Office of the Secretary October 27, 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On Friday, October 16, 2015 (80 FR 62523), the Department of Defense published a notice titled ``Proposed Collection; Comment Request'' for National Language Service Corps; DD Forms 2932, 2933, and 2934; OMB Control Number 0704-0449. Subsequent to the publication of the notice, the Department of Defense discovered that the notice was unnecessary as public comment had already been solicited in the preamble of the proposed rule that published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 (80 FR 9669-9673).

This notice provides the updated regional per-diem rates for low-volume mental health providers; the update factor for hospital- specific per-diems; the updated cap per-diem for high-volume providers; the beneficiary per-diem cost-share amount for low-volume providers; and, the updated per-diem rates for both full-day and half-day TRICARE Partial Hospitalization Programs for Fiscal Year 2016.

The Defense Finance and Accounting Service proposes to add a new system of records, T4500c, entitled ``DFAS Transportation Incentive Program System (TIPS)'' to manage the mass transportation program for DFAS civilian and DFAS NAF employees applying for and in receipt of mass transit subsidies.

The Defense Health Agency proposes to alter an existing system of records, EDTMA 04, entitled ``Medical/Dental Claim History Files'' in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. The Defense Health Agency and its contractors and DoD staff (including Military Treatment Facilities, clinics and TRICARE Regional Offices Staff) use the information to control and process health care benefits available under TRICARE and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA), including the processing of medical or dental claims, the control and approval of medical or dental treatments, issuance of deductible certificates, and necessary interface with providers of health care. The system also supports audits of contractor-processed claims to determine payment and occurrence accuracy of the contractor's adjudication process.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense proposes to add a new system of records, DPA 02, entitled ``AFNConnect (AFNC)'' which will document the eligibility and continued validation of authorized individuals Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) who register an American Forces Network satellite decoder. AFNConnect provides U.S. military commanders worldwide a means to communicate internal information to OCONUS users. Records may also be used as a management tool for statistical analysis, tracking, reporting, evaluating program effectiveness, and conducting research.