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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60721-60726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21667]

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No: SSA-2022-0050]

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.
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.
Comments: https://www.reginfo.gov/

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public/do/PRAMain. Submit your comments online referencing Docket ID
Number [SSA-2022-0050].
(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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#18574a364a7d68776a6c6b365b747d796a79767b7d586b6b79367f776e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="622d304c3007120d1016114c210e070310030c0107221111034c050d14">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
Or you may submit your comments online through <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>, referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2022-0050].

I. The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will
submit it 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 5, 2022. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instrument by writing to the above email address.
Advance Designation of Representative Payee--0960-0814. On April
13, 2018, the President signed into law The Strengthening Protections
for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018, also known as Public Law
(Pub. L.) 115-165. Section 201 of the law allows SSA beneficiaries and
applicants under Title II, Title VIII and Title XVI, of the Social
Security Act (Act) to designate individuals to serve as a
representative payee should the need arise in the future. Section
201(j)(2) of Public Law 115-165 provides the requirements for selecting
a qualified representative payee. SSA only offers the option to advance
designate to capable adults and emancipated minors. Beneficiaries who
have an assigned representative payee, or have a representative
application in process, cannot advance designate. Form SSA-4547,
Advance Designation of Representative Payee, allows beneficiaries or
applicants the option to designate individuals in order of priority, to
serve as a representative. Beneficiaries or applicants can update or
change the advance designee order of priority at any time. SSA uses the
information on Form SSA-4547 to select a qualified representative payee
in order of priority. If the selected representative payee is unable or
unwilling to serve, or meet SSA requirements, SSA will select another
representative payee to serve in the beneficiaries and applicant's best
interest. SSA will notify beneficiaries annually of the individuals
they chose in advance to be their representative payee. The respondents
are SSA beneficiaries and claimants who want to choose an advance
designate representative.
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 cost
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours) amount office (dollars) ****
(dollars) ** (minutes) ***
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Submission of Advance Designation
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Intranet version (Paper Form SSA- * 473,052 1 6 47,305 ** $19.86 *** 24 **** $4,697,406
4547, SSI Claims System, MCS, iMain)
Internet version (mySSA)............. 327,101 1 6 32,710 ** 19.86 ............... **** 649,621
Internet version (iClaim)............ 827,257 1 6 82,726 ** 19.86 ............... **** 1,642,938
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Totals........................... 1,627,410 .............. .............. 162,741 .............. ............... **** 6,989,965
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Waiver of Advance Designation
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All Modalities (Intranet and 1,314,978 1 2 43,833 19.86 ............... **** 870,523
Internet)...........................
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Grand Totals
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Totals........................... 2,942,388 .............. .............. 206,574 .............. ............... **** 7,860,488
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* SSA enters advance designation information we receive on the paper Form SSA-4547 in the ADRP system using one of the Intranet applications.
Accordingly, we have included the paper form responses in this figure for Intranet responses.
** We based this figure by averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2022 data (<a href="https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf">https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf</a>), and the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm</a>).
*** We based this figure on the average FY 2022 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.

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 November 7, 2022. Individuals can obtain copies of
these OMB clearance packages by writing to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b6f9e498e4d3c6d9c4c2c598f5dad3d7c4d7d8d5d3f6c5c5d798d1d9c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="78372a562a1d08170a0c0b563b141d190a19161b1d380b0b19561f170e">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
1. Application for Child's Insurance Benefits--20 CFR 404.350-
404.368, 404.603, & 416.350--0960-0010. Title II of the Act provides
for the payment of monthly benefits to children of an insured retired,
disabled, or deceased worker. Section 202(d) of the Act discloses the
conditions and requirements the applicant must meet when filing an
application. SSA uses the information on Form SSA-4-BK to determine
entitlement for children of living and deceased workers to monthly
Social Security payments. Respondents are guardians completing the form
on behalf of the children of living or deceased workers, or the
children of living or deceased workers.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.

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SSA-4-BK (Life Claim) Paper.......... 2,180 1 12 436 * 28.01 0 *** 12,212
SSA-4-BK (Life Claim) MCS Interview.. 284,245 1 11 52,112 * 28.01 ** 24 *** 4,644,338
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Totals........................... 515,602 .............. .............. 94,584 .............. ............... *** 8,388,490
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* We based this figure on average U.S. citizen's hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000</a>).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2022 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.

2. Statement for Determining Continuing Eligibility, Supplemental
Security Income Payment(s)--416.204--0960-0416. SSA conducts
redeterminations of disability to determine whether Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) recipients: (1) have met and continue to meet all
statutory and regulatory requirements for SSI eligibility; and (2) are
receiving the correct SSI payment amount. SSA makes these
redeterminations through periodic use of Form SSA-8203-BK. SSA conducts
this legally mandated information collection in field offices via
personal contact (face-to-face or telephone interview) using the
automated SSI Claim System. The respondents are SSI recipients or their
representative payees.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.

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Average wait
Average time in field
Number of Frequency of Average burden Estimated theoretical office or for Total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response total annual hourly cost teleservice opportunity cost
(minutes) burden (hours) amount centers (dollars) ***
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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SSA-8203-BK (paper version).......... 44,396 1 20 14,799 * $19.86 ** 21 *** $602,513
SSA-8203-BK (SSI Claims system)...... 1,918,702 1 19 607,589 * 19.86 ** 21 *** 25,403,621
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Totals........................... 1,963,098 .............. .............. 622,388 .............. ............... *** 26,006,134
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* We based this figure by averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2022 data (<a href="https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf">https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf</a>), and the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm</a>).
** We based this figure by averaging the average FY 2022 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 will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.

3. 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 Act and
current regulations to apply for Social Security Disability Insurance
(SSDI) benefits SSI payments. SSA collects 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 determine the severity of the claimant's
alleged impairments. SSA uses the information we collect to determine
entitlement or continuing eligibility to SSDI benefits 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 or Title XVI SSI benefits;
their appointed representatives; legal advocates; medical sources; and
schools.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB- approved information
collection.

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405.505.............................................. 833 1 30 417 * 19.86 ** 8,282
405.1(c)(2).......................................... 5,310 1 10 885 * 19.86 ** 17,576
405.20............................................... 5,310 1 10 885 * 19.86 ** 17,576
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Totals........................................... 76,300 .............. .............. 22,548 ............... ** 447,801
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* We based this figure by averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2022 data (<a href="https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf">https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf</a>), and the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm</a>).
** 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.

4. Electronic SSDI and SSI Wage Reporting: myWageReport, SSA Mobile
Wage Reporting, and Supplemental Security Income Telephone Wage
Reporting--20 CFR 404.1520(b), 404.1571-1576, 404.1584-1593, & 416.701-
416.732--0960-0715. SSA requires SSDI beneficiaries or their
representative payees to report changes when beneficiaries return to
work, when their amount of work increases, or when their earnings
increase. Similarly, SSA requires recipients of SSI, their deemors, and
representative payees to report changes in work and monthly wages. SSA
allows SSDI beneficiaries, SSI recipients, deemors, and representative
payees to report earnings via electronic means, though the methods
available depend on the type of benefits received. SSDI users may
report wages using an internet reporting system called myWageReport.
myWageReport is a secure internet reporting tool within the mySSA
portal that enables SSDI beneficiaries to submit pay stub information
to SSA. In addition to myWageReport, SSI users have two other
electronic options, the SSA Mobile Wage Reporting application (SSAMWR)
and the SSI Telephone Wage Reporting System (SSITWR). The SSITWR allows
callers to report their wages by speaking their responses through voice
recognition technology, or by keying in responses using a telephone key
pad. The SSAMWR allows recipients to report their wages through the
mobile wage reporting application on their smartphone. SSITWR and
SSAMWR systems collect the same information and send it to SSA over
secure channels. To ensure the security of the information provided,
SSITWR and SSAMWR ask respondents to provide information SSA can
compare against our records for authentication purposes. Once the
system authenticates the identity of the respondents, they can report
their wage data. The respondents are SSDI beneficiaries, SSI
recipients, SSI deemors, or representative payees.
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 Number of per response total annual hourly cost opportunity cost
respondents response responses (minutes) burden (hours) amount (dollars) ***
(dollars) **
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Training/Instruction *............... 108,280 1 108,280 35 63,163 ** $19.86 *** $1,254,417
myWageReport......................... 3,557 12 42,684 7 4,980 ** 19.86 *** 98,903
SSITWR............................... 16,341 12 196,092 5 16,341 ** 19.86 *** 324,532
SSAMWR............................... 88,382 12 1,060,584 6 106,058 ** 19.86 *** 2,106,312
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Totals........................... 216,560 .............. 1,407,640 .............. 190,542 ............... *** 3,784,164
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* SSI respondents complete training and a modality of collection. SSA is not able to break down the number of new wage reporters who receive training
and longtime wage reporters who did not receive training; therefore, the actual number may be less than the estimate we provided. SSA collects
management information data based on the number of transactions; the number of respondents has been extrapolated from that number. We do not collect
MI on unique reporters.
** We based this figure by averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2022 data (<a href="https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf">https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf</a>), and the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm</a>).
*** 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.

5. Government-to-Government Services Online website Registration
Form; Government-to-Government Services Online website Account
Modification/Deletion Form--20 CFR 401.45--0960-0757. The Government-
to-Government Services Online (GSO) website allows various external
organizations to submit files to a variety of SSA systems and, in some
cases, receive files in return. The SSA systems that process data
transferred via GSO include, but are not limited to, systems
responsible for disability processing and benefit determination or
termination. SSA uses the information on Form SSA-159, GSO website
Registration Form, to register the requestor to use the GSO website.
Once we receive the SSA-159, SSA provides the user with account
information and conducts a walkthrough of the GSO website as necessary.
Established organizations may submit Form SSA-159 to register
additional users as well. The established requesting organizations can
also complete Form SSA-160, GSO website Account Modification/Deletion
Form, to modify their online accounts (e.g., address change).
Respondents are State and local government agencies, and some private
sector business entities.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.

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6. Application Status--20 CFR 401.45--0960-0763. Application Status
provides users with the capability to check the status of their pending
Social Security claims via the National 800 Number Automated Telephone
Service. Users need their SSN and a confirmation number to access this
information. SSA systems determine the type of claim(s) the caller
filed based upon the information provided. Subsequently, the automated
telephone system provides callers with the option to choose the claim
for which they wish to obtain status. If the caller applied for
multiple claims, the automated system allows the caller to select only
one claim at a time. Once callers select the claim(s) they are calling
about, an automated voice advises them of the status of their claim.
The respondents are current Social Security claimants who wish to check
on the status of their claims.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.

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Average Average wait for
Number of Frequency of Average burden Estimated total theoretical teleservice Total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response annual burden hourly cost centers opportunity cost
(minutes) hours (hours) (dollars) * (minutes) ** (dollars) ***
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Application Status............ 790,821 1 3 39,541 $19.86 * 19 ** $5,758,764 ***
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* We based this figure by averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2022 data (<a href="https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf">https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf</a>), and the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm</a>).
** We based this figure by averaging the average FY 2022 wait times for 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 will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.

7.Report of Adult Functioning-Employer--20 CFR 404.1512 and
416.912--0960-0805. Under the authority provided in sections 205(a),
223(d)(5)(A), 1631(d)(1), and 1631(e)(1) of the Act, the agency may
collect information from each applicant for, or recipient of
(collectively referred to as ``claimant''), disability insurance
benefits (DIB) or SSI payments. We use this information as evidence to
help us determine eligibility or continued eligibility for DIB or SSI.
These sections of the Act grant us the authority to establish
procedures for collecting and verifying this evidence. Sections 20 CFR
404.1512 and 20 CFR 416.912 of the Code of Federal Regulations provide
detailed requirements for the types of evidence we request claimants
provide showing how their impairment(s) affects their ability to work
(e.g., medical, work experience, daily activities, efforts to work).
When SSA's Disability Determination Service adjudicative team
determines that SSA needs additional information to process an
applicant's or claimant's case, we use Form SSA-3385, Report of Adult
Functioning--Employer, to collect information from a claimant's current
or former employer on an as needed basis, to collect information
regarding the claimant's job performance as evidence to help inform the
disability eligibility for the claimant. We send the SSA-3385 with a
pre-addressed and stamped envelope to a claimant's direct supervisor,
or another person who has direct knowledge of the claimant's job
performance and ask that individual to provide information about the
claimant's day-to-day functioning in a work setting. The respondent
completes Form SSA-3385 and sends it back to SSA in the enclosed
envelope. Once SSA receives the SSA-3385, the field office scans the
form into the claimant's electronic folder. Then the Disability
Determination Service adjudicative team uses this information to
evaluate the claimant's impairment-related functional limitations to
determine eligibility or continued eligibility for SSDI or SSI. The
respondents are current or former employers who are contacted only when
the adjudicative team decides additional information is necessary and
the employer may be a good source for the information.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.

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Dated: September 30, 2022.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-21667 Filed 10-5-22; 8:45 am]
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