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DOD/DODOASHA

RIN: 0720-AB53

Publication ID: Fall 2011

Title: ●TRICARE; Extended Care Health Option
Abstract: The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this proposed rule to establish TRICARE coverage under the Extended Care Health Option (ECHO) of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). To increase access to ABA services for ECHO-registered dependents who are diagnosed with an ASD, DoD is promulgating this rule to adopt a provider model under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 1079(e) and to establish the requirements for ABA providers and reimbursement for ABA services. This rule also proposes to establish that certain individual professional providers, specifically, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, certified psychiatric nurse specialists, and clinical social workers, and other individuals who maintain current certification by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) or comparable certifying entity as may be approved by the Director, TMA, and, who maintain a current Participation Agreement with the Director, TMA, are eligible to be applied behavior analysis authorized providers.
Agency: Department of Defense(DOD)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 32 CFR 199
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301    10 USC ch 55

Legal Deadline:  None

Timetable: Action Date FR Cite NPRM  12/00/2011

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Mike Kottyan Department of Defense Office of Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs 1200 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301 Phone:303 676-3520