The information collection requirement
is necessary for enrollment and disenrollment in the Department of
Defense's TRICARE Plus Health Plan established in accordance with
Title 10 U.S.C. 1099 (which calls for a healthcare enrollment
system) and 1086 (which authorizes TRICARE eligibility of Medicare
Eligible Persons and has resulted in the development of a new
enrollment option called TRICARE Plus) and the Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Health Affairs Policy Memorandum to Establish the
TRICARE Plus Program, June 22, 2001. The information collected
hereby provides the TRICARE contractors with necessary data to
determine beneficiary eligibility and to identify the selection of
a health care option.
This is a reinstatement with
change to an expired collection. There has been a change in burden
estimates since the last time this collection was approved.
Variations in burden hours are due to the ever changing
availability to access to TRICARE Plus. TRICARE Plus is only
available within the direct care system (military treatment
facilities). Recently, there have been multiple military treatment
facility closures which directly impacted (reduced) TRICARE Plus
enrollment.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.