[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10057-10058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02945]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2023-HA-0111]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs 
(OASD(HA)), Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: 30-Day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(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 March 
14, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lane Purvis, (571) 372-0460, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: The Health Care Survey of 
DoD Beneficiaries; OMB Control Number: 0720-HCSD.
    Type of Request: New.
    Number of Respondents: 24,200.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 24,200.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 6,050.
    Needs and Uses: Legal authority for this information collection is 
found in the 1993 National Defense Authorization Act (Pub. L. 102-484). 
The Health Care Survey of DoD Beneficiaries (HCSDB) is the only 
population-based Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and 
Systems Health Plan Survey (v5.0) administered to a statistically 
representative, world-wide sample of all eligible DoD

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beneficiaries by the Defense Health Agency (DHA). The instrument 
includes an additional module that is the only population-based 
measurement of Healthy People 2030 goals and health metrics reflecting 
the priorities of senior health leaders. The HCSDB is a population-
based survey, not a healthcare encounter-based survey. As such, the 
HCSDB is the only survey able to measure access to care and other 
metrics for beneficiaries who may not be using the TRICARE health 
system due to barriers to care they encounter. This information 
collection, which began in 2008, continues to be of critical importance 
to DHA and Congress in assessing Military Health System and Managed 
Care Support Contractor performance by allowing for trending by various 
beneficiary categories over time.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Matt Eliseo.
    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. Lane Purvis.
    Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should 
be sent to Mr. Purvis at [email protected].

    Dated: February 7, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2024-02945 Filed 2-12-24; 8:45 am]
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