Notice2022-28433
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 250 (Friday, December 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80574-80577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28433]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2022-0067]
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,
Comments: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Submit your
comments online referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2022-0067].
(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#125d403c4077627d6066613c517e777360737c7177526161733c757d64"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="622d304c3007120d1016114c210e070310030c0107221111034c050d14">[email 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-
2022-0067].
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
February 28, 2023. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
1. Vocational Resource Facilitator Demonstration--0960-NEW. SSA is
undertaking the Vocational Resource Facilitator Demonstration (VRFD)
under the Interventional Cooperative Agreement Program (ICAP). ICAP
allows SSA to partner with various non-federal groups and organizations
to advance interventional research connected to the Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
programs. VRFD will test the Vocational Resource Facilitator (VRF)
intervention, which helps newly injured spinal cord injury or disease
(SCI) or brain injury (BI) patients pursue their employment goals. The
VRFD will provide empirical evidence on the impact of the intervention
on patients in several critical areas: (1) employment and earnings; (2)
SSI and SSDI benefit receipt; and (3) satisfaction and well-being. A
rigorous evaluation of VRFD is critical to help SSA and other
interested parties assess promising options to improve employment-
related outcomes and decrease benefit receipt. The VRFD evaluation uses
a randomized control experimental design that includes one treatment
group and one control group. Control group members will receive a
referral for services to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Services (DVRS), New Jersey's state Vocational Rehabilitation agency.
The treatment group will receive a referral to DVRS and employment
services from a resource facilitator (RF). RFs are fully integrated
members of clinical teams who engage with injured workers during
inpatient rehabilitation about return to work. The central research
questions include:
<bullet> Was the intervention implemented as planned?
<bullet> What are key considerations for scaling up or adopting the
VRF model at other facilities?
<bullet> What were the impacts of VRF on outcomes of interest?
<bullet> Did treatment group members earn or work more than control
group members?
<bullet> Were treatment group members relatively less likely to
apply to or receive SSI or SSDI benefits?
<bullet> Did treatment group members experience greater
satisfaction and well-being than control group members?
<bullet> What were the benefits and costs of the demonstration
across key groups?
The proposed public survey data collections will support three
components of the planned implementation, impact, and benefit-cost
analyses. The data collection efforts will provide information that is
not available in SSA program records about the characteristics and
outcomes of VRFD participants in the treatment and control groups.
Respondents are newly injured SCI and BI patients, who will provide
written consent before agreeing to participate in the study and be
randomly assigned to one of the study groups.
Type of Request: Request for a new information collection.
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Average wait
Average Estimated Average time in field Total annual
Number of Frequency of burden per total annual theoretical office or for opportunity
Modality of completion respondents response response burden hourly cost teleservice cost
(minutes) (hours) amount centers (dollars) ***
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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Informed Consent Form................... 500 1 10 83 * $28.01 ** 21 *** $7,227
Baseline Survey......................... 500 1 15 125 * 28.01 ** 21 *** 8,403
12-month Follow-up Survey............... 400 1 20 133 * 28.01 ** 21 *** 7,647
Staff Interviews with Site Staff........ 10 2 66 22 * 28.01 ** 21 *** 728
Onsite Audit of sample of case files.... 1 2 30 1 * 28.01 ** 21 *** 28
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Totals.............................. 1,411 .............. .............. 364 .............. .............. *** 24,033
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* We based this figure on 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.
2. Application for a Social Security Number Card, the Social
Security Number Application Process (SSNAP), and internet SSN
Replacement Card (iSSNRC) Application--20 CFR 422.103-422.110--0960-
0066.
SSA collects information on the SS-5 (used in the United States)
and SS-5-FS (used outside the United States) to issue original or
replacement Social Security cards. SSA also enters the application data
into the SSNAP application when issuing a card via telephone or in
person. In addition, hospitals collect the same information on SSA's
behalf for newborn children through the Enumeration-at-Birth process.
In this process, parents of newborns provide hospital birth
registration clerks with information required to register these
newborns. Hospitals send this information to State Bureaus of Vital
Statistics (BVS), and they send the information to SSA's National
Computer Center. SSA then uploads the data to the SSA mainframe along
with all other enumeration data, and we assign the newborn a Social
Security number (SSN) and issue a Social Security card. Respondents can
also use these modalities to request a change in their SSN records. In
addition, the iSSNRC internet application collects information similar
to the paper SS-5 for no-change, and a name change due to marriage,
replacement SSN cards for adult U.S. citizens. The iSSNRC modality
allows certain applicants for SSN replacement cards to complete the
internet application and submit the required evidence online rather
than completing a paper Form SS-5. Finally, oSSNAP collects information
similar to that which we collect on the paper SS-5 for no change
situations, with the exception of a name change. oSSNAP allows
applicants, both U.S. citizens and non-citizens, for new or replacement
SSN cards to start the application process on-line, receive a list of
evidentiary documents, and then submit the application data to SSA for
further processing by SSA employees. Applicants need to visit a local
SSA office to complete the application process. We are planning to make
minor changes to clarify that one screen is optional, and to provide a
space for respondents to inform SSA of the types of documents they will
present during the in-person follow up meeting. The respondents for
this information collection are applicants for original and replacement
Social Security cards, or individuals who wish to change information in
their SSN records, who use any of the modalities described above.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average wait
Average Estimated Average time in field
Number of Frequency of burden per total annual theoretical office or for Total annual
Modality of completion respondents response response burden hourly cost teleservice opportunity cost
(minutes) (hours) amount centers (dollars) ***
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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EAB Modality:
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Hospital staff who relay the State 3,759,517 1 5 313,293 * $24.49 ** 0 *** $7,672,546
birth certificate information to the
BVS and SSA through the EAB process.
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iSSNRC Modality:
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Adult U.S. Citizens requesting a 3,002,698 1 5 250,225 * 28.01 ** 0 *** 7,008,802
replacement card with no changes
through the iSSNRC..................
Adult U.S. Citizens requesting a 1,312 1 5 109 * 28.01 ** 0 *** 3,053
replacement card with a name change
through iSSNRC......................
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oSSNAP Modality:
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Adult U.S. Citizens providing 822,104 1 5 68,509 * 28.01 ** 24 *** 11,129,802
information to receive a replacement
card through the oSSNAP\+\..........
Adult U.S. Citizens providing 37,323 1 5 3,110 * 28.01 * 24 *** 505,272
information to receive an original
card through the oSSNAP\+\..........
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Adult Non-U.S. Citizens providing 84,635 1 5 7,053 * 28.01 ** 24 *** 1,145,805
information to receive a replacement
card through the oSSNAP\+\..........
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SSNAP/SS-5 Modality:
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Respondents who do not have to 6,973,505 1 9 1,046,026 * 28.01 ** 24 **** 107,430,338
provide parents' SSNs...............
Respondents whom we ask to provide 207,521 1 9 31,128 * 28.01 ** 24 *** 3,196,949
parents' SSNs (when applying for
original SSN cards for children
under age 12).......................
Applicants age 12 or older who need 1,113,144 1 10 185,524 * 28.01 ** 24 *** 17,668,204
to answer additional questions so
SSA can determine whether we
previously assigned an SSN..........
Applicants asking for a replacement 6,703 1 60 6,703 * 28.01 ** 24 *** 262,846
SSN card beyond the allowable limits
(i.e., who must provide additional
documentation to accompany the
application)........................
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Enumeration Quality Review:
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Authorization to SSA to obtain 500 1 15 125 * 28.01 ** 24 *** 9,103
personal information cover letter...
Authorization to SSA to obtain 500 1 15 125 * 28.01 ** 24 *** 9,103
personal information follow-up cover
letter..............................
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Grand Total:
Totals........................... 16,213,543 .............. .............. 1,928,937 .............. .............. *** 159,309,973
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\+\ The number of respondents for this modality is an estimate based on google analytics data for the SS-5 form downloads from SSA.Gov.
* We based this figure on average Hospital Records Clerks (<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes292098.htm">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes292098.htm</a>), and average U.S. worker's hourly wages
(<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm</a>) as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
** 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 collection below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding this information collection 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 January 30, 2023. Individuals can obtain copies of this
OMB clearance package by writing to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#054a572b5760756a7771762b4669606477646b6660457676642b626a73"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b8f7ea96eaddc8d7cacccb96fbd4ddd9cad9d6dbddf8cbcbd996dfd7ce">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 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 (ADRP), 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.
Submission of Advance Designation
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Average
Average Estimated theoretical Average wait Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of burden per total annual hourly cost time in field opportunity
respondents response response burden amount office cost
(minutes) (hours) (dollars) ** (minutes) *** (dollars) ****
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Intranet version (Paper Form SSA-4547, * 473,052 1 6 47,305 ** $19.86 *** 24 ****
SSI Claims System, MCS, iMain)......... $4,697,406
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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* 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.
Waiver of Advance Designation
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Average
Average Estimated theoretical Average wait Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of burden per total annual hourly cost time in field opportunity
respondents response response burden amount office cost
(minutes) (hours) (dollars) ** (minutes) *** (dollars) ****
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Intranet version (Paper Form SSA-4547, 394,493 1 2 13,150 ** $19.86 *** 24 ****
SSI Claims System, MCS, iMain)......... $3,395,007
Internet version (mySSA)................ 262,996 1 2 8,767 ** 19.86 .............. **** 174,113
Internet version (iClaim)............... 657,489 1 2 21,916 ** 19.86 .............. **** 435,252
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Totals.............................. 1,314,978 .............. .............. 43,833 .............. .............. **** 4,004,372
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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 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.
Grant Totals
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Average
Average Estimated theoretical Average wait Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of burden per total annual hourly cost time in field opportunity cost
respondents response response burden amount office (dollars) ****
(minutes) (hours) (dollars) ** (minutes) ***
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Totals............................... 2,942,388 .............. .............. 206,574 .............. .............. **** $10,994,337
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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 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.
Dated: December 27, 2022.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-28433 Filed 12-29-22; 8:45 am]
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