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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 200 / Tuesday, October 17, 2006 / Notices
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Census figures on State resident
populations.
Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program:Medically Underserved Areas
for 2007
Office of Personnel Management.
Linda M. Springer,
Director.
[FR Doc. E6–17161 Filed 10–16–06; 8:45 am]
Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Notice of medically underserved
areas for 2007.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) has completed its
annual determination of the States that
qualify as Medically Underserved Areas
under the Federal Employees Health
Benefits (FEHB) Program for calendar
year 2007. This is necessary to comply
with a provision of the FEHB law that
mandates special consideration for
enrollees of certain FEHB plans who
receive covered health services in States
with critical shortages of primary care
physicians. Accordingly, for calendar
year 2007, OPM’s calculations show that
the following states are Medically
Underserved Areas under the FEHB
Program: Alabama, Arizona, Idaho,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, North
Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Texas, West Virginia, and Wyoming. For
the 2007 calendar year Texas is being
added and Alaska is being removed
from the list.
DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ingrid Burford, 202–606–0004.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEHB law
(5 U.S.C. 8902(m)(2)) mandates special
consideration for enrollees of certain
FEHB plans who receive covered health
services in States with critical shortages
of primary care physicians. The FEHB
law also requires that a State be
designated as a Medically Underserved
Area if 25 percent or more of the
population lives in an area designated
by the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) as a primary medical
care manpower shortage area. Such
States are designated as Medically
Underserved Areas for purposes of the
FEHB Program, and the law requires
non-HMO FEHB plans to reimburse
beneficiaries, subject to their contract
terms, for covered services obtained
from any licensed provider in these
States.
FEHB regulations (5 CFR 890.701)
require OPM to make an annual
determination of the States that qualify
as Medically Underserved Areas for the
next calendar year by comparing the
latest HHS State-by-State population
counts on primary medical care
manpower shortage areas with U.S.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. IC–27516; File No. 812–13301]
MONY Life Insurance Company of
America, et al.
October 12, 2006.
The Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’).
ACTION: Notice of application for an
order pursuant to Section 26(c) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
‘‘1940 Act’’) approving certain
substitutions of securities and an order
of exemption pursuant to Section 17(b)
of the 1940 Act from Section 17(a) of the
1940 Act.
AGENCY:
The Section
26 Applicants (as defined below)
request an order approving the proposed
substitution of shares of certain series of
EQ Advisors Trust (‘‘EQAT’’) and AXA
Premier VIP Trust (‘‘VIP’’, together with
EQAT, the ‘‘Trusts,’’ and each, a
‘‘Trust’’), by the Separate Accounts (as
defined below) for shares of similar
series of unaffiliated registered
investment companies (the
‘‘Substitutions’’). In particular, the
Section 26 Applicants request an order
pursuant to Section 26(c) approving the
substitution of: (1) Class IA shares of the
EQ/Calvert Socially Responsible
Portfolio for Initial Class shares of The
Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth
Fund, Inc.; (2) Class IA shares of the EQ/
Mercury International Value Portfolio
for Initial Class shares of the Dreyfus
Variable Investment Fund—
International Value Portfolio; (3) Class
IA shares of the EQ/Lord Abbett Growth
and Income Portfolio for Class VC
shares of the Lord Abbett Series Fund—
Growth and Income Portfolio; (4) Class
IA shares of the EQ/Short Duration
Bond Portfolio for shares of the T. Rowe
Price Fixed Income Series, Inc.—
Limited-Term Bond Portfolio; (5) Class
IA shares of EQ/Money Market Portfolio
for shares of the T. Rowe Price Fixed
Income Series, Inc.—Prime Reserve
Portfolio; (6) Class IA shares of the EQ/
Alliance International Portfolio for
shares of the T. Rowe Price International
Series, Inc.—International Stock
Portfolio; (7) Class IA shares of the EQ/
Van Kampen Emerging Markets Equity
SUMMARY OF APPLICATION:
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Portfolio for Class I shares of The
Universal Institutional Funds, Inc.—
Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio; (8)
Class IA shares of the EQ/FI Mid Cap
Portfolio for shares of the Old Mutual
Insurance Series Fund—Mid-Cap
Portfolio; (9) Class IA shares of the EQ/
Lord Abbett Mid Cap Value Portfolio for
Class VC shares of the Lord Abbett
Series Fund—Mid-Cap Value Portfolio;
(10) Class IA shares of the EQ/JPMorgan
Core Bond Portfolio for Administrative
Class shares of the PIMCO Variable
Insurance Trust—Real Return Portfolio;
and (11) Class A shares of the AXA
Premier VIP High Yield Portfolio for
Class VC shares of the Lord Abbett
Series Fund—Bond Debenture Portfolio.
Applicants also request an order of
exemption to permit certain in-kind
transactions in connection with the
proposed Substitutions (the ‘‘In-Kind
Transactions’’). Each of the portfolios
involved in the Substitutions serves as
an underlying investment option for
certain variable annuity contracts and/
or variable life insurance policies
(‘‘Contracts’’) issued by the Insurance
Companies (as defined below). The
portfolios receiving assets in the
Substitutions are referred to in this
notice as the ‘‘Replacement Portfolios.’’
The portfolios from which the assets are
transferred in connection with the
Substitutions are referred to in this
notice as the ‘‘Removed Portfolios.’’
MONY Life Insurance
Company of America (‘‘MLOA’’), MONY
Life Insurance Company (‘‘MONY’’,
with MLOA, each an ‘‘Insurance
Company’’ and collectively, the
‘‘Insurance Companies’’), MONY
America Variable Account A (‘‘MLOA
Separate Account A’’), MONY America
Variable Account L (‘‘MLOA Separate
Account L’’ and together with MLOA
Separate Account A, ‘‘MLOA Separate
Accounts’’), MONY Variable Account A
(‘‘MONY Separate Account A’’) and
MONY Variable Account L (‘‘MONY
Separate Account L’’ and together with
MONY Separate Account A, ‘‘MONY
Separate Accounts’’) (the MONY
Separate Accounts and the MLOA
Separate Accounts are referred to as the
‘‘Separate Accounts’’ and individually
as a ‘‘Separate Account’’) (the Separate
Accounts and the Insurance Companies
are referred to as the ‘‘Section 26
Applicants’’). EQAT is also an applicant
for purposes of the order pursuant to
Section 17(b) together with the
Insurance Companies and the Separate
Accounts (the ‘‘Section 17 Applicants’’).
APPLICANTS:
The application was filed
on June 1, 2006 and amended on
October 6, 2006.
FILING DATE:
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[Notices]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:Medically Underserved
Areas for 2007
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Notice of medically underserved areas for 2007.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has completed its
annual determination of the States that qualify as Medically
Underserved Areas under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB)
Program for calendar year 2007. This is necessary to comply with a
provision of the FEHB law that mandates special consideration for
enrollees of certain FEHB plans who receive covered health services in
States with critical shortages of primary care physicians. Accordingly,
for calendar year 2007, OPM's calculations show that the following
states are Medically Underserved Areas under the FEHB Program: Alabama,
Arizona, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
New Mexico, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, West
Virginia, and Wyoming. For the 2007 calendar year Texas is being added
and Alaska is being removed from the list.
DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ingrid Burford, 202-606-0004.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEHB law (5 U.S.C. 8902(m)(2)) mandates
special consideration for enrollees of certain FEHB plans who receive
covered health services in States with critical shortages of primary
care physicians. The FEHB law also requires that a State be designated
as a Medically Underserved Area if 25 percent or more of the population
lives in an area designated by the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) as a primary medical care manpower shortage area. Such
States are designated as Medically Underserved Areas for purposes of
the FEHB Program, and the law requires non-HMO FEHB plans to reimburse
beneficiaries, subject to their contract terms, for covered services
obtained from any licensed provider in these States.
FEHB regulations (5 CFR 890.701) require OPM to make an annual
determination of the States that qualify as Medically Underserved Areas
for the next calendar year by comparing the latest HHS State-by-State
population counts on primary medical care manpower shortage areas with
U.S. Census figures on State resident populations.
Office of Personnel Management.
Linda M. Springer,
Director.
[FR Doc. E6-17161 Filed 10-16-06; 8:45 am]
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