[Federal Register: December 28, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 248)]
[Notices]
[Page 73779]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DoD-2007-HA-0140]
Proposed 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 Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs announces a proposed public information collection and
seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited
on: (a) Whether the proposed 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 proposed 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 by February
26, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and
title, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 1160
Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1160.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency
name, docket 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this
proposed information collection, please write to TRICARE Management
Activity--Aurora, Special Contracts and Operations Branch, 16401 E.
Centretech Pkwy, Attn: Pamela A. Maloney, Aurora, CO 80011-9066, or
telephone Pamela A. Maloney, TRICARE Management Activity, Special
Contracts and Operations Branch at (303) 676-3709.
Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Mail Order Registration;
OMB Control Number 0720-TBD.
Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary
to obtain personal data from TRICARE eligible beneficiaries as
application for enrollment into the Department of Defense's TRICARE
Mail Order Pharmacy Program.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Annual Burden Hours: 15,000.
Annual Number of Respondents: 60,000.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
Frequency: On Occasion.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Information Collection
Respondents are active duty members of the armed forces, eligible
retirees and their family members who are the recipients of the TRICARE
pharmacy benefits. All eligible beneficiaries must complete the
registration form in order to enroll into the program. Once the form is
completed and signed by the beneficiary; the form is mailed to the
TRICARE Mail Order Pharmacy contractor, Express Scripts Inc. The
information on the form is logged into a secure database. The form is
destroyed after the data is transferred.
Dated: December 7, 2007.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E7-25196 Filed 12-27-07; 8:45 am]
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