 10, 2023.
Naomi R. Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance,
Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-22655 Filed 10-12-23; 8:45 am]
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