Changes to the Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Regular
Comment filed on proposed rule
03/27/2024
02/15/2024
OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency should provide to OMB a summary of all comments received on the proposed information collection and identify any changes made in response to these comments.
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We administer the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) disability and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (Act), respectively. The OASDI program pays benefits to individuals who meet certain requirements, including being disabled and insured for disability. OASDI also pays benefits to certain members of disabled individualsâ families. We refer to meeting the requirements for OASDI disability benefits as OASDI disability âentitlement.â The SSI program provides financial support to: 1) adults and children with a disability or blindness; and 2) adults aged 65 and older. These individuals must meet all program eligibility requirements, including having resources and income below specified amounts. We refer to meeting the factors of eligibility for SSI payments as SSI âeligibility.â We use wage and employment information to decide who can receive OASDI disability benefits and SSI payments. We also use it to determine SSI payment amounts. Receiving complete, accurate, and timely wage and employment information allows us to administer our programs efficiently and to avoid improper payments that can occur when we do not have such information. Currently, we rely on individuals to report certain wage and employment information to us.
Section 824 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA), Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 584, 607, authorizes the Commissioner of Social Security to enter into information exchanges with payroll data providers to obtain wage and employment information for the purposes of efficient program administration, and, to prevent improper OASDI disability and SSI payments without the need for additional verification. SSA published the Notice of Proposed Rule Making for the Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration which revises our regulations to include procedures for implementing the access to and use of the information held by payroll data providers. We expect these proposed rules will support proper use of information exchanges with payroll data providers, which will help us administer our programs more efficiently and prevent improper payments under Titles II and XVI of the Act, which can otherwise occur when we do not receive timely and accurate wage and employment information. While the proposed rule will not require any revisions to our existing information collections, the application of the revisions to these rules may cause a burden change to our currently approved information collections under 0960-0715. In addition, we also note that we will need to update the listing of the Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) citations to include references to 20 CFR 703(a)&(b); 404.1588(b)(3)(iii) & (b)(4); 416.708(c); and 416.709 for the following ICRs: 0960 0034, 0960-0138, 0960-0715, 0960 0807, and 0960-0820. Upon OMBâs approval of the final rule, we will adjust the figures associated with the current information collection for these forms to reflect the new burden and will also update the documentation to include the new or revised CFR citations.
Respondents are applicants for, or beneficiaries of, OASDI disability; applicants for, or recipients of, SSI; their representatives; or SSI deemors.
The new proposed rule decreases the overall public reporting burden for these information collections. See #12 of the Supporting Statement for updated burden figures. Upon OMB approval of the final rule, we will update the burden figures in the associated information collections under 0960-0715 to reflect the revised burdens; and will include the new CFR citations under the associated information collections under 0960-0034, 0960-0138, 0960-0715, and 0960-0807.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
0960-0807 - Authorization for the Social Security Administration to Obtain Wage and Employment Information from Payroll Data Providers - Internet Screens