[Federal Register: November 6, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 214)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DoD-2009-HA-0027]

 
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 December 
7, 2009.
    Title and OMB Number: Federal Agency Retail Pharmacy Program; OMB 
Number 0720-0032.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement.
    Number of Respondents: 250.
    Responses per Respondent: 4.
    Annual Responses: 1,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 8 hours.

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    Annual Burden Hours: 8,000 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Pursuant to the terms of a contract awarded by DoD, 
a commercial pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) will provide a retail 
pharmacy network for the DoD TRICARE Management Activity. The PBM will 
issue payment with Government funds for prescriptions dispensed by 
retail network pharmacies to TRICARE beneficiaries. DoD will provide 
manufacturers with itemized data on covered drugs purchased through 
TRICARE retail network pharmacies in order to obtain appropriate 
refunds on covered drugs delivered to TRICARE beneficiaries. The drug 
manufacturers will validate the refund. The manufacturers currently use 
information technology to download and decrypt their data and going 
forward will utilize the web-based system to obtain their data and 
submit their disputes.
    Affected Public: Business or other-for-profit.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. John Kraemer.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Kraemer at the Office of Management 
and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    You may also submit comments, identified by docket 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 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: Ms. Patricia Toppings.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/Information Management 
Division, 1777 North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, Arlington, VA 
22209-2133.

    Dated: October 26, 2009.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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