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Additionally, the TRICARE Prime 

program is authorized by 10 U.S.C. 

1097—1099. The statutes authorize 

Prime to ‘‘provide better services than 

those provided by [Standard]’’, and the 

Secretary ‘‘shall prescribe regulations to 

carry out this section.’’ The regulations 

that directly impact the TRICARE Prime 

program are 32 CFR 199.17 and 199.18. 

Under 32 CFR 199.18(b)(2), the 

following services are available under 

TRICARE Prime that are not authorized 

under TRICARE Standard: 

(1) ‘‘Periodic health promotion and 

disease prevention exams; 

(2) Appropriate education and 

counseling services. The exact services 

offered shall be established under 

uniform standards established by the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health 

Affairs). 

(3) In addition to preventive care 

services provided pursuant to paragraph 

(b)(2) of this section, other benefit 

enhancements may be added and other 

benefit restrictions may be waived or 

relaxed in connection with health care 

services provided to include the 

Uniform HMO Benefit. Any such other 

enhancements or changes must be 

approved by the Assistant Secretary of 

Defense (Health Affairs) based on 

uniform standards.’’

Also, under TRICARE Standard, 

education and counseling services are 

expressly excluded under 32 CFR 

199.4(g)(39). 

D. National Defense Authorization Act 

(NDAA) 2007 Disease Management 

Directives 

The NDAA 2007 section 734 requires 

the design and development of a fully 

integrated program on disease and 

chronic care management for the 

military health care system that 

provides uniform policies and practices 

on disease and chronic care 

management throughout the TRICARE 

network by October 1, 2007. The NDAA 

2007 further states the program ‘‘shall 

include strategies for disease and 

chronic care management for all 

beneficiaries, including beneficiaries 

eligible for benefits under the Medicare 

program under title XVIII of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.), for 

whom the TRICARE program is not the 

primary payer for health care benefits.’’

The purposes of the MHS DM 

programs, as stated in the NDAA 2007, 

are to facilitate the improvement of the 

health status of individuals under care 

in the military health care system, to 

ensure the availability of effective 

health care services for individuals with 

diseases and other chronic conditions, 

and to ensure the proper allocation of 

health care resources for individuals 

who need care for disease or other 

chronic conditions. The NDAA 2007 

mandates the DM program to address, at 

a minimum, the following chronic 

diseases and conditions: diabetes, 

cancer, heart disease, asthma, chronic 

obstructive pulmonary disorder, and 

depression and anxiety disorders. 

E. Description of Demonstration Project 

Under this demonstration, DoD will 

waive, for disease management services 

provided to TRICARE Standard 

beneficiaries, the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 

section 1079(a)(13) and 32 CFR 

199.4(g)(39) that expressly exclude 

clinical preventive services for 

TRICARE Standard beneficiaries in the 

current benefit. The MHS will enroll 

TRICARE Standard beneficiaries in its 

DM programs. DM services provided to 

Standard beneficiaries will include, but 

are not limited to: clinical preventive 

examinations, patient education and 

counseling services, and periodic 

screening exams. 

There will be a cap on MHS DM 

program costs not to exceed the amount 

approved by the contracting officer. The 

DM program costs are total costs of DM 

services provided to both Prime and 

Standard beneficiaries. Only those 

beneficiaries identified by TRICARE 

Management Activity (TMA) for disease 

management of asthma, congestive heart 

failure, and diabetes are included in the 

current program, with other diseases or 

conditions to be added in the future as 

funding permits. The beneficiaries 

identified by TMA are included in the 

DM program unless the beneficiary 

chooses to opt out. 

This action will directly reduce 

variation across the system and result in 

improved consistency and quality for 

beneficiaries with targeted chronic 

illness, regardless of TRICARE 

classification. Furthermore, including 

TRICARE Standard beneficiaries in 

current DM efforts will inform the MHS 

about total potential savings and return 

on investment (ROI) associated with 

DM, a stated requirement for inclusion 

in the Congressional report per the 

NDAA 2007. The system-wide DM 

program will improve the quality of care 

by educating patients about their 

disease and helping them manage their 

symptoms, thereby avoiding many 

complications and possibly slowing the 

progression of their chronic disease, 

thus resulting in significant cost 

savings. 

F. Implementation 

The demonstration is effective on 

April 1, 2007. 

G. Evaluation 

An independent evaluation of the 

demonstration will be conducted. The 

evaluation will be designed to use a 

combination of administrative and 

survey measures of health care 

outcomes (clinical, utilization, financial, 

and humanistic measures) to provide 

analyses and comment on the 

effectiveness of the demonstration in 

meeting its goal of providing uniform 

disease management policies and 

practices across the MHS. 

Dated: March 13, 2007. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of 18 Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: DoD. 

ACTION: Establishment of Federal 

Advisory Committee. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix, as amended), 

the Sunshine in the Government Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 

41 CFR 102–3.65, the Department of 

Defense gives notice that it intents to 

establish the U.S. Southern Command 

Advisory Group, as a discretionary 

Federal advisory committee. 

This committee will provide the 

Secretary of Defense, through the 

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 

the Commander, U.S. Southern 

Command independent advice and 

recommendations on the dynamic, 

transnational challenges facing the 

United States and its allies with respect 

to the U.S. Southern Command 

responsibilities. In accordance with DoD 

policy and procedures, the Commander 

U.S. Southern Command is authorized 

to act upon the advice emanating from 

this advisory committee. 

The U.S. Southern Command 

Advisory Group shall be composed of 

no more than 25 members who are 

eminent authorities in the fields of 

national defense, geopolitical and 

national security affairs, or Latin 

America and the Caribbean. Committee 

members appointed by the Secretary of 

Defense, who are not full-time Federal 

officers or employees, shall serve as 

Special Government Employees under 

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The U.S. Southern Command 

Advisory Group, in keeping with DoD 

policy to make every effort to achieve a 

balanced membership, include a cross 

section of experts directly affected, 

interested and qualified to advice on US 

security interests in the Americas. 

Committee members shall be appointed 

on an annual basis by the Secretary of 

Defense, and with the exception of 

travel and per diem for official travel, 

shall serve without compensation. The 

Commander, U.S. Southern Command 

shall select the committee’s chairperson 

from the committee’s membership at 

large. 

The U.S. Southern Command 

Advisory Group shall meet at the call of 

the committee’s Designated Federal 

Officer, in consultation with the 

Chairperson and the Commander U.S. 

Southern Command. The Designated 

Federal Officer shall be a full-time or 

permanent part-time DoD employee, 

and shall be appointed in accordance 

with established DoD policies and 

procedures. The Designated Federal 

Officer or duly appointed Alternate 

Designated Federal Officer shall attend 

all committee meetings and 

subcommittee meetings. 

The U.S. Southern Command 

Advisory Group shall be authorized to 

establish subcommittees, as necessary 

and consistent with its mission, and 

these subcommittees or working groups 

shall operate under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), 

the Sunshine in the Government Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 

other appropriate Federal regulations. 

Such subcommittees or workgroups 

shall not work independently of the 

chartered committee, and shall report 

all their recommendations and advice to 

the U.S. Southern Command Advisory 

Group for full deliberation and 

discussion. Subcommittees or 

workgroups have no authority to make 

decisions on behalf of the chartered 

committee nor can they report directly 

to the Department of Defense or any 

Federal officers or employees who are 

not members of the U.S. Southern 

Command Advisory Group. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frank Wilson, DoD Committee 

Management Officer, 703–601–2554. 

Dated: March 12, 2007. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–1316 Filed 3–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–08–M 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, invites 

comments on the proposed information 

collection requests as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 18, 

2007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, publishes that notice 

containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

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. 

Dated: March 13, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Post Vocational Rehabilitation 

Experiences Study (PVRES). 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household; State, Local, or Tribal Gov’t, 

SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 4,955. 

Burden Hours: 5,958. 

Abstract: This data collection is to 

implement a longitudinal study of 

former consumers of the State 

Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

Program, on long-term post-program 

experiences. It uses a stratified random 

sample and will be conducted using 

computer-assisted telephone 

interviewing. The findings will fill a gap 

in the knowledge about successful 

employment strategies and the use and 

need for other services after exit from 

VR. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 3285. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20202–4700. Requests may also be 

electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–

245–6623. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

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