[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 29279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13494]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DOD-2016-HA-0109]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by July 28, 
2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Licari, 571-372-0493.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title, Associated Form and OMB Number: Certification of Non-
Contributory TRICARE Supplemental Insurance Plan; OMB Control Number 
0720-0044.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement without change.
    Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 1,500.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 250 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Section 707 of the John Warner National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 added section 1097c to Title 10. 
Section 1097c prohibits employers from offering financial or other 
incentives to certain TRICARE-eligible employees to not enroll in an 
employer-offered group health plan. In other words, employers may no 
longer offer TRICARE supplemental insurance plans as part of an 
employee benefit package. Employers may, however, offer TRICARE 
supplemental insurance plans as part of an employee benefit package 
provided the plan is not paid for in whole or in part by the employer 
and is not endorsed by the employer. When such TRICARE supplemental 
plans are offered, the employer must properly document that they did 
not provide any payment for the benefit nor receive any direct or 
indirect consideration or compensation for offering the benefit; the 
employer's only involvement is providing the administrative support. 
That certification will be provided upon request to the Department of 
Defense.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; individuals or 
households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Require to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Stephanie Tatham.
    Comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection 
should be emailed to Ms. Stephanie Tatham, DoD Desk Officer, at 
[email protected]. Please identify the proposed information 
collection by DoD Desk Officer and the Docket ID number and title of 
the information collection.
    You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by 
Docket ID number and title, by the following method:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, Docket ID 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.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick Licari.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Mr. Licari at WHS/ESD Directives Division, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 03F09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.

    Dated: June 23, 2017.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2017-13494 Filed 6-27-17; 8:45 am]
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