[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59367-59368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25466]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DOD-2018-HA-0067]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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

ACTION: 30-Day information collection 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 December 
24, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be emailed to Ms. Cortney Higgins, DoD Desk Officer, 
at [email protected]. Please identify the proposed 
information collection by DoD Desk Officer, Docket ID number, and title 
of the information collection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Licari, 571-372-0493, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: TRICARE Select Survey of 
Civilian Providers; OMB Control Number 0720-0031.
    Type of Request: Revision.
    Number of Respondents: 20,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 20,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,667.
    Needs and Uses: As mandated by Congress, the information collection 
requirement is necessary to determine how many providers are aware of 
the TRICARE health benefits program, and specifically accept new 
TRICARE Select patients in each market area. The original requirement 
is outlined in Section 711 Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 National Defense 
Authorization Act (NDAA) (Pub. L. 110-181) and was reaffirmed in 
Section 721 FY12 NDAA (Pub. L. 112-81). Section 712 of FY15 NDAA 
extended the requirement to conduct the survey from 2017 through 2020. 
Surveys of civilian physician and non-physician behavioral health care 
providers will be conducted in a number of locations in the United 
States each year. Respondents include civilian physicians (M.D.s & 
D.O.s) and non-physician behavioral health providers (clinical 
psychologists, clinical social workers and other TRICARE authorized 
behavioral health providers). The locations surveyed will include areas 
where the TRICARE Prime benefit is offered (known as TRICARE PRIME 
Service Areas) and geographic areas where TRICARE Prime is not offered. 
Respondents will be contacted by mail with a telephone follow-up to 
complete the survey.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Cortney Higgins.
    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.
    Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should 
be sent to Mr. Licari at [email protected].


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    Dated: November 16, 2018.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2018-25466 Filed 11-21-18; 8:45 am]
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