SSA conducts personal conferences when
we cannot approve a waiver of recovery of a Title II or Title XVI
overpayment. The Social Security Act (Act) and our regulatory
citations require SSA to give overpaid Social Security
beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients the
right to request a waiver of recovery and automatically schedule a
personal conference if we cannot approve their request for waiver
of overpayment. We conduct these conferences face-to-face, via
telephone, or through video teleconferences. Social Security
beneficiaries and SSI recipients or their representatives may
provide documents to demonstrate they are without fault in causing
the overpayment and do not have the ability to repay the debt. They
may submit these documents by completing Form SSA 632, Request for
Waiver of Overpayment Recovery (OMB No. 0960-0037); Form SSA 795,
Statement of Claimant or Other Person (OMB No. 0960-0045); or
through a personal statement submitted by mail, telephone, personal
contact, or other suitable method, such as fax or email. This
information collection satisfies the requirements for request for
waiver of recovery of an overpayment, and allows individuals to
pursue further levels of administrative appeal via personal
conference. Respondents are Social Security beneficiaries and SSI
recipients or their representatives seeking reconsideration of an
SSA waiver decision.
US Code:
42
USC 1383 Name of Law: Social Security Act
US Code: 31
USC 3720a Name of Law: Social Security Act
The reduction in the burden
estimate is due to a more accurate estimate from previous years of
the number of personal conferences SSA completed annually. The
previous data reported was based on rough estimates of the number
of overall waivers denied using the assumption that all denied
waivers required a personal conference. The current data more
accurately reflects the number of waivers processed that required a
personal conference before SSA could properly grant or deny the
waiver, since we do not require a personal conference in all
instances. We also removed ICs in ROCIS to group like regulation
sections together (Title II and Title XVI). This shows a change in
ROCIS; however, it does not show the cause for the decrease (as
explained above).
$0
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Faye Lipsky 410 965-8783
faye.lipsky@ssa.gov
No
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.