88742 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 217 / Friday, November 8, 2024 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2024–OS–0015] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness 

(OUSD(P&R)), Department of Defense 

(DoD). 

ACTION: 30-Day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: The DoD has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for clearance the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by December 9, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reginald Lucas, (571) 372–7574, 

whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dodinformation-collections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Application for Surrogate 

Association for DoD Self-Service (DS) 

Logon; DD Form 3005; OMB Control 

Number 0704–0559. 

Type of Request: Revision. 

Number of Respondents: 2,500. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 2,500. 

Average Burden per Response: 8 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 333. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection is needed to obtain the 

necessary data to establish an 

individual’s eligibility for Defense 

Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System 

(DEERS) and DS Logon credential 

issuance as a surrogate. Information is 

collected via the DD Form 3005, 

‘‘Application for Surrogate Association 

for DS Logon,’’ and used to establish a 

record in DEERS and issue a DS Logon 

credential in accordance with DoDM 

1341.02, Volume 1. The information 

that is collected may be released to 

Federal and State agencies and private 

entities, on matters relating to 

utilization review, professional quality 

assurance, program integrity, civil and 

criminal litigation, and access to Federal 

government facilities, computer 

systems, networks, and controlled areas. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Reginald 

Lucas. 

Dated: November 4, 2024. 

Stephanie J. Bost, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25955 Filed 11–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

TRICARE: Notice of TRICARE Plan 

Program Changes for Calendar Year 

2025 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Defense, Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice; TRICARE Plan Program 

Changes for Calendar Year 2025. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information regarding TRICARE Plan 

Program Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 

2025. 

DATES: TRICARE Health Plan 

information in this notice is valid for 

services during CY 2025 (January 1, 

2025–December 31, 2025). 

ADDRESSES: Defense Health Agency, 

TRICARE Health Plan Division, 7700 

Arlington Boulevard, Suite 5101, Falls 

Church, Virginia 22042–5101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Debra Fisher, phone: (703) 275–6224. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A final 

rule published in the Federal Register 

(FR) on February 15, 2019, (84 FR 4326– 

4333) established the requirement for 

the Director, Defense Health Agency 

(DHA), to provide public notice to 

Military Health System (MHS) 

beneficiaries each calendar year in 

connection with the annual open season 

enrollment period with a summary of 

changes to the TRICARE program. The 

following changes or improvements to 

the TRICARE program benefits apply for 

CY 2025. 

Announcement of Open Season 

Open Season is an annual period 

when beneficiaries can enroll in or 

make changes to their healthcare, 

dental, and vision coverage for the next 

calendar year. 

During the TRICARE Open Season 

that runs from November 11, 2024, 

through December 10, 2024, qualified 

MHS beneficiaries may enroll in or 

change their TRICARE Prime or 

TRICARE Select plan. 

During the Federal Employee Dental 

and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) 

Open Season that runs from November 

11, 2024, through December 9, 2024, 

qualified MHS beneficiaries, including 

TRICARE for Life beneficiaries, may 

enroll in or make changes to their dental 

and vision plans. FEDVIP is operated by 

the U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management. 

Any changes MHS beneficiaries make 

during Open Season will take effect on 

January 1, 2025. If a beneficiary remains 

eligible and does not make any changes 

during Open Season, then their coverage 

will stay the same for 2025. TRICARE 

enrollees can ensure they receive 

important health plan information by 

promptly listing any change in address 

and other information in the Defense 

Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System 

(DEERS). See the Qualifying Life Events 

(https://health.mil/Military-HealthTopics/MHS-Toolkits/Toolkits/ 

QLEhttps://health.mil/Military-HealthTopics/MHS-Toolkits/Toolkits/QLE) 

guide for when to update information in 

DEERS throughout the year. 

Annual Announcements 

The following TRICARE program 

features are subject to a year-to-year 

determination and are announced each 

year prior to the annual TRICARE Open 

Season. 

Urgent Care Visits: There continues to 

be no limit on the number of urgent care 

visits covered beneficiaries enrolled in 

TRICARE Prime can receive without a 

referral for Plan Year 2025. Beneficiaries 

may receive urgent care from TRICAREauthorized urgent care centers (UCC) 

and convenience clinics (CC), either 

network or non-network, without a 

referral. They may also receive urgent 

care from any TRICARE network 

provider (i.e., family medicine; internal 

medicine-general practice; 

pediatricians). In situations when a 

TRICARE Prime enrollee seeks care 

from a non-network TRICARE 

authorized provider (outside of a 

TRICARE-authorized UCC or CC), the 

usual TRICARE Prime Point of Service 

(POS) deductible and cost-shares shall 

apply. Private Sector care for active duty 

Service members is subject to different 

rules. Covered beneficiaries who want 

assistance on decisions to seek urgent 

care in the United States (U.S.), except 

those enrolled in the Uniformed 

Services Family Health Plan (USFHP), 

may call the MHS Nurse Advice Line 


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