82_FR_31922 82 FR 31792 - Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program

82 FR 31792 - Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 130 (July 10, 2017)

Page Range31792-31793
FR Document2017-14346

In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as amended, this notice announces a re-establishment of an existing computer matching program that we are currently conducting with CMS.

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA 2016-0048]


Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program

AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).

ACTION: Notice of a New Matching Program.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as 
amended, this notice announces a re-establishment of an existing 
computer matching program that we are currently conducting with CMS.

DATES: The deadline to submit comments on the proposed matching program 
is 30 days from the date of publication of this notice. The matching 
program will be effective on July 1, 2017 and will expire on December 
31, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may comment on this notice by either 
telefaxing to (410) 966-0869, writing to Mary Ann Zimmerman, Acting 
Executive Director, Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office of the 
General Counsel, Social Security Administration, 617 Altmeyer Building, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, or email at 
Mary.Ann.Zimmerman@ssa.gov. All comments received will be available for 
public inspection at this address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Interested parties may submit general 
questions about the matching program to Mary Ann Zimmerman, Acting 
Executive Director, Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office of the 
General Counsel, by any of the means shown above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection 
Act of 1988 (Public Law (Pub. L.) 100-503), amended the Privacy Act (5 
U.S.C. 552a) by describing the conditions under which computer matching 
involving the Federal government could be performed and adding certain 
protections for persons applying for, and receiving, Federal benefits. 
Section 7201 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 
101-508) further amended the Privacy Act regarding protections for such 
persons.
    The Privacy Act, as amended, regulates the use of computer matching 
by Federal agencies when records in a system of records are matched 
with other Federal, State, or local government records. It requires 
Federal agencies involved in computer matching programs to:
    (1) Negotiate written agreements with the other agency or agencies 
participating in the matching programs;
    (2) Obtain approval of the matching agreement by the Data Integrity 
Boards of the participating Federal agencies;
    (3) Publish notice of the computer matching program in the Federal 
Register;
    (4) Furnish detailed reports about matching programs to Congress 
and OMB;

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    (5) Notify applicants and beneficiaries that their records are 
subject to matching; and
    (6) Verify match findings before reducing, suspending, terminating, 
or denying a person's benefits or payments.
    We have taken action to ensure that all of our computer matching 
programs comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act, as amended.

Mary Ann Zimmerman,
Acting Executive Director, Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office of 
the General Counsel.

PARTICIPATING AGENCIES:
    SSA and CMS

AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING THE MATCHING PROGRAM:
    The legal authority for this matching program is section 202 of the 
Act (42 U.S.C. 402), which outlines 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 Social Security to verify the eligibility of a 
beneficiary.

PURPOSE(S):
    The purpose of this matching program is to set forth the terms, 
conditions, and safeguards under which CMS will disclose to SSA 
Medicare identifying and non-utilization 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. We 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 Social Security Act 
(Act). We will contact these individuals to verify ongoing eligibility. 
We 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. 
CMS will identify Medicare enrollees whose records have been inactive 
for three or more years. We will use this data as an indicator to 
select and prioritize cases for review to determine continue 
eligibility for benefits under Title II of the Act.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS:
    We will provide CMS with a finder file containing the following 
information for each individual:

    a. Title II Claim Account Number,
    b. Title II Beneficiary Identification Code,
    c. Name, and
    d. Date of birth

    CMS' response file will contain the following information for each 
individual:

    a. CMS File Number
    b. Whether CMS matched Beneficiary
    c. Whether Medicare Used in Last 3 Years
    d. Whether the beneficiary is a part of an Health Maintenance 
Organization
    e. Whether the beneficiary lives in a Nursing Home, as defined in 
42 CFR 483.5
    f. Whether the beneficiary has Private Health Insurance

SYSTEM(S) OF RECORDS:
    We will disclose to CMS information from Master Beneficiary Record 
(MBR) (60-0090), published January 11, 2006 (71 FR 1826) and updated on 
December 10, 2007 (72 FR 69723) and July 5, 2013 (78 FR 40542).
    CMS will disclose to us information from the following SORs: 
National Claims History (NCH) (09-70-0558), published November 20, 2006 
(71 FR 67137); Enrollment Data Base (EDB) (09-70-0502), published 
February 26, 2008 at 73 FR 10249; and 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.

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                                                VI. Conclusion                                             Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 6 provides               SUMMARY:   In accordance with the
                                                  It is therefore ordered that pursuant to               that within 45 days of the publication of              provisions of the Privacy Act, as
                                                Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 18 that the                  notice of the filing of a proposed rule                amended, this notice announces a re-
                                                proposed rule change, as modified by                     change, or within such longer period up                establishment of an existing computer
                                                Amendment No. 1, (SR–NYSE–2017–20)                       to 90 days as the Commission may                       matching program that we are currently
                                                be, and hereby is, approved.                             designate if it finds such longer period               conducting with CMS.
                                                                                                         to be appropriate and publishes its                    DATES: The deadline to submit
                                                  For the Commission, by the Division of
                                                Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
                                                                                                         reasons for so finding, or as to which the             comments on the proposed matching
                                                authority.19                                             self-regulatory organization consents,                 program is 30 days from the date of
                                                Eduardo A. Aleman,
                                                                                                         the Commission shall either approve the                publication of this notice. The matching
                                                                                                         proposed rule change, disapprove the                   program will be effective on July 1, 2017
                                                Assistant Secretary.
                                                                                                         proposed rule change, or institute                     and will expire on December 31, 2018.
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–14341 Filed 7–7–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                         proceedings to determine whether the                   ADDRESSES: Interested parties may
                                                BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                                                                                         proposed rule change should be                         comment on this notice by either
                                                                                                         disapproved. The 45th day after                        telefaxing to (410) 966–0869, writing to
                                                                                                         publication of the notice for this                     Mary Ann Zimmerman, Acting
                                                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                                                                                                         proposed rule change is July 6, 2017.                  Executive Director, Office of Privacy
                                                COMMISSION
                                                                                                         The Commission is extending the 45-                    and Disclosure, Office of the General
                                                [Release No. 34–81072; File No. SR–                      day time period for Commission action                  Counsel, Social Security
                                                BatsBZX–2017–34]                                         on the proposed rule change.                           Administration, 617 Altmeyer Building,
                                                                                                           The Commission finds it appropriate                  6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD
                                                Self-Regulatory Organizations; Bats                      to designate a longer period within
                                                BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of                                                                                   21235–6401, or email at
                                                                                                         which to take action on the proposed                   Mary.Ann.Zimmerman@ssa.gov. All
                                                Designation of a Longer Period for
                                                                                                         rule change so that it has sufficient time             comments received will be available for
                                                Commission Action on Proposed Rule
                                                                                                         to consider this proposed rule change                  public inspection at this address.
                                                Change To Introduce Bats Market
                                                                                                         and the comments received.                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                Close, a Closing Match Process for
                                                                                                         Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant                  Interested parties may submit general
                                                Non-BZX Listed Securities Under New
                                                                                                         to section 19(b)(2) of the Act,7                       questions about the matching program
                                                Exchange Rule 11.28
                                                                                                         designates August 20, 2017, as the date                to Mary Ann Zimmerman, Acting
                                                July 3, 2017.                                            by which the Commission shall either                   Executive Director, Office of Privacy
                                                  On May 5, 2017, Bats BZX Exchange,                     approve or disapprove, or institute                    and Disclosure, Office of the General
                                                Inc. (‘‘BZX’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with                proceedings to determine whether to                    Counsel, by any of the means shown
                                                the Securities and Exchange                              disapprove, the proposed rule change                   above.
                                                Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant                    (File No. SR–BatsBZX–2017–34).
                                                                                                                                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                to section 19(b)(1) of the Securities                      For the Commission, by the Division of               Computer Matching and Privacy
                                                Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule                Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated             Protection Act of 1988 (Public Law
                                                19b–4 thereunder,2 a proposed rule                       authority.8
                                                                                                                                                                (Pub. L.) 100–503), amended the Privacy
                                                change to adopt Bats Market Close, a                     Eduardo Aleman,                                        Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) by describing the
                                                closing match process for non-BZX                        Assistant Secretary.                                   conditions under which computer
                                                Listed Securities.3 The proposed rule                    [FR Doc. 2017–14340 Filed 7–7–17; 8:45 am]             matching involving the Federal
                                                change was published for comment in                      BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                 government could be performed and
                                                the Federal Register on May 22, 2017.4
                                                                                                                                                                adding certain protections for persons
                                                The Commission has received 14
                                                                                                                                                                applying for, and receiving, Federal
                                                comments on the proposal.5
                                                                                                         SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION                         benefits. Section 7201 of the Omnibus
                                                  18 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
                                                                                                                                                                Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Pub.
                                                  19 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                             [Docket No. SSA 2016–0048]                             L. 101–508) further amended the
                                                  1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                                                                                        Privacy Act regarding protections for
                                                  2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.                                    Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program                  such persons.
                                                  3 A BZX Listed security is a security listed on the                                                              The Privacy Act, as amended,
                                                Exchange pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Exchange’s        AGENCY:    Social Security Administration              regulates the use of computer matching
                                                Rules and includes both corporate listed securities      (SSA).                                                 by Federal agencies when records in a
                                                and Exchange Traded Products (‘‘ETPs’’).                 ACTION:Notice of a New Matching
                                                  4 See Exchange Act Release No. 80683 (May 16,                                                                 system of records are matched with
                                                2017), 82 FR 23320.
                                                                                                         Program.                                               other Federal, State, or local government
                                                  5 See Letters to Brent J. Fields, Secretary,                                                                  records. It requires Federal agencies
                                                Commission, from: (1) Donald K. Ross, Jr.,
                                                                                                         Compliance Officer, Americas Executions, LLC,
                                                                                                                                                                involved in computer matching
                                                Executive Chairman, PDQ Enterprise, LLC, dated                                                                  programs to:
                                                June 6, 2017; (2) Edward S. Knight, Executive Vice       dated June 16, 2017; (10) Ari M. Rubenstein, Co-
                                                President and General Counsel, Nasdaq, Inc., dated       Founder and Chief Executive Officer, GTS                  (1) Negotiate written agreements with
                                                June 12, 2017; (3) Ray Ross, Chief Technology            Securities LLC, dated June 22, 2017; (11) John         the other agency or agencies
                                                Officer, Clearpool Group, dated June 12, 2017; (4)       Ramsay, Chief Market Policy Officer, Investors         participating in the matching programs;
                                                Venu Palaparthi, SVP, Compliance, Regulatory and         Exchange LLC, dated June 23, 2017; (12) Jay S.
                                                                                                         Sidhu, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer,                 (2) Obtain approval of the matching
                                                Government Affairs, Virtu Financial, dated June 12,
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                                                2017; (5) Theodore R. Lazo, Managing Director and        Customers Bancorp, Inc., dated June 27, 2017; (13)     agreement by the Data Integrity Boards
                                                Associate General Counsel, SIFMA, dated June 13,         Joanne Freiberger, Vice President, Treasurer,          of the participating Federal agencies;
                                                2017; (6) Elizabeth K. King, General Counsel and         Masonite International Corporation, dated June 27,        (3) Publish notice of the computer
                                                                                                         2017; and (14) David B. Griffith, Investor Relations
                                                Corporate Secretary, New York Stock Exchange,
                                                                                                         Manager, Orion Group Holdings, Inc., dated June
                                                                                                                                                                matching program in the Federal
                                                dated June 13, 2017; (7) John M. Bowers, Bowers                                                                 Register;
                                                Securities, dated June 14, 2017; (8) Jonathan D.         27, 2017.
                                                Corpina, Senior Managing Partner, Meridian Equity
                                                                                                           6 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).                                  (4) Furnish detailed reports about
                                                Partners, dated June 16, 2017; (9) Fady Tanios,            7 Id.                                                matching programs to Congress and
                                                Chief Executive Officer, and Brian Fraioli, Chief          8 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(31).                            OMB;


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                                                   (5) Notify applicants and beneficiaries                 b. Title II Beneficiary Identification              and requests for re-designations of
                                                that their records are subject to                        Code,                                                 products previously excluded from GSP
                                                matching; and                                              c. Name, and                                        eligibility for certain countries. USTR
                                                   (6) Verify match findings before                        d. Date of birth                                    also is announcing the initiation of a
                                                reducing, suspending, terminating, or                      CMS’ response file will contain the                 country practice review regarding child
                                                denying a person’s benefits or                           following information for each                        labor in the Plurinational State of
                                                payments.                                                individual:                                           Bolivia (Bolivia) including the schedule
                                                   We have taken action to ensure that                     a. CMS File Number                                  for public comments and a public
                                                all of our computer matching programs                      b. Whether CMS matched Beneficiary                  hearing.
                                                comply with the requirements of the                        c. Whether Medicare Used in Last 3                  DATES:  September 26, 2017: The GSP
                                                Privacy Act, as amended.                                 Years                                                 Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff
                                                Mary Ann Zimmerman,                                        d. Whether the beneficiary is a part of             Committee (TPSC) will convene a
                                                Acting Executive Director, Office of Privacy             an Health Maintenance Organization                    public hearing on the GSP country
                                                and Disclosure, Office of the General Counsel.             e. Whether the beneficiary lives in a               practice review of Bolivia in Rooms 1
                                                                                                         Nursing Home, as defined in 42 CFR                    and 2, 1724 F Street NW., Washington
                                                PARTICIPATING AGENCIES:                                  483.5                                                 DC 20508, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
                                                   SSA and CMS                                             f. Whether the beneficiary has Private                 September 5, 2017 at midnight EST:
                                                AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING THE MATCHING
                                                                                                         Health Insurance                                      Deadline for submission of comments,
                                                PROGRAM:                                                 SYSTEM(S) OF RECORDS:
                                                                                                                                                               pre-hearing briefs and requests to
                                                  The legal authority for this matching                                                                        appear at the September 26, 2017,
                                                                                                            We will disclose to CMS information                public hearing.
                                                program is section 202 of the Act (42                    from Master Beneficiary Record (MBR)
                                                U.S.C. 402), which outlines the                                                                                   October 17, 2017 at midnight EST:
                                                                                                         (60–0090), published January 11, 2006
                                                requirements for eligibility to receive                                                                        Deadline for submission of post-hearing
                                                                                                         (71 FR 1826) and updated on December
                                                Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability                                                                             briefs.
                                                                                                         10, 2007 (72 FR 69723) and July 5, 2013
                                                Insurance Benefits under Title II of the                 (78 FR 40542).                                        ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers
                                                Act. Section 205(c) of the Act (42 U.S.C.                   CMS will disclose to us information                electronic submissions made through
                                                405) directs the Commissioner of Social                  from the following SORs: National                     the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
                                                Security to verify the eligibility of a                  Claims History (NCH) (09–70–0558),                    www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                                beneficiary.                                             published November 20, 2006 (71 FR                    instructions for submitting comments in
                                                                                                         67137); Enrollment Data Base (EDB)                    section C.3 below. The docket number
                                                PURPOSE(S):
                                                                                                         (09–70–0502), published February 26,                  is USTR–2017–0009. For alternatives to
                                                   The purpose of this matching program                                                                        on-line submissions, please contact
                                                                                                         2008 at 73 FR 10249; and Long Term
                                                is to set forth the terms, conditions, and                                                                     Naomi Freeman at (202) 395–2974.
                                                                                                         Care—Minimum Data Set (MDS) (90–
                                                safeguards under which CMS will
                                                                                                         70–0528), published March 19, 2007 at                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                disclose to SSA Medicare identifying
                                                                                                         72 FR 12801.                                          Direct all questions regarding this notice
                                                and non-utilization information for
                                                                                                            SSA’s and CMS’s SORs have routine                  to Naomi Freeman, Director for GSP at
                                                Social Security Title II beneficiaries
                                                                                                         uses permitting the disclosures needed                (202) 395–2974 or Naomi_S_Freeman@
                                                aged 90 and above.
                                                                                                         to conduct this match.                                ustr.eop.gov. The fax number is (202)
                                                   CMS will identify Medicare enrollees
                                                                                                         [FR Doc. 2017–14346 Filed 7–7–17; 8:45 am]            395–9674.
                                                whose records have been inactive for
                                                three or more years. We will use this                    BILLING CODE 4191–02–P                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                data as an indicator to select and                                                                             A. Background
                                                prioritize cases for review to determine
                                                continued eligibility for benefits under                 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES                              The GSP program provides for the
                                                Title II of the Social Security Act (Act).               TRADE REPRESENTATIVE                                  duty-free treatment of designated
                                                We will contact these individuals to                                                                           articles when imported from beneficiary
                                                                                                         [Docket No. USTR–2017–0009]                           developing countries. The GSP program
                                                verify ongoing eligibility. We will refer
                                                individual cases of suspected fraud,                                                                           is authorized by Title V of the Trade Act
                                                                                                         Results of the 2016/2017 Annual
                                                waste, or abuse to the Office of the                                                                           of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.), as
                                                                                                         Generalized System of Preferences
                                                Inspector General for investigation.                                                                           amended, and is implemented in
                                                                                                         Review and Initiation of a Country
                                                                                                                                                               accordance with Executive Order 11888
                                                CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS:
                                                                                                         Practice Review of Bolivia
                                                                                                                                                               of November 24, 1975, as modified by
                                                  The individuals whose information is                   AGENCY: Office of the United States                   subsequent Executive Orders and
                                                involved in this matching program are                    Trade Representative.                                 Presidential Proclamations.
                                                Social Security Title II beneficiaries                   ACTION: Notice.                                       B. Results of the 2016/2017 Annual GSP
                                                aged 90 and above. CMS will identify
                                                                                                                                                               Review
                                                Medicare enrollees whose records have                    SUMMARY:    The Office of the United
                                                been inactive for three or more years.                   States Trade Representative (USTR) is                    In the 2016/2017 Annual GSP Review,
                                                We will use this data as an indicator to                 announcing the results of the 2016/2017               the TPSC reviewed (1) petitions to add
                                                select and prioritize cases for review to                Annual Generalized System of                          seven products to the list of those
                                                                                                         Preferences (GSP) Review with respect                 eligible for duty-free treatment under
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                                                determine continue eligibility for
                                                benefits under Title II of the Act.                      to: Products considered for addition to               GSP; (2) a petition to remove the GSP
                                                                                                         the list of eligible products for GSP;                eligibility of one product; (3) a petition
                                                CATEGORIES OF RECORDS:
                                                                                                         products considered for removal from                  to waive the CNL for a product from a
                                                   We will provide CMS with a finder                     the list of eligible products for certain             beneficiary country; (4) products
                                                file containing the following                            beneficiary countries; decisions related              eligible for de minimis waivers of CNLs;
                                                information for each individual:                         to competitive need limitations (CNLs),               and (5) requests for re-designation of
                                                   a. Title II Claim Account Number,                     including petitions for waivers of CNLs;              products previously excluded from GSP


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of a New Matching Program.
DatesThe deadline to submit comments on the proposed matching program is 30 days from the date of publication of this notice. The matching program will be effective on July 1, 2017 and will expire on December 31, 2018.
ContactInterested parties may submit general questions about the matching program to Mary Ann Zimmerman, Acting Executive Director, Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office of the General Counsel, by any of the means shown above.
FR Citation82 FR 31792 

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