80_FR_61587 80 FR 61390 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request

80 FR 61390 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 197 (October 13, 2015)

Page Range61390-61391
FR Document2015-25911

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 2015)]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2014-HA-0088]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs 
announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public 
comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 
the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
information collection on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by December 
14, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Chief 
Management Officer, Directorate of Oversight and Compliance, Regulatory 
and Audit Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-
9010.

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    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information. Any 
associated form(s) for this collection may be located within this same 
electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow the 
instructions at http://www.regulations.gov for submitting comments. 
Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number, 
form number, and title.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to the TRICARE Dental 
Care Office, Health Agency (DHA), Rm 3M451, ATTN: COL Colleen C. Shull, 
Falls Church, VA 22042 or call (703) 681-9517, DSN 761.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: TRICARE Dental Program 
(TDP) Dentist's Claim Form CONUS and TRICARE Dental Program (TDP) 
Dentist's Claim Form OCONUS; OMB Control Number 0720-0035.
    Needs and Uses: The TRICARE Dental Program (TDP) Claim Form(s). 
CONUS/OCONUS are required to gather information to make payment for 
legitimate dental claims and to assist in contractor surveillance and 
program integrity investigations and to audit financial transactions 
where the Department of Defense has a financial stake. The information 
from the claim form is also used to provide important cost-share 
explanations to the beneficiary.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,006,415.
    Number of Respondents: 64,930.
    Responses per Respondent: 62.
    Annual Responses: 4,025,660.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 Minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    The Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the authority of the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)/Office of the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense has responsibility for management 
of the TRICARE Dental Program (TDP) as established in Title 10, United 
States Code, Section 1076a. The information collected to make payment 
for covered dental procedures provided by a licensed dentist to an 
eligible beneficiary can be sent to the TDP contractor electronically, 
fax or mail. Approximately 35% of all TDP network dental claims are 
filed electronically. Dental offices and patients can download the TDP 
claim form from the contractor's Web site.
    For non-network dentists, to include those in overseas locations, 
the use of the TDP Claim Form is highly encouraged. However, dental 
claims will be paid if all the required information is provided on a 
similar claim form.

    Dated: October 6, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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                                                  practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the              implement section 401 of Public Law                   2168 is compatible with that of a
                                                  agency’s estimate of the burden of the                  95–202 (codified at 38 U.S.C. 106 Note),              corresponding approved group, and the
                                                  proposed information collection; (c)                    which directs the Secretary of Defense:               applicant can provide supporting
                                                  ways to enhance the quality, utility, and               (1) To determine if civilian employment               evidence, he or she will receive
                                                  clarity of the information to be                        or contractual service rendered to the                veteran’s status in accordance with the
                                                  collected; and (d) ways to minimize the                 Armed Forces of the United States by                  provisions of DoD Directive 1000.20.
                                                  burden of the information collection on                 certain groups shall be considered                    Information from the DD Form 2168 will
                                                  respondents, including through the use                  Active Duty services, and (2) to award                be extracted and used to complete the
                                                  of automated collection techniques or                   members of approved groups an                         DD Form 214, ‘‘Certificate for Release or
                                                  other forms of information technology.                  appropriate certificate where the nature              Discharge from Active Duty.’’
                                                  DATES: Consideration will be given to all               and duration of service so merits. This                 Dated: October 6, 2015.
                                                  comments received by December 14,                       information is collected on DD Form
                                                                                                                                                                Aaron Siegel,
                                                  2015.                                                   2168, ‘‘Application for Discharge of
                                                                                                          Member of Group Certified to have                     Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison
                                                  ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,                                                                           Officer, Department of Defense.
                                                                                                          Performed Active Duty with the Armed
                                                  identified by docket number and title,                  Forces of the United States,’’ which                  [FR Doc. 2015–25898 Filed 10–9–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  by any of the following methods:                        provides the necessary data to assist                 BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
                                                    • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
                                                                                                          each of the Military Departments in
                                                  www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                                                                                          determining if an applicant was a
                                                  instructions for submitting comments.                                                                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                                                    • Mail: Department of Defense, Office                 member of a group which has performed
                                                  of the Deputy Chief Management                          active military service. Those                        Office of the Secretary
                                                  Officer, Directorate of Oversight and                   individuals who have been recognized
                                                                                                          as members of an approved group shall                 [Docket ID: DoD–2014–HA–0088]
                                                  Compliance, Regulatory and Audit
                                                  Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon,                  be eligible for benefits administered by
                                                                                                          the Veteran’s Administration.                         Proposed Collection; Comment
                                                  Washington, DC 20301–9010.                                                                                    Request
                                                     Instructions: All submissions received                  Affected Public: Individuals or
                                                  must include the agency name, docket                    households.                                           AGENCY:  Office of the Assistant
                                                                                                             Annual Burden Hours: 1,350 hours.                  Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs,
                                                  number and title for this Federal                          Number of Respondents: 2,700.
                                                  Register document. The general policy                                                                         DoD.
                                                                                                             Responses per Respondent: 1.
                                                  for comments and other submissions                         Annual Responses: 2,700.                           ACTION: Notice.
                                                  from members of the public is to make                      Average Burden per Response: 5
                                                  these submissions available for public                                                                        SUMMARY:    In compliance with the
                                                                                                          hours.
                                                  viewing on the Internet at http://                                                                            Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
                                                                                                             Frequency: On occasion.
                                                  www.regulations.gov as they are                            Section 401 of Public Law 95–202                   Office of the Assistant Secretary of
                                                  received without change, including any                  (codified at 38 U.S.C. 106 Note)                      Defense for Health Affairs announces a
                                                  personal identifiers or contact                         authorized the Secretary of Defense: (1)              proposed public information collection
                                                  information.                                            To determine if civilian employment or                and seeks public comment on the
                                                     Any associated form(s) for this                      contractual service rendered to the                   provisions thereof. Comments are
                                                  collection may be located within this                   Armed Forces of the United States by                  invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
                                                  same electronic docket and downloaded                   certain groups shall be considered                    collection of information is necessary
                                                  for review/testing. Follow the                          active duty service, and (2) to issue                 for the proper performance of the
                                                  instructions at http://                                 members of approved groups an                         functions of the agency, including
                                                  www.regulations.gov for submitting                      appropriate certificate of service where              whether the information shall have
                                                  comments. Please submit comments on                     the nature and duration of service so                 practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
                                                  any given form identified by docket                     warrants. Such persons shall be eligible              agency’s estimate of the burden of the
                                                  number, form number, and title.                         for benefits administered by the                      proposed information collection; (c)
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To                     Department of Veterans Affairs. The                   ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
                                                  request more information on this                        information collected on DD Form 2168,                clarity of the information to be
                                                  proposed information collection or to                   ‘‘Application for Discharge of Member                 collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
                                                  obtain a copy of the proposal and                       or Survivor of Member Group Certified                 burden of the information collection on
                                                  associated collection instruments,                      To Have Performed Duty with the                       respondents, including through the use
                                                  please write to the Office of the Under                 Armed Forces of the United States,’’ is               of automated collection techniques or
                                                  Secretary of Defense (Personnel and                     necessary to assist the Secretaries of the            other forms of information technology.
                                                  Readiness) (Military Community and                      Military Departments in: (1)                          DATES: Consideration will be given to all
                                                  Family Policy), ATTN: Mr. James M.                      Determining if an applicant was a                     comments received by December 14,
                                                  Ellis, 4000 Defense Pentagon,                           member of an approved group that                      2015.
                                                  Washington, DC 20301–4000 or call at                    performed civilian employment or                      ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
                                                  (703) 602–5009.                                         contractual service for the U.S. Armed                identified by docket number and title,
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              Forces and (2) to assist in issuing an                by any of the following methods:
                                                    Title; Associated Form; And OMB                       appropriate certificate of service to the               • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
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                                                  Number: Application for Discharge of                    applicant. Information provided by the                www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                                  Member or Survivor of Member of                         applicant will include: The name of the               instructions for submitting comments.
                                                  Group Certified to Have Performed                       group served with; dates and place of                   • Mail: Department of Defense, Office
                                                  Active Duty with the Armed Forces of                    service; highest grade/rank/rating held               of the Deputy Chief Management
                                                  the United States, DD Form 2168, OMB                    during service; highest pay grade;                    Officer, Directorate of Oversight and
                                                  Control Number 0704–0100.                               military installation where ordered to                Compliance, Regulatory and Audit
                                                    Needs And Uses: The information                       report; specialty/job title(s). If the                Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon,
                                                  collection requirement is necessary to                  information requested on a DD Form                    Washington, DC 20301–9010.


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                                                     Instructions: All submissions received               payment for covered dental procedures                    • Mail: Department of Defense, Office
                                                  must include the agency name, docket                    provided by a licensed dentist to an                  of the Deputy Chief Management
                                                  number and title for this Federal                       eligible beneficiary can be sent to the               Officer, Directorate of Oversight and
                                                  Register document. The general policy                   TDP contractor electronically, fax or                 Compliance, Regulatory and Audit
                                                  for comments and other submissions                      mail. Approximately 35% of all TDP                    Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon,
                                                  from members of the public is to make                   network dental claims are filed                       Washington, DC 20301–9010.
                                                  these submissions available for public                  electronically. Dental offices and                       Instructions: All submissions received
                                                  viewing on the Internet at http://                      patients can download the TDP claim                   must include the agency name, docket
                                                  www.regulations.gov as they are                         form from the contractor’s Web site.                  number and title for this Federal
                                                  received without change, including any                     For non-network dentists, to include               Register document. The general policy
                                                  personal identifiers or contact                         those in overseas locations, the use of               for comments and other submissions
                                                  information. Any associated form(s) for                 the TDP Claim Form is highly                          from members of the public is to make
                                                  this collection may be located within                   encouraged. However, dental claims                    these submissions available for public
                                                  this same electronic docket and                         will be paid if all the required                      viewing on the Internet at http://
                                                  downloaded for review/testing. Follow                   information is provided on a similar                  www.regulations.gov as they are
                                                  the instructions at http://                             claim form.                                           received without change, including any
                                                  www.regulations.gov for submitting                        Dated: October 6, 2015.                             personal identifiers or contact
                                                  comments. Please submit comments on                     Aaron Siegel,                                         information.
                                                  any given form identified by docket                                                                              Any associated form(s) for this
                                                                                                          Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
                                                  number, form number, and title.                         Officer, Department of Defense.
                                                                                                                                                                collection may be located within this
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To                                                                           same electronic docket and downloaded
                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2015–25911 Filed 10–9–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  request more information on this                                                                              for review/testing. Follow the
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
                                                  proposed information collection or to                                                                         instructions at http://
                                                  obtain a copy of the proposal and                                                                             www.regulations.gov for submitting
                                                  associated collection instruments,                                                                            comments. Please submit comments on
                                                                                                          DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                                                  please write to the TRICARE Dental                                                                            any given form identified by docket
                                                  Care Office, Health Agency (DHA), Rm                    Office of the Secretary                               number, form number, and title.
                                                  3M451, ATTN: COL Colleen C. Shull,                                                                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
                                                                                                          [Docket ID DoD–2014–OS–0081]
                                                  Falls Church, VA 22042 or call (703)                                                                          request more information on this
                                                  681–9517, DSN 761.                                      Proposed Collection; Comment                          proposed information collection or to
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              Request                                               obtain a copy of the proposal and
                                                     Title; Associated Form; and OMB                                                                            associated collection instruments,
                                                  Number: TRICARE Dental Program                          AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of              please write to the Department of
                                                  (TDP) Dentist’s Claim Form CONUS and                    Defense (Personnel and Readiness),                    Defense Education Activity, Attn: Dr.
                                                  TRICARE Dental Program (TDP)                            DoD.                                                  Sandra D. Embler, 4040 North Fairfax
                                                  Dentist’s Claim Form OCONUS; OMB                        ACTION: Notice.                                       Drive, Arlington, VA 22203–1635, or
                                                  Control Number 0720–0035.                                                                                     call at (703) 588–3175.
                                                                                                          SUMMARY:    In compliance with the
                                                     Needs and Uses: The TRICARE Dental                                                                         SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                          Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
                                                  Program (TDP) Claim Form(s). CONUS/                                                                              Title; Associated Form; And OMB
                                                                                                          Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
                                                  OCONUS are required to gather                                                                                 Number: Department of Defense
                                                                                                          (Personnel and Readiness) announces a
                                                  information to make payment for                                                                               Education Activity (DoDEA) Evaluation
                                                                                                          proposed public information collection
                                                  legitimate dental claims and to assist in                                                                     and Program Surveys—Generic; OMB
                                                                                                          and seeks public comment on the
                                                  contractor surveillance and program                                                                           Control Number 0704–0437.
                                                                                                          provisions thereof. Comments are                         Needs and Uses: The Department of
                                                  integrity investigations and to audit                   invited on: (a) whether the proposed
                                                  financial transactions where the                                                                              Defense Education Activity (DoDEA)
                                                                                                          collection of information is necessary                has a need to conduct a variety of one-
                                                  Department of Defense has a financial                   for the proper performance of the
                                                  stake. The information from the claim                                                                         time surveys, interviews, and focus
                                                                                                          functions of the agency, including                    groups on an as-needed basis. The
                                                  form is also used to provide important                  whether the information shall have
                                                  cost-share explanations to the                                                                                population for these data collections
                                                                                                          practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the            will be limited to students and parents
                                                  beneficiary.                                            agency’s estimate of the burden of the
                                                     Affected Public: Business or other for                                                                     of students attending DoDEA schools.
                                                                                                          proposed information collection; (c)                  These information collections are
                                                  profit.
                                                                                                          ways to enhance the quality, utility, and             necessary to measure DoDEA’s progress
                                                     Annual Burden Hours: 1,006,415.
                                                                                                          clarity of the information to be                      on the goals set forth in the Community
                                                     Number of Respondents: 64,930.
                                                                                                          collected; and (d) ways to minimize the               Strategic Plan, and to assess parent and
                                                     Responses per Respondent: 62.
                                                                                                          burden of the information collection on               student input on school policies and
                                                     Annual Responses: 4,025,660.
                                                                                                          respondents, including through the use                procedures. These data collections will
                                                     Average Burden per Response: 15
                                                                                                          of automated collection techniques or                 include, but are not limited to, school
                                                  Minutes.
                                                                                                          other forms of information technology.                operations and procedures (such as
                                                     Frequency: On occasion.
                                                     The Defense Health Agency (DHA)                      DATES: Consideration will be given to all             school uniforms, transportation, school
                                                                                                          comments received by December 14,
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                                                  under the authority of the Office of the                                                                      calendar), school facilities, curricular
                                                  Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health                  2015.                                                 and instructional needs and
                                                  Affairs)/Office of the Deputy Assistant                 ADDRESSES:  You may submit comments,                  effectiveness, programmatic needs and
                                                  Secretary of Defense has responsibility                 identified by docket number and title,                effectiveness, and extra-curricular and
                                                  for management of the TRICARE Dental                    by any of the following methods:                      co-curricular activities. The information
                                                  Program (TDP) as established in Title                     • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://               sought by these data collections will
                                                  10, United States Code, Section 1076a.                  www.regulations.gov. Follow the                       allow DoDEA to quickly have access to
                                                  The information collected to make                       instructions for submitting comments.                 the information necessary to determine


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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.
DatesConsideration will be given to all comments received by December 14, 2015.
ContactTo request more information on this proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and associated collection instruments, please write to the TRICARE Dental Care Office, Health Agency (DHA), Rm 3M451, ATTN: COL Colleen C. Shull, Falls Church, VA 22042 or call (703) 681-9517, DSN 761.
FR Citation80 FR 61390 

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