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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Extension of Autism Services
Demonstration Project for TRICARE
Beneficiaries Under the Extended Care
Health Option
Department of Defense.
Notice of demonstration.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This notice provides a 1-year
extension of the Department of Defense
(the Department) Enhanced Access to
Autism Services Demonstration Project
(Autism Demonstration) under the
Extended Care Health Option (ECHO)
for beneficiaries diagnosed with an
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Under the demonstration, the
Department implemented a provider
model that allows reimbursement for
Applied Behavior Analysis rendered by
providers who are not otherwise eligible
for reimbursement.
DATES: The demonstration will continue
through March 14, 2015.
SUMMARY:
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Defense Health Agency,
Health Plan Operations, 7700 Arlington
Boulevard, Suite 5101, Falls Church,
Virginia 22042.
ADDRESSES:
For
questions pertaining to this
demonstration project, please contact
Mr. Richard Hart at (703) 681–0047.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On December 4, 2007, the Department
of Defense published a notice in the
Federal Register (FR) (72 FR 68130–
68132) of a TRICARE demonstration to
increase access to ABA services. The
purpose of the demonstration is to allow
the Department to determine whether
such a provider model increases access
to services, the services are reaching
those most likely to benefit from them,
the quality of the services rendered
meets the standard of care currently
accepted by the community of
providers, and whether State
requirements for licensure or
certification of providers of ABA
services, where such exists, are being
met. The effective date was 60 days
following publication of the notice, and
the demonstration was implemented on
March 15, 2008, for a period of 2 years.
Recognizing that the subject of ASDs
is complex, in particular, with respect to
the number of individuals diagnosed
with ASD, the treatment of ASD that
generally includes several years of
behavior modification through
educational services, and the ability of
the provider community to increase the
number of qualified providers, the
Department published a notice in the FR
(75 FR 8927–8928) on February 26,
2010, that extended the Demonstration
through March 14, 2012, and again on
December 27, 2011 (76 FR 80903)
through March 14, 2014.
Based on the favorable subjective
response from parents of TRICARE
beneficiaries who participated in the
ABA tiered delivery model under the
ECHO Autism Demonstration and
responded to TRICARE Management
Activity satisfaction surveys, the
Department published a Proposed Rule
on December 29, 2011 (76 FR 81897–
81899) that would add coverage of the
ABA tiered delivery model under ECHO
for ASD as a non-medical ‘‘Other
service,’’ as that term is used in Title 10,
U.S.C., Section 1079(e). However, the
publication of a final rule and transition
of the Autism Demonstration to a
permanent benefit under ECHO was
placed on-hold due to pending
resolution of the ongoing litigation and
separate legislative efforts addressing
coverage of autism-related services
under TRICARE, and the interim
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coverage of ABA as a TRICARE Basic
Program benefit.
Under the added authority of the 1year ABA Pilot Program established by
section 705 of NDAA for Fiscal Year
2013 (the ‘‘ABA Pilot’’), a new interim
TRICARE ABA reinforcement benefit for
Non-Active Duty Family Members
(NADFMs) was implemented on July 25,
2013, as a separate interim benefit from
the coverage of medical benefits
currently provided under the TRICARE
Basic Program to both ADFMs and
NADFMs with ASD, and separate from
the Autism Demonstration services
available by law only to ADFMs
enrolled in their Service’s Exceptional
Family Member program and otherwise
eligible for ECHO.
In accordance with Congressional
direction concerning the purposes of the
ABA Pilot, TRICARE will include an
assessment of the feasibility and
advisability of establishing a beneficiary
cost share for the treatment of ASD.
TRICARE will submit an interim Report
to Congress (RTC) in December 2013
and a final RTC after the July 2014 ABA
Pilot completion date, to include: an
evaluation of the beneficiary cost shares;
a comparison of providing various ABA
services under the TRICARE Basic
Program, ECHO (including the Autism
Demonstration for ADFMs) and the
separate ABA Pilot (for NADFMs);
recommended changes in legislation;
and additional information as
appropriate. The Department has
determined that continuation of the
demonstration for an additional 1 year
is both in the best interest of TRICARE
beneficiaries diagnosed with an ASD,
and necessary to fully evaluate the
effectiveness of the delivery model
employed by the demonstration.
Continuation of the Autism
Demonstration will also provide
additional information needed to make
a formal decision regarding the use of
that delivery model in the long-term.
The demonstration continues to be
authorized by Title 10, United States
Code, Section 1092.
Dated: December 19, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0114]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
State Educational Agency Local
Educational Agency, and School Data
Collection and Reporting under ESEA,
Title I, Part A
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing a revision of an existing
collection of information.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
27, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0114
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. Please note that
comments submitted by fax or email
and those submitted after the comment
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requests for information or comments
submitted by postal mail or delivery
should be addressed to the Director of
the Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ, Room
2E115, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions related to collection activities
or burden, please call Tomakie
Washington, 202–401–1097 or
electronically mail ICDocketMgr@
ed.gov. Please do not send comments
here. We will ONLY accept comments
in this mailbox when the
regulations.gov site is not available to
the public for any reason.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
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data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: State Educational
Agency Local Educational Agency, and
School Data Collection and Reporting
under ESEA, Title I, Part A.
OMB Control Number: 1810–0581.
Type of Review: Revision of an
existing collection of information.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 53,198.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 4,702,675.
Abstract: Title I, Part A (Title I) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended, and its
regulations contain several existing
provisions that require State educational
agencies (SEAs), local educational
agencies (LEAs), and schools to collect
and disseminate information. The
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) covers
these activities, which are currently
approved by OMB under control
number 1810–0581 through March
2014. In addition, in 2011, ED invited
each SEA to request flexibility on behalf
of itself, its LEAs, and schools, in order
to better focus on improving student
academic achievement and increasing
the quality of instruction (ESEA
flexibility). The opportunity for SEAs to
request ESEA flexibility also included
activities covered by the PRA. Those
information collection activities
consisted of the information an SEA
must develop and submit to ED to
request this flexibility, information that
an SEA provided in an Accountability
Addendum, and the information an SEA
that receives ESEA flexibility must
annually report to ED. Approvals of
ESEA flexibility requests have occurred
in several iterations: Window 1, for
which SEAs submitted requests in
November 2011; Window 2, for which
SEAs submitted requests in February
2012; Window 3, for which SEAs
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Extension of Autism Services Demonstration Project for TRICARE
Beneficiaries Under the Extended Care Health Option
AGENCY: Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice of demonstration.
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SUMMARY: This notice provides a 1-year extension of the Department of
Defense (the Department) Enhanced Access to Autism Services
Demonstration Project (Autism Demonstration) under the Extended Care
Health Option (ECHO) for beneficiaries diagnosed with an Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Under the demonstration, the Department
implemented a provider model that allows reimbursement for Applied
Behavior Analysis rendered by providers who are not otherwise eligible
for reimbursement.
DATES: The demonstration will continue through March 14, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Defense Health Agency, Health Plan Operations, 7700
Arlington Boulevard, Suite 5101, Falls Church, Virginia 22042.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions pertaining to this
demonstration project, please contact Mr. Richard Hart at (703) 681-
0047.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On December 4, 2007, the Department of Defense published a notice
in the Federal Register (FR) (72 FR 68130-68132) of a TRICARE
demonstration to increase access to ABA services. The purpose of the
demonstration is to allow the Department to determine whether such a
provider model increases access to services, the services are reaching
those most likely to benefit from them, the quality of the services
rendered meets the standard of care currently accepted by the community
of providers, and whether State requirements for licensure or
certification of providers of ABA services, where such exists, are
being met. The effective date was 60 days following publication of the
notice, and the demonstration was implemented on March 15, 2008, for a
period of 2 years.
Recognizing that the subject of ASDs is complex, in particular,
with respect to the number of individuals diagnosed with ASD, the
treatment of ASD that generally includes several years of behavior
modification through educational services, and the ability of the
provider community to increase the number of qualified providers, the
Department published a notice in the FR (75 FR 8927-8928) on February
26, 2010, that extended the Demonstration through March 14, 2012, and
again on December 27, 2011 (76 FR 80903) through March 14, 2014.
Based on the favorable subjective response from parents of TRICARE
beneficiaries who participated in the ABA tiered delivery model under
the ECHO Autism Demonstration and responded to TRICARE Management
Activity satisfaction surveys, the Department published a Proposed Rule
on December 29, 2011 (76 FR 81897-81899) that would add coverage of the
ABA tiered delivery model under ECHO for ASD as a non-medical ``Other
service,'' as that term is used in Title 10, U.S.C., Section 1079(e).
However, the publication of a final rule and transition of the Autism
Demonstration to a permanent benefit under ECHO was placed on-hold due
to pending resolution of the ongoing litigation and separate
legislative efforts addressing coverage of autism-related services
under TRICARE, and the interim
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coverage of ABA as a TRICARE Basic Program benefit.
Under the added authority of the 1-year ABA Pilot Program
established by section 705 of NDAA for Fiscal Year 2013 (the ``ABA
Pilot''), a new interim TRICARE ABA reinforcement benefit for Non-
Active Duty Family Members (NADFMs) was implemented on July 25, 2013,
as a separate interim benefit from the coverage of medical benefits
currently provided under the TRICARE Basic Program to both ADFMs and
NADFMs with ASD, and separate from the Autism Demonstration services
available by law only to ADFMs enrolled in their Service's Exceptional
Family Member program and otherwise eligible for ECHO.
In accordance with Congressional direction concerning the purposes
of the ABA Pilot, TRICARE will include an assessment of the feasibility
and advisability of establishing a beneficiary cost share for the
treatment of ASD. TRICARE will submit an interim Report to Congress
(RTC) in December 2013 and a final RTC after the July 2014 ABA Pilot
completion date, to include: an evaluation of the beneficiary cost
shares; a comparison of providing various ABA services under the
TRICARE Basic Program, ECHO (including the Autism Demonstration for
ADFMs) and the separate ABA Pilot (for NADFMs); recommended changes in
legislation; and additional information as appropriate. The Department
has determined that continuation of the demonstration for an additional
1 year is both in the best interest of TRICARE beneficiaries diagnosed
with an ASD, and necessary to fully evaluate the effectiveness of the
delivery model employed by the demonstration. Continuation of the
Autism Demonstration will also provide additional information needed to
make a formal decision regarding the use of that delivery model in the
long-term. The demonstration continues to be authorized by Title 10,
United States Code, Section 1092.
Dated: December 19, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2013-30670 Filed 12-24-13; 8:45 am]
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