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for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to TRICARE Operations 

Plan, 7700 Arlington Blvd., Suite 5101, 

Falls Church, VA 22042–5101, ATTN: 

Mr. Mark Ellis or call (703) 275–6234. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: TRICARE Young Adult 

Application; DD–2947; OMB Control 

Number 0720–0049. 

Needs and Uses: The Ike Skelton 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11), Section 702, 

aligns TRICARE Program eligibility by 

providing a means to extend the age of 

eligibility of TRICARE dependents from 

age 21 or 23 up to age 26 to allow the 

purchase of extended dependent 

medical coverage across existing 

TRICARE program options (Select and 

Prime). This is consistent with the 

intent of the Patient Protection and 

Affordable Care Act, the implementing 

Health and Human Services regulations, 

and the limitations of Chapter 55 of 

Title 10. Section 702 allows qualified 

adult children not eligible for medical 

coverage at age 21 (23 if enrolled in a 

full-time course of study at an 

institution of higher learning approved 

by the Secretary of Defense) and are 

under age 26 to qualify to purchase 

medical coverage unless the dependent 

is enrolled in or eligible to purchase 

employer sponsored insurance per 

section 5000A(f)(2) of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 or is married. 

The dependents shall be able to 

purchase either the TRICARE Prime or 

Select benefits depending on if they 

meet specific program requirements and 

the availability of a desired plan in their 

geographic location. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 677.25. 

Number of Respondents: 2,709. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 2,709. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondents are adult age dependents 

of active duty military and veteran 

service members. Respondents complete 

the DD–2947, ‘‘TRICARE Young Adult 

Application,’’ in order to apply for, 

change, or terminate their TRICARE 

Young Adult coverage or to request a 

different Primary Care Manager (PCM). 

Respondents typically make these 

requests over the phone by calling their 

regional contractor responsible for 

processing the DD–2947. Respondents 

in the East and West of the U.S. process 

the DD–2947 through Humana and 

HealthNet respectively; respondents 

outside of those regions have their DD– 

2947 processed by International SOS. 

Dated: July 25, 2018. 

Shelly E. Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16237 Filed 7–27–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DOD–2018–HA–0045] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Information collection notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Defense Health Agency announces a 

proposed public information collection 

and seeks public comment on the 

provisions thereof. Comments are 

invited on: Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; ways 

to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by September 28, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail: Department of Defense, Office of 

the Chief Management Officer, 

Directorate for Oversight and 

Compliance, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09, Alexandria, 

VA 22350–1700. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to Decision Support 

Decision, Defense Health Agency, Attn: 

Dr. Kimberely Aiyelawo, 7700 Arlington 

Blvd., Suite 5101, Falls Church, VA 

22042–5101, or call 703–681–3636. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Department of Defense Patient 

Safety Culture Survey; OMB Control 

Number 0720–0034. 

Needs and Uses: The 2001 National 

Defense Authorization Act contains 

specific sections addressing patient 

safety in military and veterans’ health 

care systems. This legislation states that 

the Secretary of Defense shall establish 

a patient care error reporting and 

management system to study 

occurrences of errors in patient care and 

that one purpose of the system should 

be to ‘‘identify systemic factors that are 

associated with such occurrences’’ and 

‘‘to provide for action to be taken to 

correct the identified systemic factors.’’ 

(Sec. 754, items b2 and b3). In addition, 

the legislation states that the Secretary 

shall ‘‘continue research and 

development investments to improve 

communication, coordination, and team 

work in the provision of health care.’’ 

(Sec. 754, item d4). 

In its ongoing response to this 

legislation, and in support of its mission 

to ‘‘promote a culture of safety to 

eliminate preventable patient harm by 

engaging, educating and equipping 

patient-care teams to institutionalize 

evidence-based safe practices,’’ the DoD 

Patient Safety Program plans to field the 

Department of Defense Patient Safety 

Culture Survey. The Culture Survey is 

based on the Department of Health and 

Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality’s validated survey 

instrument. The survey obtains MHS 

staff opinions on patient safety issues 

such as teamwork, communications, 

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error reporting, and overall perceptions 

of patient safety. 

Affected Public: Federal Government; 

Individuals or Households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1,533. 

Number of Respondents: 9,200. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 9,200. 

Average Burden per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Frequency: As required. 

The purpose of the survey is to assess 

the current status of patient safety in 

MHS facilities and to assess patient 

safety improvement over time. The 

hospital survey tool is the same OMB 

approved tool that was administered in 

previous years. There will also be a 

corresponding outpatient survey tool 

with congruous questions tailored to the 

ambulatory or clinic setting. 

Respondents will select the survey 

corresponding to their care 

environment. The Web-based survey 

will be administered on a voluntarybasis to all staff working in Army, Navy, 

and Air Force Military Health System 

(MHS) direct care facilities in the U.S. 

and internationally, including Military 

Treatment Facilities (MTF) hospitals as 

well as ambulatory and dental services. 

Responses and respondents will remain 

anonymous. There are two versions of 

the survey that may be administered, 

corresponding to the setting in which 

care is delivered, either Hospital 

(inpatient) or Ambulatory (outpatient/ 

clinic setting). 

Dated: July 24, 2018. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16170 Filed 7–27–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 16–36] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Arms sales notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of an 

arms sales notification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

DSCA at dsca.ncr.lmo.mbx.info@

mail.mil or (703) 697–9709. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

36(b)(1) arms sales notification is 

published to fulfill the requirements of 

section 155 of Public Law 104–164 

dated July 21, 1996. The following is a 

copy of a letter to the Speaker of the 

House of Representatives, Transmittal 

16–36 with attached Policy Justification 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: July 25, 2018. 

Shelly E. Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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