[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 125 (Tuesday, June 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37243-37244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15995]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2014-HA-0161]


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 29, 
2015.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title, Associated Form and OMB Number: Assistance Reporting Tool 
(ART); OMB Control Number 0720-TBD.
    Type of Request: Proposed collection.
    Number of Respondents: 254,000.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 254,000.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 63,500.
    Needs and Uses: The ART is a secure web-based system that captures 
feedback on and authorization related to TRICARE benefits. Users are 
comprised of Military Health System (MHS) customer service personnel, 
to include Beneficiary Counseling and Assistance Coordinators, Debt 
Collection Assistance Officers, personnel, family support, recruiting 
command, case managers, and others who serve in a customer service 
support role. The ART is also the primary means by which DHA-Great 
Lakes staff capture medical authorization determinations and claims 
assistance information for remotely located service members, line of 
duty care, and for care under the Transitional

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Care for Service-related Conditions benefit. ART data reflects the 
customer service mission within the MHS: It helps customer service 
staff users prioritize and manage their case workload; it allows users 
to track beneficiary inquiry workload and resolution, of which a major 
component is educating beneficiaries on their TRICARE benefits. 
Personal health information (PHI) and personally identifiable 
information (PII) entered into the system is received from individuals 
via a verbal or written exchange and is only collected to facilitate 
beneficiary case resolution. Authorized users may use the PII/PHI to 
obtain and verify TRICARE eligibility, treatment, payment, and other 
healthcare operations information for a specific individual. All data 
collected is voluntarily given by the individual. At any time during 
the case resolution process, individuals may object to the collection 
of PHI and PII via verbal or written notice. Individuals are informed 
that without PII/PHI the authorized user of the system may not be able 
to assist in case resolution, and that answers to questions/concerns 
would be generalities regarding the topic at hand.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Ms. Jasmeet Seehra at the Office of 
Management and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, 
[email protected].
    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: 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 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.

    Dated: June 24, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-15995 Filed 6-29-15; 8:45 am]
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