[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 75219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31921]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by January 
29, 2004.
    Title, Form, and OMB Number: TRICARE Prime Enrollment/Disenrollment 
Applications; OMB Number 0720-0008.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement.
    Number of Respondents: 20,689.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 20,689.
    Average Burden Per Response: 7 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 2,150.
    Needs and Uses: These collection instruments serve as applications 
for the enrollment, disenrollment, and Primary Care Manager (PCM) 
Change for the Department of Defense's TRICARE Prime program 
established in accordance with title 10 U.S.C. 1099, which calls for a 
healthcare enrollment system. Monthly payment options for retiree 
enrollment fees for TRICARE Prime are established in accordance with 
title 10 U.S.C. 1097a(c). The information collected on the TRICARE 
Prime Enrollment Application/PCM Change Form provides the necessary 
data to determine beneficiary eligibility, to identify the selection of 
a health care option, and to change the designated PCM when the 
beneficiary is relocating or merely requests a local PCM change, in 
accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2001, Public Law 106-398, Section 723(b)(E). The TRICARE Prime 
Disenrollment Application serves to disenroll an enrollee from TRICARE 
Prime on a voluntary basis.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jacqueline Zeiher. Written comments and 
recommendations on the proposed information collection should be sent 
to Ms. Zeiher at the Office of Management and Budget, Desk Officer for 
DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Jacqueline Davis. Written requests for 
copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. 
Davis, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, 
VA 22202-4302.

    Dated: December 19, 2003.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 03-31921 Filed 12-29-03; 8:45 am]
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