[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47175-47176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22706]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of Secretary


New Collection; Comment Request

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

ACTION: Notice.

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    In accordance with section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Assistance Secretary of 
Defense (Health Affairs) announces the new collection of a public 
information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions 
thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the new 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 
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 November 
13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the information 
collection should be sent to Office of the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense (Health Affairs) TRICARE Management Activity, Skyline Five, 
Suite 810, 5111 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia 22041-3206, Attn: 
Mr. Duaine Goodno.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection, please write to the above address or 
call Duaine Goodno, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
(Health Affairs), TRICARE Management Activity at (703) 681-0039.
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: TRICARE Plus Enrollment 
Applicant and TRICARE Plus Disenrollment Request.
    Needs and Uses: These collection instruments serve as an 
application for enrollment and disenrollment in the Department of 
Defense's TRICARE Plus Health Plan established in accordance with Title 
10 U.S.C. Sections 1099 (which calls for a healthcare enrollment 
system) and 1086 (which authorizes TRICARE eligibility of Medicare 
Eligible Persons and has resulted in the development of a new 
enrollment option called TRICARE Plus) and the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense, Health

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Affairs, Policy Memorandum to Establish the TRICARE Plus Program, June 
22, 2001. The information collected hereby provides the TRICARE 
contractors with necessary data to determine beneficiary eligibility 
and to identify the selection of a health care option.
    Affected Public: Individuals or household.
    Annual Burden Hours: 2,933.
    Number of Respondents: 25,065.
    Response Per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: .117 hours or 7 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    The Department of Defense established TRICARE Plus as an enrollment 
option for persons who are eligible for care in Military Treatment 
Facilities (MTF) and not enrolled in TRICARE Prime. TRICARE Plus 
provides an opportunity to enroll with a primary care provider at a 
specific MTF, to the extent capacity exists. This is a way to 
facilitate primary care appointments at an MTF when needed. TRICARE 
Plus enrollment will help MTFs maintain an adequate clinical case mix 
for Graduate Medical Education programs and support readiness-related 
medical skills sustainment activities. In order to carry out this 
program, it is necessary that a certain beneficiaries electing to 
enroll/disenroll in TRICARE Plus complete an enrollment application/
disenrollment request. Completion of the enrollment forms is an 
essential element of the TRICARE program. There is no lock-in and no 
enrollment fee for TRICARE Plus.

    Dated: September 5, 2001.
Patricia Toppings,
Alternative OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of 
Defense.
[FR Doc. 01-22706 Filed 9-10-01; 8:45 am]
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