Notice2024-27811
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
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November 27, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 93814-93815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27811]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2024-0050]
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 a revision of an OMB-approved information 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
(SSA), Social Security Administration, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance
Director, Mail Stop 3253 Altmeyer, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD
21235, Fax: 833-410-1631, Email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b6f9e498e4d3c6d9c4c2c598f5dad3d7c4d7d8d5d3f6c5c5d798d1d9c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ce819ce09cabbea1bcbabde08da2abafbcafa0adab8ebdbdafe0a9a1b8">[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> by clicking on Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comments and choosing to click on one of SSA's
published items. Please reference Docket ID Number [SSA-2024-0050] in
your submitted response.
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 January 27,
2025. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instruments by
writing to the above email address.
Rules of Conduct and Standards of Responsibility for Appointed
Representatives--20 CFR 404.1740(b)(5), 404.1740(b)(6), 404.1740(b)(9),
416.1540(b)(5), 416.1540(b)(6), and 416.1540(b)(9)--0960-0804. Section
205(a) of the Social Security Act (the Act) authorizes SSA's
Commissioner to make rules and regulations and to establish procedures,
not inconsistent with the provisions of this title, which are necessary
or appropriate to carry out such provisions. Section 1631(d)(1) of the
Act incorporates section 205(a) and applies it to Title XVI of the Act.
Additionally, sections 206(a) and 1631(d)(2) of the Act provide that
the Commissioner has the authority to establish rules and regulations
governing the recognition of individuals who represent claimants before
the Commissioner. Individuals appointed to represent claimants before
SSA must report to SSA in writing whenever one of the following
situations in our revised regulations occurs:
<bullet> 20 CFR 404.1740(b)(5) and 416.1540(b)(5)--This regulatory
section requires representatives to disclose to SSA in writing, at the
time a medical or vocational opinion is submitted to SSA, or as soon as
the representative is aware of the submission to us, if the
representative's employee or any individual contracting with the
representative drafted, prepared, or issued a medical or vocational
opinion about a claimant's disability, or if the representative
referred or suggested that the claimant seek an examination from,
treatment by, or the assistance of the individual providing opinion
evidence;
<bullet> 20 CFR 404.1740(b)(6) and 416.1540(b)(6)--This regulatory
section requires representatives to disclose to SSA immediately if the
representative discovers that his or her services are or were used by
the claimant to commit fraud against SSA;
A representative's obligation to report these events is ongoing,
and SSA requires representatives to report any time one or more of
these events occurs. We consider this information essential to ensure
the integrity of our administrative process and to safeguard the rights
of all claimants. SSA requires representatives to notify SSA in
writing, but there is no prescribed format for these reports. The
respondents are individuals appointed to represent claimants before
SSA.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated theoretical Total annual
Regulation citations Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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404.1740(b)(5)&(6)/416.1540(b)(5)&(6)............. 43,600 1 5 3,633 $58.40 $212,149
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* We based this figure on average hourly wages for paralegals/legal assistants and lawyers <a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes231011.htm">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes231011.htm</a> as posted by
the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm</a>).
** These figures do not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on representatives to complete the required disclosures; rather, these are
theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time representatives or their employees and associates will spend to complete the required
disclosures. There is no actual charge to representatives to complete the required disclosures.
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Dated: November 22, 2024.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-27811 Filed 11-26-24; 8:45 am]
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