[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 55797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26729]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request
In compliance with Public Law 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, SSA is providing notice of its information collections that
require submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 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 on ways to minimize burden on
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
The information collections listed below will be submitted to OMB
within 60 days from the date of this notice. Therefore, comments and
recommendations regarding the information collections would be most
useful if received by the Agency within 60 days from the date of this
publication. Comments should be directed to the SSA Reports Clearance
Officer at the address listed at the end of the notices. You can obtain
a copy of the collection instruments by calling the SSA Reports
Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4145, or by writing to him.
1. Worker Compensation Letter, SSA-L1708; Worker Compensation
Questionnaire, SSA-1708-0960-NEW. A review of SSA records revealed that
beneficiaries receiving disability benefits, who were first placed in
workers compensation offset, have an extremely high potential for
payment error, because an increase in or expiration of workers
compensation was not reported for/by such beneficiaries. Therefore, SSA
is proposing to test a new form that collects information on changes in
WC status. The information collected will be used to evaluate whether
this is an effective method of detecting changes in workers
compensation payments and determining payment accuracy. The respondents
are a random sample of beneficiaries receiving disability benefits with
workers compensation offset.
Number of Respondents 200.
Frequency of Response 1.
Average Burden Per Response 10 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden 33 hours.
2. Payee Interview, SSA-835; Beneficiary Interview, SSA-836;
Custodian Interview, SSA-837-0960-0588. SSA is conducting a three-tier
review process of the representative payee program. As part of this
review process, SSA will conduct interviews with title II Disability
Insurance and title XVI Supplemental Security Income recipients and
their representative payees. The information obtained on the interview
forms will be used to assess the effectiveness of the policies and
procedures that govern the postentitlement selection and appointment of
the approximately 7 million payees in the title II and title XVI
programs.
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SSA-835 SSA-836 SSA-837
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Number of Respondents........................................... 1,000 500 190
Frequency of Response........................................... 1 1 1
Average Burden Per Response (Minutes)........................... 20 15 10
Estimated Annual Burden (Hours)................................. 333 125 32
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Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Frederick W.
Brickenkamp, 6401 Security Blvd., 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., Baltimore,
MD 21235.
Dated: October 7, 1999.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-26729 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]
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