Justification for the Non-Substantive Changes - 0960-0671

Justification for Non-Substantive Changes for

Form HA-504, Acknowledgement of Receipt (Notice of Hearing)

Form HA-L83, Acknowledgement of Receipt (Notice of Hearing) Cover Letter

Form HA-55, Objection to Appearing by Video Teleconferencing

Form HA-510, Waiver of Written Notice of Hearing

20 CFR 404.935, 404.936, 404.938, 404.939, 416.1435, 416.1436, 416.1438, 416.1439, 405.316, 405.317

OMB No. 0960-0671

Revisions to the Collection Instrument

SSA is making the following revisions to this collection:

• Change: We are making the following language changes to the cover letter HA‑L2:

  • Notify claimants of their hearing date to 75 days (from either 20 or 75 days),

Justification: We are making this change due to the regulatory changes we are publishing for 20 CFR Parts 404, 405, and 416 which will make these regulations uniform under RIN 0960-AH71. On August 17, 2016, OMB approved an initial Change Request, which changed the notification time on the HA-L2 from either 20 or 75 days to 60 days. We based this initial change on our NPRM for RIN 0960-AH71, published at 81 FR 45079, on July 12, 2016. Since then, we reevaluated this time estimate, and decided to change it to 75 days in the final rule. Therefore, we are making this change now to ensure our cover letter shows the corrected notification time when the final rule becomes effective.

SSA will implement this Change upon publication of our Final Rule for Ensuring Program Uniformity at the Hearing and Appeals Council Levels of the Administrative Review Process, RIN 0960-AH71. We published the NPRM for these regulations on July 12, 2016, at 81 FR 45079.