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ADDRESSES: Visit the MySBA Loan 

Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to 

apply for a disaster assistance loan. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alan Escobar, Office of Disaster 

Recovery & Resilience, U.S. Small 

Business Administration, 409 3rd Street 

SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, 

(202) 205–6734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the President’s major disaster 

declaration for Private Non-Profit 

organizations in the State of Florida, 

dated October 5, 2024, is hereby 

amended to include the following areas 

as adversely affected by the disaster. 

Primary Counties: Clay, Hillsborough. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Alejandro Contreras, 

Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, 

Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28282 Filed 12–2–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2024–0013] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

ACTION: Notice of a New Matching 

Program. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

provisions of the Privacy Act, as 

amended, this notice announces a new 

matching program with Center for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). 

DATES: Submit comments on the 

proposed matching program no later 

than January 2, 2025. 

The matching program will be 

applicable on January 2, 2025, or once 

a minimum of 30 days after publication 

of this notice has elapsed, whichever is 

later. The matching program will be in 

effect for a period of 18 months. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any one of three methods—internet, 

fax, or mail. Do not submit the same 

comments multiple times or by more 

than one method. Regardless of which 

method you choose, please state that 

your comments refer to Docket No. 

SSA–2024–0013 so that we may 

associate your comments with the 

correct regulation. CAUTION: You 

should be careful to include in your 

comments only information that you 

wish to make publicly available. We 

strongly urge you not to include in your 

comments any personal information, 

such as Social Security numbers or 

medical information. 

1. Internet: We strongly recommend 

that you submit your comments via the 

internet. Please visit the Federal 

eRulemaking portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. Use the Search 

function to find docket number SSA– 

2024–0013 and then submit your 

comments. The system will issue you a 

tracking number to confirm your 

submission. You will not be able to 

view your comment immediately 

because we must post each submission 

manually. It may take up to a week for 

your comments to be viewable. 

2. Fax: Fax comments to (833) 410– 

1613. 

3. Mail: Matthew Ramsey, Executive 

Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General 

Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, 

or emailing Matthew.Ramsey@ssa.gov. 

Comments are also available for public 

viewing on the Federal eRulemaking 

portal at https://www.regulations.gov or 

in person, during regular business 

hours, by arranging with the contact 

person identified below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Interested parties may submit general 

questions about the matching program 

to Cynthia Scott, Division Director, 

Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office 

of the General Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, 

at telephone: (410) 966–1943, or send an 

email to Cynthia.Scott@ssa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

PARTICIPATING AGENCIES: 

SSA and CMS. 

AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING THE MATCHING

PROGRAM: 

This matching agreement is between 

SSA and CMS. This agreement is 

executed in compliance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974 (Privacy Act) (5 

U.S.C. 552a), as amended by the 

Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protection Act of 1988, as amended, and 

the regulations and guidance 

promulgated thereunder. 

Sections 202 and 223 of the Social 

Security Act (Act) (42 U.S.C. 402 and 

423) outline the requirements for 

eligibility to receive Old-Age, Survivors, 

and Disability Insurance Benefits under 

Title II of the Act. Section 205(c) of the 

Act (42 U.S.C. 405) directs the 

Commissioner of SSA to verify the 

eligibility of a beneficiary. Section 

704(e) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 904(e)) 

provides that SSA and the Department 

of Health and Human Services shall 

enter into agreements as may be 

necessary to provide information to 

each other to meet the programmatic 

needs of the requesting agency. 

This matching program employs CMS 

systems containing Protected Health 

Information (PHI) as defined by Health 

and Human Services regulation 

‘‘Standards for Privacy of Individually 

Identifiable Health Information’’ (45 

CFR 160 and 164). PHI may only be 

disclosed by CMS without the written 

authorization of the individual, or the 

opportunity for the individual to agree 

or object, as permitted or required by 

the routine uses or ‘‘Standards’’ 

provided for in 45 CFR 164.512. 

PURPOSE(S): 

This agreement sets forth the terms 

and conditions under which CMS will 

disclose to SSA Medicare nonutilization information for Social 

Security Title II beneficiaries aged 90 

and above. 

CMS will identify Medicare enrollees 

whose records have been inactive for 

three or more years. SSA will use this 

data as an indicator to select and 

prioritize cases for review to determine 

continued eligibility for benefits under 

Title II of the Act. SSA will contact 

these individuals to verify ongoing 

eligibility. In addition, SSA will use this 

data for the purposes of fraud discovery 

and the analysis of fraud programs 

operations. This agreement allows for 

SSA to evaluate the data for the 

purposes of fraud detection. SSA will 

refer individual cases of suspected 

fraud, waste, or abuse to the Office of 

the Inspector General for investigation. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS: 

The individuals whose information is 

involved in this matching program are 

Social Security Title II beneficiaries 

aged 90 and above. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS: 

SSA will provide CMS with a finder 

file containing the following 

information for each individual: (a) Title 

II Claim Account Number (CAN); (b) 

Title II Beneficiary Identification Code 

(BIC); (c) First Name, (d) Last Name, and 

(e) Date of birth. 

CMS will provide SSA with a 

response file containing the following 

information for each individual: (a) 

CMS File Number (identified as a 

Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN) 

or Medicare Beneficiary Identifier 

(MBI)); (b) Whether CMS matched 

Beneficiary or individual is a Medicare 

beneficiary; (c) Whether individual is a 

Medicaid recipient; (d) Whether 

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(e) Whether the beneficiary is a part of 

an Health Maintenance Organization; (f) 

Whether the beneficiary lives in a 

nursing home; (g) Whether the 

beneficiary has private health insurance; 

(h) Whether the beneficiary has 

veteran’s health insurance; or (i) 

Whether the beneficiary has Tricare 

insurance. 

SYSTEM(S) OF RECORDS: 

SSA will disclose to CMS information 

from the Master Beneficiary Record 

(MBR) (60–0090), last fully published 

January 11, 2006 (71 FR 1826), as 

amended on December 10, 2007 (72 FR 

69723), July 5, 2013 (78 FR 40542), July 

3, 2018 (83 FR 31250–31251), and 

November 1, 2018 (83 FR 54969) and 

890 FR 825 (January 5, 2024). 

SSA will retain data elements from 

the CMS response file in the Anti-Fraud 

Systems (60–0388), last fully published 

December 11, 2020 (85 FR 80211) for 

SSA fraud-related analytics or data that 

leads SSA to initiate a fraud 

investigation. 

CMS will disclose to SSA information 

from the following Systems of Record 

(SORs): (a) National Claims History 

(NCH) (09–70–0558), published 

November 20, 2006 (71FR 67137); (b) 

Enrollment Data Base (EDB) (09–70– 

0502), published February 26, 2008 at 

73FR 10249; and (c) The Long Term 

Care—Minimum Data Set (MDS) (90– 

70–0528), published March 19, 2007 at 

72 FR 12801. 

SSA’s and CMS’s SORs have routine 

uses permitting the disclosures needed 

to conduct this match. 

Matthew Ramsey, 

Executive Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28313 Filed 12–2–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2024–0035] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, we are issuing 

public notice of our intent to modify our 

existing systems of records listed below 

under the System Name and Number 

section. This notice publishes details of 

the modified systems as set forth below 

under the caption, SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The system of records notice 

(SORN) is applicable upon its 

publication in today’s Federal Register, 

with the exception of the new routine 

use, which is effective January 2, 2025. 

We invite public comment on the 

addition of the routine use. In 

accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, we are providing the public a 30- 

day period in which to submit 

comments. Therefore, please submit any 

comments by January 2, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: The public, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), and 

Congress may comment on this 

publication by writing to the Executive 

Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General 

Counsel, SSA, Room G–401 West High 

Rise, 6401 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21235–6401, or 

through the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal 

at https://www.regulations.gov. Please 

reference docket number SSA–2024– 

0035. All comments we receive will be 

available for public inspection at the 

above address, and we will post them to 

https://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tristin Dorsey, Government Information 

Specialist, Privacy Implementation 

Division, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General 

Counsel, SSA, Room G–401 West High 

Rise, 6401 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21235–6401, 

telephone: (410) 966–5855, email: 

OGC.OPD.SORN@ssa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Recognizing that, in certain limited 

circumstances, executors or entities may 

seek authorization for fees for the 

services performed by a representative, 

and individuals may seek authorization 

for fees for services provided even if 

they have not been appointed on a 

claim, we are modifying an existing 

routine use in the Attorney Fee File (60– 

0003) and in the Claims Folders System 

(60–0089) to reflect the following: 

To a representative (current or 

former), the executor of a deceased 

representative’s estate or individual 

recognized by the State as the 

representative of the estate, an 

individual who provided 

representational services, the entity with 

which the representative or individual is 

or was affiliated through registration, or 

an individual or entity to which the 

agency disbursed a fee payment, to the 

extent necessary to dispose of a fee 

petition or fee agreement or resolve 

other fee-related issues in claims-related 

matters, but not to include predecisional deliberative documents, such 

as analyses and recommendations 

prepared for the decision-maker. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

System number and name Routine uses Federal Register 

Citation No./publication date 

60–0003—Attorney Fee File ................................................... No. 4 ...................... 71 FR 1803, 01/11/06. 

72 FR 69723, 12/10/07. 

83 FR 54969, 11/01/18. 

89 FR 14553, 02/27/24. 

60–0089—Claims Folders System ......................................... No. 39 .................... 84 FR 58422, 10/31/19. 

89 FR 14553, 02/27/24. 

We are not republishing the system of 

records notices in their entirety. Instead, 

we are republishing only the 

identification number; the system of 

records name; the number of the 

modified or new routine use; and the 

issue of the Federal Register in which 

the system of records notice was last 

published in full, including the 

subsequent modification to the system 

of records notice’s publication date and 

page number. 

Security Classification: Unclassified. 

System Location: SSA provides the 

address of the component and system 

manager responsible for each system in 

the Federal Register notices listed 

above. 

System Manager(s): SSA provides the 

title, business address, and contact 

information of the agency official who is 

responsible for the system in the 

Federal Register notices listed above. 

History: SSA provides the citation to 

the last fully published Federal Register 

notices, as well as last subsequent 

modification notice to the system of 

records notices listed above. 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), 

we have provided a report to OMB and 


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