83_FR_53821 83 FR 53615 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request

83 FR 53615 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 206 (October 24, 2018)

Page Range53615-53616
FR Document2018-23138

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 83 Issue 206 (Wednesday, October 24, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53615-53616]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23138]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DOD-2018-OS-0077]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness, DoD.

ACTION: Information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness 
announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public 
comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and 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 
24, 2018.

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 Chief Management 
Officer, Directorate for Oversight and Compliance, 4800 Mark Center 
Drive, Mailbox #24 Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.
    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.

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 Office of the Under 
Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) (Military Community and 
Family Policy) Office of Community Support for Military Families with 
Special Needs, ATTN: Rebecca Lombardi, or call (571) 372-0862.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Exceptional Family Member 
Program Enrollment Forms, DD Form 2792, Family Member Medical Summary, 
and DD Form 2792-1, Special Education/Early Intervention Summary. OMB 
Control Number 0704-0411.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection is necessary to 
identify any special medical (DD Form 2792) and/or educational (DD Form 
2792-1) needs of military dependents. The purpose of this information 
collection is to (1) enroll sponsors into the Exceptional Family Member 
Program (EFMP), (2) match the special needs of family members against 
the availability of medical and educational services through the Family 
Member Travel Screening (FMTS) process, and (3) advise civilian 
employees about the availability of medical and educational services to 
meet the special needs of their family members.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 22,597.667.
    Number of Respondents: 98,608.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 98,608.
    Average Burden per Response: 13.75 minutes.
    Frequency: As required.
    Local and state school and early intervention personnel complete DD 
Form 2792-1 for children requiring special educational services. The DD 
Form 2792 and DD Form 2792-1 are also used by TRICARE Managed Care 
Support Contractors to support a family member's application for 
further entitlements, and other Service-specific programs that require 
registration in the EFMP.


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    Dated: October 18, 2018.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2018-23138 Filed 10-23-18; 8:45 am]
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                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:      To                Support Contracts. The TRICARE                        from members of the public is to make
                                              request more information on this                        contractors are Humana and HealthNet;                 these submissions available for public
                                              proposed information collection or to                   hospitals submit their requests to either             viewing on the internet at http://
                                              obtain a copy of the proposal and                       of these contractors, dependent upon                  www.regulations.gov as they are
                                              associated collection instruments,                      their region.                                         received without change, including any
                                              please write to Defense Health Agency,                    Dated: October 19, 2018.                            personal identifiers or contact
                                              16401 East Centretech Parkway, Aurora,                  Aaron T. Siegel,
                                                                                                                                                            information.
                                              Colorado 80011–9066, Sharon
                                                                                                      Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:    To
                                              Seelmeyer, 303–676–3690.                                Officer, Department of Defense.                       request more information on this
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              [FR Doc. 2018–23192 Filed 10–23–18; 8:45 am]          proposed information collection or to
                                                 Title; Associated Form; and OMB                      BILLING CODE 5001–06–P                                obtain a copy of the proposal and
                                              Number: Diagnosis Related Groups                                                                              associated collection instruments,
                                              (DRG) Reimbursement Two Parts; OMB                                                                            please write to Office of the Under
                                              Control Number 0720–0017.                               DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                 Secretary of Defense (Personnel and
                                                 Needs and Uses: This information                                                                           Readiness) (Military Community and
                                              collection is in conjunction with a                     Office of the Secretary                               Family Policy) Office of Community
                                              notice of proposed collection. The                                                                            Support for Military Families with
                                                                                                      [Docket ID: DOD–2018–OS–0077]
                                              Department of Defense Authorization                                                                           Special Needs, ATTN: Rebecca
                                              Act, 1984, P.L. 98–94 amended Title 10,                 Proposed Collection; Comment                          Lombardi, or call (571) 372–0862.
                                              section 1079(j)(2)(A) of the U.S.C. and                 Request
                                              provided the Civilian Health and                                                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                              Medical Program of the Uniformed                        AGENCY:  Office of the Under Secretary of               Title; Associated Form; and OMB
                                              Services (CHAMPUS) with the statutory                   Defense for Personnel and Readiness,                  Number: Exceptional Family Member
                                              authority to reimburse institutional                    DoD.                                                  Program Enrollment Forms, DD Form
                                              providers based on diagnosis-related                    ACTION: Information collection notice.                2792, Family Member Medical
                                              groups (DRGs). The TRICARE/                                                                                   Summary, and DD Form 2792–1,
                                              CHAMPUS DRG-based payment system                        SUMMARY:    In compliance with the                    Special Education/Early Intervention
                                              is modeled on the Medicare Prospective                  Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the                  Summary. OMB Control Number 0704–
                                              Payment System (PPS) and was                            Office of the Under Secretary of Defense              0411.
                                              implemented on October 1, 1987. The                     for Personnel and Readiness announces
                                                                                                      a proposed public information                           Needs and Uses: This information
                                              TRICARE/CHAMPUS DRG-based                                                                                     collection is necessary to identify any
                                              payments apply only to hospital’s                       collection and seeks public comment on
                                                                                                      the provisions thereof. Comments are                  special medical (DD Form 2792) and/or
                                              operating costs and do not include any                                                                        educational (DD Form 2792–1) needs of
                                              amounts for hospitals’ capital or direct                invited on: Whether the proposed
                                                                                                      collection of information is necessary                military dependents. The purpose of
                                              medical education costs. Any hospital                                                                         this information collection is to (1)
                                              subject to the DRG-based payment                        for the proper performance of the
                                                                                                      functions of the agency, including                    enroll sponsors into the Exceptional
                                              system, except for children’s hospitals                                                                       Family Member Program (EFMP), (2)
                                              (whose capital and direct medical                       whether the information shall have
                                                                                                      practical utility; the accuracy of the                match the special needs of family
                                              education costs are incorporated in the                                                                       members against the availability of
                                              children’s hospital differential), who                  agency’s estimate of the burden of the
                                                                                                      proposed information collection; ways                 medical and educational services
                                              want to be reimbursed for allowed                                                                             through the Family Member Travel
                                              capital and direct medical education                    to enhance the quality, utility, and
                                                                                                      clarity of the information to be                      Screening (FMTS) process, and (3)
                                              costs must submit a request for payment                                                                       advise civilian employees about the
                                              to the TRICARE/CHAMPUS contractor.                      collected; and ways to minimize the
                                                                                                      burden of the information collection on               availability of medical and educational
                                              The request allows TRICARE to collect                                                                         services to meet the special needs of
                                              the information necessary to properly                   respondents, including through the use
                                                                                                      of automated collection techniques or                 their family members.
                                              reimburse hospitals for its share of these
                                                                                                      other forms of information technology.                  Affected Public: Individuals or
                                              costs.
                                                                                                      DATES: Consideration will be given to all             households.
                                                 Affected Public: Individuals or
                                              households.                                             comments received by December 24,                       Annual Burden Hours: 22,597.667.
                                                 Annual Burden Hours: 5,600.                          2018.                                                   Number of Respondents: 98,608.
                                                 Number of Respondents: 5,600.                        ADDRESSES:   You may submit comments,                   Responses per Respondent: 1.
                                                 Responses per Respondent: 1.                         identified by docket number and title,                  Annual Responses: 98,608.
                                                 Annual Responses: 5,600.                             by any of the following methods:
                                                 Average Burden per Response: 1 hr.                                                                           Average Burden per Response: 13.75
                                                                                                        Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
                                                 Frequency: On occasion.                                                                                    minutes.
                                                                                                      www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                                 Respondents to the DRG                               instructions for submitting comments.                   Frequency: As required.
                                              reimbursement request are medical                         Mail: Department of Defense, Office of                Local and state school and early
                                              providers at in-patient hospitals and                   the Chief Management Officer,                         intervention personnel complete DD
                                              acute care hospitals. Hospitals subject to              Directorate for Oversight and                         Form 2792–1 for children requiring
                                              the TRICARE DRG-based payment                           Compliance, 4800 Mark Center Drive,                   special educational services. The DD
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                                              system who wish to be reimbursed for                    Mailbox #24 Suite 08D09, Alexandria,                  Form 2792 and DD Form 2792–1 are
                                              Allowed Capital and Direct Medical                      VA 22350–1700.                                        also used by TRICARE Managed Care
                                              Education costs (as outlined in the                       Instructions: All submissions received              Support Contractors to support a family
                                              TRICARE Reimbursement Manual) must                      must include the agency name, docket                  member’s application for further
                                              submit a request for reimbursement to                   number and title for this Federal                     entitlements, and other Service-specific
                                              the appropriate TRICARE/CHAMPUS                         Register document. The general policy                 programs that require registration in the
                                              authorized contractors of Managed Care                  for comments and other submissions                    EFMP.


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                                                Dated: October 18, 2018.                              ACTION:   Arms sales notice.                          copy of a letter to the Speaker of the
                                              Aaron T. Siegel,                                                                                              House of Representatives, Transmittal
                                              Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison                  SUMMARY:   The Department of Defense is               18–06 with attached Policy Justification
                                              Officer, Department of Defense.                         publishing the unclassified text of an                and Sensitivity of Technology.
                                              [FR Doc. 2018–23138 Filed 10–23–18; 8:45 am]            arms sales notification.
                                                                                                                                                              Dated: October 19, 2018.
                                              BILLING CODE 5001–06–P                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                                                            Aaron T. Siegel,
                                                                                                      Pamela Young, (703) 697–9107,
                                                                                                      pamela.a.young14.civ@mail.mil or                      Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
                                              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                   Kathy Valadez, (703) 697–9217,                        Officer, Department of Defense.
                                                                                                      kathy.a.valadez.civ@mail.mil; DSCA/                   BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
                                              Office of the Secretary                                 DSA–RAN.
                                              [Transmittal No. 18–06]                                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
                                                                                                      36(b)(1) arms sales notification is
                                              Arms Sales Notification
                                                                                                      published to fulfill the requirements of
                                              AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation                    section 155 of Public Law 104–164
                                              Agency, Department of Defense.                          dated July 21, 1996. The following is a
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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
ActionInformation collection notice.
DatesConsideration will be given to all comments received by December 24, 2018.
ContactTo request more information on this proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and associated collection instruments, please write to Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) (Military Community and Family Policy) Office of Community Support for Military Families with Special Needs, ATTN: Rebecca Lombardi, or call (571) 372-0862.
FR Citation83 FR 53615 

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