Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 197 / Friday, October 13, 2023 / Notices 71067 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Isabella Guzman, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22644 Filed 10–12–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No: SSA–2023–0040] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Requests 

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 (Pub. L.) 104–13, the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

effective October 1, 1995. This notice 

includes extensions and revisions of 

OMB-approved information collections, 

new information collections, and an 

information collection in use without an 

OMB number. 

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, Fax: 

202–395–6974, Email address: OIRA_

Submission@omb.eop.gov. Submit your 

comments online referencing Docket ID 

Number [SSA–2023–0040]. 

(SSA) Social Security Administration, 

OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance Director, 

Mail Stop 3252 Altmeyer, 6401 Security 

Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, Fax: 410– 

966–2830, Email address: 

OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov. 

Or you may submit your comments 

online through https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, referencing Docket 

ID Number [SSA–2023–0040]. 

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 December 12, 

2023. Individuals can obtain copies of 

the collection instruments by writing to 

the above email address. 

1. Appointed Representative 

Availability Portal for SSA Hearings— 

20 CFR 404.929, 404.933, 404.1740, 

416.1429, 416.1433, 416.1540, 418.1350, 

422.203—0960–NEW. As part of the 

appeal process, claimants can request a 

hearing with an Administrative Law 

Judge. As per sections 20 CFR 

404.1740(b)(3)(iii) and 

416.1540(b)(3)(iii) of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (Code), representatives, 

when asked, have an affirmative duty to 

provide potential availability for 

hearings. When the SSA schedules 

hearings, it usually considers the 

availability of appointed 

representatives. Historically, 

representatives provide their hearing 

availability to schedulers via telephone 

or email, using a process for gathering 

and considering representative 

availability that is not standardized and 

varies greatly amongst the regional 

centralized scheduling units (RCSUs). 

In the Spring of 2023, SSA launched 

a new web-based portal called the 

Enhanced Representative Availability 

Process (ERAP) to provide 

representatives with a uniform, 

standardized, and streamlined 

representative availability collection 

process. The new web-based 

Representative Availability Portal 

(Portal) marks the next step in 

modernizing SSA’s scheduling practices 

for hearings. We expect use of the Portal 

will result in receiving consistent 

structured data from appointed 

representatives, which will allow for a 

more streamlined and effective hearing 

scheduling process. The Portal also 

meets a longstanding customerexperience request by the representative 

community, one of SSA’s key 

stakeholders in the process. 

This collection asks respondents to 

submit their availability for hearings 

through the Portal on a rolling, monthly 

basis. The respondent can be the 

representative or a delegated official 

from the appointed representative’s firm 

or Designated Scheduling Group (DSG). 

The respondents will request 

availability five months in advance of 

the hearing. Respondents who chose not 

to use the Portal will continue to be able 

to submit their availability via email. 

Once a submission period closes, SSA 

will schedule the hearings. SSA will 

schedule hearings even if a respondent 

has not submitted the representative’s 

availability. 

SSA plans to roll the Portal out to all 

appointed representatives registered 

with the Registration, Appointment, and 

Services for Representatives (RASR) 

application who regularly conduct 

business with SSA through RASR. 

Respondents will need to have a 

mySocial Security account to use the 

Portal and be registered into the Portal 

by SSA systems. Respondents who wish 

to use the Portal, but who are not 

registered with RASR, or who do not 

have a Representative ID, must provide 

SSA systems with the necessary data, 

including name and SSN, to complete 

the Portal registration process. Portal 

response options will include DSG 

group, hearing region, availability 

during the period of submission, and 

respondent-preferred case maximums, 

and will allow SSA to obtain the 

information we require to schedule 

hearings for attendees. 

Respondents are authorized 

representatives and delegated officials 

from appointed representative firms or 

DSG. 

Type of Request: Request for a new 

information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Number of 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total 

annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly 

cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) ** 

ERAP Portal .................................................. 4,000 12 48,0000 20 16,000 * $29.76 ** $476,160 

* We based this figure on average U.S. worker’s hourly wages; State and local government worker’s salaries; and attorney representative payee wages as reported 

by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm). 

** 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. Medicaid Use Report—20 CFR 

416.268—0960–0267. Section 1619(b) of 

the Social Security Act (Act) and 20 

CFR 416.268 of the Code require SSA to 

determine eligibility for: (1) special 

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payments and (2) special SSI eligibility 

status for a person who works despite a 

disabling condition. Section 20 CFR 

416.268 of the Code also provides that 

to qualify for special SSI eligibility 

status, an individual must establish that 

termination of eligibility for benefits 

under Title XIX of the Act would 

seriously inhibit their ability to 

continue employment. The collected 

information is used to determine if an 

individual is entitled to special Title 

XVI SSI payments and, consequently, to 

Medicaid or Medi-Cal. 

In most cases, if an SSI beneficiary is 

blind or disabled, regardless of age, and 

they have Medicaid before beginning to 

work again, they can retain their 

Medicaid benefits while continuing to 

work as long as their disabling 

condition still exists. During a personal 

or telephone Redetermination interview 

with the SSI recipient, an SSA 

employee asks the following questions: 

• Have you used any medical care or 

services in the past 12 months that were 

paid for by Medicaid (or Medi-Cal, etc.)? 

• Do you expect to receive any 

medical care or services in the next 12 

months that will be paid for by 

Medicaid (or Medi-Cal, etc.)? 

• Without Medicaid (Medi-Cal, etc.), 

would you be unable to pay your 

medical bills if you become ill or 

injured in the next 12 months? 

Generally, a response of ‘‘yes’’ to one 

of those three questions will lead to SSA 

determining that an SSI recipient whose 

payments have stopped based on 

earnings, is entitled to special SSI 

payments and, consequently, to 

Medicaid benefits under section 1619 

(b) of the Act. The respondents are SSI 

recipients for whom SSA has stopped 

payments based on earnings. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total 

annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly 

cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Average 

wait time 

in field 

offices and 

teleservice 

centers 

(minutes) ** 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) *** 

20 CFR 416.268 SSI Claims System ........... 99,000 1 3 4,950 * $12.81 ** 21 *** $507,276 

* We based this figure on average SSI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2023 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2023factsheet.pdf). 

** We based this figure on the average FY 2023 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. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the application. 

3. Appeal of Determination for Extra 

Help with Medicare Prescription Drug 

Costs—0960–0695. Public Law 108–173, 

also known as the Medicare Prescription 

Drug, Improvement and Modernization 

Act of 2003 (MMA), amended Title 

XVIII of the Act to establish a subsidy 

program to help certain individuals 

with limited income and resources pay 

for Medicare Part D prescription drug 

coverage. This subsidy program is 

commonly referred to as Extra Help. 

Individuals seeking Extra Help may 

apply via the SSA–1020 paper form or 

i1020 online application (OMB No. 

0960–0696). If SSA determines that the 

claimant is not eligible for Extra Help, 

SSA will mail a notice to the claimant 

indicating the claim is denied. Extra 

Help denial notices include appeal 

rights and explain how to request an 

appeal. 

Individuals learn about the appeal 

process for Extra Help via determination 

notices, 800# representatives, as well as 

SSA and CMS websites. Individuals 

voluntarily initiate the Extra Help 

appeal process by printing the form 

from SSA’s online website and sending 

the completed form to SSA, contacting 

SSA’s 800 Number to request an appeal, 

or going into the field office to request 

the appeal. If the individual chooses to 

call the 800# or go into the field office, 

an SSA technician enters the 

individual’s request into the MAPS 

system. The request is then 

electronically sent to the Subsidy 

Determination Unit, who then schedules 

an appointment for the appeal and 

sends an appointment notice to the 

individual. Individuals who appeal 

SSA’s decision regarding eligibility or 

continuing eligibility for Medicare Part 

D Extra Help must complete Form SSA– 

1021. The respondent may mail the 

completed form to either the local field 

office or to the Wilkes-Barre Direct 

Operations Center. The respondent may 

also complete the form with assistance 

from an SSA technician via an in-person 

interview at the Field Office or over the 

telephone. All claims are entered into 

Medicare Application Processing 

System (MAPS), which automatically 

adjudicates claims based on the data 

input by SSA technicians. Respondents 

are Medicare beneficiaries, or proper 

applicants acting on behalf of a 

Medicare beneficiary, who do not agree 

with the outcome of an SSA Extra Help 

eligibility determination and want to 

file an appeal. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of 

completion 

Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total 

annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly 

cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Average 

wait time 

in field 

office 

(minutes) ** 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) *** 

SSA–1021—(Paper version) ......................... 1,859 1 10 310 * $29.76 ........................ *** $9,226 

SSA–1021—(Internet version: MAPS) .......... 5,291 1 10 882 * 29.76 ** 24 *** 89,220 

Totals ..................................................... 7,150 ........................ ........................ 1,192 ........................ ........................ *** 98,446 

* We based this figure on average U.S. worker’s hourly wages; State and local government worker’s salaries; and attorney representative payee wages as reported 

by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm). 

** We based this figure on the average FY 2023 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 

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Dated: October 10, 2023. 

Naomi R. Sipple, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Office of 

Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social 

Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22655 Filed 10–12–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12218] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Object Being Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘Bellini 

and Giorgione: In the House of Taddeo 

Contarini’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that a certain object being 

imported from abroad pursuant to an 

agreement with its foreign owner or 

custodian for temporary display in the 

exhibition ‘‘Bellini and Giorgione: In the 

House of Taddeo Contarini’’ at The 

Frick Collection, New York, New York, 

and at possible additional exhibitions or 

venues yet to be determined, is of 

cultural significance, and, further, that 

its temporary exhibition or display 

within the United States as 

aforementioned is in the national 

interest. I have ordered that Public 

Notice of these determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator, 

Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. 

Department of State (telephone: 202– 

632–6471; email: section2459@

state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street 

NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington, 

DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 

12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign 

Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 

1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 

6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of 

Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, 

Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of 

August 28, 2000, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 523 of December 22, 

2021. 

Nicole L. Elkon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22609 Filed 10–12–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12219] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Being Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘Botticelli 

Drawings’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects being 

imported from abroad pursuant to 

agreements with their foreign owners or 

custodians for temporary display in the 

exhibition ‘‘Botticelli Drawings’’ at the 

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 

Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 

California, and at possible additional 

exhibitions or venues yet to be 

determined, are of cultural significance, 

and, further, that their temporary 

exhibition or display within the United 

States as aforementioned is in the 

national interest. I have ordered that 

Public Notice of these determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator, 

Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. 

Department of State (telephone: 202– 

632–6471; email: section2459@

state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street 

NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington, 

DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 

12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign 

Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 

1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 

6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of 

Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, 

Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of 

August 28, 2000, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 523 of December 22, 

2021. 

Nicole L. Elkon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22499 Filed 10–12–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12222] 

President’s Advisory Council on 

African Diaspora Engagement 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of public inaugural 

plenary session meeting and swearingin ceremony of the President’s Advisory 

Council on African Diaspora 

Engagement. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 1001 

et seq., and 41 CFR 102–3.65, the 

Department of State hereby provides 

notice of the inaugural plenary session 

meeting and swearing-in ceremony of 

the President’s Advisory Council on 

African Diaspora Engagement (‘‘the 

Advisory Council’’). 

DATES: The Advisory Council will host 

a public inaugural plenary session and 

swearing-in ceremony on Monday, 

October 30, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deniece Laurent-Mantey at email; 

Laurent-ManteyDO@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

inaugural meeting for the Advisory 

Council will take place at the White 

House and will be broadcast live on the 

internet. Individuals requesting a link to 

the livestream should RSVP to Ms. 

Laurent-Mantey at the email address 

above, not later than October 23, 2023, 

for instructions on how to access the 

meeting. Persons needing reasonable 

accommodation should make that 

request when they RSVP. Requests 

made after October 23 will be 

considered but might not be possible to 

fulfill. 

The primary mission of the Advisory 

Council is to provide counsel to the 

President on enhancing the connections 

between the United States Government 

and the African Diaspora within the 

United States, aligning with the 

objectives outlined in the U.S. Strategy 

Toward Sub-Saharan Africa. 

The activities of the Advisory Council 

encompass strategies to advance equity 

and opportunity for African Diaspora 

communities, ways to support the 

United Nations’ Permanent Forum on 

People of African Descent, programs 

and initiatives to strengthen cultural, 

social, political, and economic ties 

between African communities, the 

global African Diaspora, and the United 

States, and programs and initiatives to 

increase participation of members of the 

African Diaspora in the United States 

with regard to trade, investment, 

economic growth, and development 

programs relating to Africa. Established 

in accordance with Executive Order 

14089, the Advisory Council operates 

under the administrative authority of 

the Secretary of State and under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

This announcement might appear in 

the Federal Register less than 15 days 

prior to the meeting. The Department of 

State finds that there is an exceptional 

circumstance in that this advisory 


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