[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59618-59619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29323]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submissions for OMB
Review
The information collection package listed below has been submitted
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, in
compliance with Public Law 104-13 effective October 1, 1995, The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Information Collections Conducted by State Disability Determination
Services (DDS) on Behalf of SSA--0960-0555. The State DDSs collect
certain information to administer SSA's disability program. The
information collected is as follows: (1) medical evidence requirements
(MER)--DDSs use MER information to determine a person's physical and/or
mental status prior to making a disability determination; (2)
consultative exam (CE) provider information--DDSs use the CE provider
information to verify medical providers' credentials and licenses
before hiring them to conduct CEs; (3) CEs--DDSs use CE information to
make disability determinations when the claimant's own medical sources
cannot or will not provide the information; DDSs use the information
obtained from claimants under the CE process to obtain release of
medical information to personal physicians and to confirm scheduled CE
appointments; (4) activities of daily living--this information and
other medical evidence are part of the evidentiary documentation used
by the DDS's in evaluating a person's disability; and (5) pain
information--this information is used by the DDSs to assess the effects
of symptoms on functionality for determining disability. The
respondents are medical providers and disability claimants.
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MER: (Respondents-Medical Providers)
Number of Responses: 9,182,836.
Frequency of Response: Unknown.
Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimate Annual Burden: 2,295,709 hours.
CE: (Respondents-Medical Providers)
Number of Responses: 3,001,500.
Frequency of Response: Unknown.
Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,500,750 hours.
CE: (Respondents-Claimants)
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Appointment form Medical release
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Number of Respondents............ 750,375.......... 1,500,750.
Frequency of Response............ 2................ 2.
Average Burden Per Response...... 5 minutes........ 5 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden.......... 125,062 hours.... 250,125 hours
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CE Providers (Respondents-Medical Providers)
Number of Responses: 6,300.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden: 20 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 2,100 hours.
ADL: (Respondents-Claimants)
Number of Responses: 2,264,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 566,000 hours.
Pain: (Respondents-Claimants)
Number of Responses: 1,000,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Average Burden: 250,000 hours.
In addition to your comments on the accuracy of the Agency's burden
estimate, we are soliciting comments on 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.
Written comments and recommendations regarding the information
collection should be directed within 30 days to the OMB Desk Officer
and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following addresses:
(OMB), Office of Management and Budget, OIRA, Attn: Desk Officer for
SSA, New Executive Office Building, Room 10230, 725 17th St., NW,
Washington, D.C. 20503.
(SSA), Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Frederick W.
Brickenkamp, 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore,
MD 21235.
To receive a copy of any of the forms or clearance packages, call
the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4145 or write to him at
the address listed above.
Dated: October 27, 1998.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-29323 Filed 11-3-98; 8:45 am]
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