[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 130 (Thursday, July 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41743-41744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17037]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and 
Comment Request

    In compliance with Public Law 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, SSA is providing notice of its information collections that 
require submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 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 on ways to minimize burden on 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    I. The information collection listed below will be submitted to OMB 
within 60 days from the date of this notice. Therefore, comments and 
recommendations regarding the information collection would be most 
useful if received by the Agency within 60 days from the date of this 
publication. Comments should be directed to the SSA Reports Clearance 
Officer at the address listed at the end of this publication. You can 
obtain a copy of the collection instruments by calling the SSA Reports 
Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4145, or by writing to him at the 
address listed at the end of this publication.
    1. Survey of Low-Income and Disabled Children-0960-NEW. The Survey 
of Low-Income and Disabled Children (SOLID KIDS) is designed to collect 
nationally representative data on children and young adults with 
Supplement Security Income (SSI) experience, including current and 
previous SSI recipients and SSI applicants. To solicit information, SSA 
will employ two versions of the SOLID KIDS survey. One survey will be 
directed at children under age 17. The other, a young adult version, is 
designed

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for children who are 17 or older at the time of the survey.
    The survey is designed to provide SSA with data on SSI recipients 
in the following areas:
    <bullet> Disability and health status;
    <bullet> Health care utilization;
    <bullet> Health insurance coverage;
    <bullet> Out-of-pocket health care expenses;
    <bullet> Education and training;
    <bullet> Service utilization and cost;
    <bullet> Employment income assets;
    <bullet> Child care, and
    <bullet> Housing and transportation.
    This information will allow SSA to answer policy-relevant 
questions, for example, the impact of welfare reform on SSI children 
and young adults, cost of caring for children and young adults with 
disabilities, transition issues for young adults with disabilities, 
service utilization patterns, health care access, and unmet health care 
needs.
    The data will be used for internal research and policy evaluation, 
for briefings, in mandated reports to Congress, in published 
descriptions in the Social Security Bulletin and elsewhere. External 
researchers will have access to public use files.
    Respondents to the SOLID KIDS survey, children's version, will be 
parents or guardians of the sample children under age 17 at the time of 
the survey. The young adult version of the SOLID KIDS survey is 
designed for children who are 17 or older at the time of the survey. 
For young adults who are still living in their parents' household, the 
respondent will be the parent or guardian. For young adults who are 
living away from their parents--for example, in a group home or 
facility, or in their own home or apartment--the respondent will be the 
young adults themselves. In cases where the young adult is living 
outside of the parent's home and is unable to complete the survey due 
to disability, a proxy respondent will be selected.
    Number of respondents: 9,857
    Number of Response: 1
    Average burden per response: 58 minutes
    Estimated Annual Burden: 9,528
(SSA Address)
    Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Frederick W. 
Brickenkamp, 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, 
MD 21235.

    Dated: June 29, 2000.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-17037 Filed 7-5-00; 8:45 am]
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