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MARADMIN 685/08
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA//
SUBJ/PAY AND ALLOWANCE CONTINUATION (PAC) PROGRAM//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/USD/YMD:20080515//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/PDUSD/YMD:20081030//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/CMC/YMD:20060417//
REF/D/MSGID:DOC/DFAS/YMD:20060501//
POC/P. GULBRANDSEN/MAJ/UNIT:MPO/-/TEL:(703) 784-9386/TEL:DSN 278-9386
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NARR/REF A IS USD (P&R) MEMORANDUM PUBLISHING THE POLICY FOR
CONTINUATION OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES (PAC) WHILE HOSPITALIZED FOR
TREATMENT OR WHEN IN A MEDICAL/PATIENT UNIT FOR CARE.
REF B IS PDUSD MEMORANDUM EXTENDING THE PAC PROGRAM.
REF C IS MARADMIN 175/06, WHICH PUBLISHED THE POLICY FOR PAYMENT OF
COMBAT-RELATED INJURY REHABILITATION PAY (CIP).
REF D IS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION
(DODFMR), VOLUME 7A, CHAPTER 44, LAST ELECTRONIC UPDATE SEPTEMBER
2008.//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THIS MARADMIN PUBLISHES THE MARINE CORPS POLICY
ON THE PAC PROGRAM AS OUTLINED IN REFS (A) AND (B) AND HEREBY
CANCELS REF (C).
2.  PROGRAM GUIDANCE.
    A.  EFFECTIVE 15 MAY 08, A MEMBER OF A REGULAR OR RESERVE
COMPONENT WHO, IN THE LINE OF DUTY, INCURS A WOUND, INJURY, OR
ILLNESS WHILE SERVING IN A COMBAT OPERATION OR A COMBAT ZONE, WHILE
SERVING IN A HOSTILE FIRE AREA, OR WHILE EXPOSED TO A HOSTILE FIRE
EVENT (REGARDLESS OF LOCATION), AND IS HOSPITALIZED FOR TREATMENT OF
THE WOUND, INJURY, OR ILLNESS SHALL CONTINUE TO BE PAID, UNDER THE
PAC PROGRAM, THOSE PAY AND ALLOWANCES THE MEMBER WAS RECEIVING AT THE
TIME OF HOSPITALIZATION TO INCLUDE ANY SPECIAL PAY, INCENTIVE PAY,
BONUS, OR SIMILAR BENEFITS AUTHORIZED UNDER CHAPTER 5 OF TITLE 37 OR
TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, AND THE INCIDENTAL EXPENSE (IE) PORTION
OF THE TEMPORARY DUTY ALLOWANCE FOR MEMBERS DEPLOYED IN A COMBAT
OPERATION OR COMBAT ZONE. PAY AND ALLOWANCES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO:
        (1) HARDSHIP DUTY PAY
        (2) HOSTILE FIRE/IMMINENT DANGER PAY
        (3) DEPLOYED PER DIEM (INCIDENTAL EXPENSE PORTION ONLY)
        (4) HAZARDOUS DUTY INCENTIVE PAY (E.G. DEMOLITION, JUMP,
FLIGHT DECK)
        (5) DIVING DUTY PAY
        (6) SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT PAY
        (7) ASSIGNMENT INCENTIVE PAY
(NOTE: BASIC PAY, BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR SUBSISTENCE, COST OF LIVING
ALLOWANCE, FAMILY SEPARATION ALLOWANCE, FAMILY HOUSING ALLOWANCE
AND BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION
FOR PAC.)
    B.  ELIGIBLE MEMBERS MAY BE AUTHORIZED PAC BEGINNING ON THE DATE
OF FIRST HOSPITALIZATION FOR UP-TO 12 CONTINUOUS MONTHS.  PAC WILL
CONTINUE UNTIL THE END OF THE FIRST MONTH BEGINNING AFTER THE
EARLIEST OF THE FOLLOWING DATES:
        (1) THE DATE ON WHICH THE MEMBER IS RETURNED FOR ASSIGNMENT
TO OTHER THAN A MEDICAL OR PATIENT UNIT FOR DUTY;
        (2) THE DATE ON WHICH THE MEMBER DISCHARGED, SEPARATED, OR
RETIRED (INCLUDING TEMPORARY DISABILITY RETIREMENT) FROM THE MARINE
CORPS; OR
        (3) ONE YEAR AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THE MEMBER IS FIRST
HOSPITALIZED FOR TREATMENT OF THE WOUND, INJURY, OR ILLNESS, EXCEPT
THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY MAY EXTEND THE TERMINATION DATE IN
SIX-MONTH INCREMENTS.  SUBMIT REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS TO MANPOWER
PLANS AND POLICY DIVISION.  INCREMENTAL EXTENSIONS WILL BE
CONSIDERED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
    C.  TO ACCOMMODATE THE TRANSITION FROM CIP TO THE PAC PROGRAM,
REFS (A) AND (B) EXTENDED PAC ELIGIBILITY THROUGH 31 APR 2009 FOR
MEMBERS WHO MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAC BECAUSE PAC ELIGIBILITY
TERMINATES 1 YEAR AFTER THE DATE A MEMBER IS FIRST HOSPITALIZED.
FURTHER, REF (B) EXTENDS PAC FOR 6-MONTH INCREMENTS FOR MEMBERS
WHOSE PAC ENTITLEMENT TERMINATES DUE TO LENGTH OF HOSPITALIZATION
AT ANY POINT DURING NOV 2008, DEC 2008, OR JAN 2009.  ANY 6-MONTH
EXTENSION TRIGGERED DURING THE MONTHS OF NOV 2008, DEC 2008, OR
JAN 2009 SHALL BEGIN ON THE DATE FOLLOWING A MEMBER'S PAC TERMINATION
DATE.
    D.  MARINES THAT WERE IN RECEIPT OF CIP DURING THE MONTH OF MAY
08, CONTINUED TO RECEIVE CIP FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH DESPITE THE 15 MAY
08 EFFECTIVE DATE AND QUALIFY FOR PAC ON 1 JUN 08, IF OTHERWISE
QUALIFIED.  THE MARINE CORPS PAY SYSTEMS DIVISION STOPPED ALL CIP
PAYMENTS EFFECTIVE 31 MAY 2008 AND MADE LIAISON WITH THE
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AFFECTED PAY ACCOUNTS TO
HELP ENSURE THE MEMBER RECEIVED THE APPROPRIATE ENTITLEMENTS.
    E.  THOSE NOT IN RECEIPT OF CIP AND OTHERWISE QUALIFIED FOR PAC,
SHOULD HAVE COMMENCED THE ENTITLEMENT ON 15 MAY 08 OR THE DATE OF
HOSPITALIZATION.
    F.  DATE OF FIRST HOSPITALIZATION IS THE DATE THE MEMBER IS FIRST
HOSPITALIZED FOR THE INCURRED INJURY, ILLNESS OR WOUND.  IN CASES IN
WHICH THE MEMBER IS INJURED, BECOMES ILL OR IS WOUNDED IN A COMBAT
ZONE, DATE OF FIRST HOSPITALIZATION IS DEFINED AS THE DATE OF
EVACUATION FROM THE COMBAT ZONE.
    G.  PAC IS A MONTHLY ENTITLEMENT AND IS NOT PRORATED.
    H.  PAC ENTITLEMENTS MUST BE REPORTED AND STOPPED BY SERVICING
ADMINISTRATIVE/DISBURSING OFFICES.  DIARY ENTRIES FOR EACH SEPARATE
PAY AND ALLOWANCE MUST BE INDIVIDUALLY STARTED AND STOPPED.
    I.  PAC IS NOT TERMINATED WITH THE PAYMENT OF TSGLI.
    J. IF A MEMBER IS EVACUATED FROM A COMBAT ZONE AND HOSPITALIZED,
THE MEMBER'S PAY AND ALLOWANCES, INCLUDING DEPLOYED PER DIEM,
CONTINUE TO RUN.  THEREFORE, A SEPARATE, DISTINCT TRAVEL CLAIM FOR
THE TRAVEL TO THE HOSPITAL SHOULD NOT BE SUBMITTED.
    K.  PAC AND COMBAT ZONE TAX EXCLUSION (CZTE) ARE TWO SEPARATE
ENTITLEMENTS.  REFERENCE (D) GOVERNS THE ENTITLEMENT TO CZTE.  IF A
MEMBER IS HOSPITALIZED OR RE-HOSPITALIZED BECAUSE OF AN INJURY,
WOUND OR ILLNESS INCURRED IN A COMBAT ZONE, THE MEMBER IS
AUTHORIZED CZTE BENEFITS.  CZTE ONLY APPLIES WHEN THE MEMBER IS IN AN
INPATIENT STATUS.  MEMBERS ASSIGNED TO A MEDICAL/PATIENT UNIT FOR
CARE WHO ARE NOT IN AN INPATIENT STATUS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED CZTE
BENEFITS.
3.  TO ACCOUNT FOR PAC PROPERLY, PERSONNEL OFFICERS/SNCOICS, HOSPITAL
LIAISON TEAMS AND WOUNDED WARRIOR SUPPORT ELEMENTS MUST ENSURE
PROPER REPORTING OF DATA ELEMENTS IN MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM
(MCTFS).  REPORTING A MARINE "SICK AS A RESULT OF WOUNDED IN ACTION
HOSTILE/NON HOSTILE" WILL CHANGE A MEMBER'S PAY STATUS CODE TO
06200/06300 AND IS REFLECTED ON THE MEMBER'S D601 REMARK.  IN
ADDITION TO BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY WOUNDED WARRIORS BY THIS UNIQUE
PAY STATUS CODE, CURRENT MCTFS PROCESSING WILL SYSTEMATICALLY POST A
DUTY LIMITATION CODE OF EITHER 'K' (WIA COMBAT ZONE/HOSTILE) OR
'L' (INJURED COMBAT ZONE/NON HOSTILE) TO THE MARINE'S D125 REMARK IN
MCTFS. WHEN IT IS DETERMINED THAT A MARINE SHOULD BE IN A SUBSEQUENT
DUTY LIMITATION CODE/PAY STATUS CODE, UNITS SHOULD REPORT SUCH.
HOWEVER, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE HISTORICAL DATA CONTAINED IN MCTFS
D125 REMARKS PAGES WHICH DOCUMENTS THE MEMBER WAS WIA AND WILL AID
IN THE TRACKING OF PAC.
4.  MEDICAL/PATIENT STATUS IS DEFINED AS AN INPATIENT, ASSIGNMENT TO
A WOUNDED WARRIOR PATIENT UNIT AS AN OUTPATIENT OR ATTACHED TO AN
INSPECTOR-INSTRUCTOR UNIT SPECIFICALLY FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT/CARE
AND IS RECEIVING OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION, OR RECEIVING SOME OTHER
FORM OF APPROPRIATE MEDICAL CARE IN A MILITARY TREATMENT FACILITY, A
VETERANS AFFAIRS OR CIVILIAN HOSPITAL, OR OTHER TREATMENT FACILITY.
PAC WILL CONTINUE FOR THESE MEMBERS UNTIL SUCH TIME THEY RETURN TO
THEIR UNIT FOR DUTY, ARE DISCHARGED, SEPARATED, RETIRED, OR ONE YEAR
AFTER THE DATE THE MEMBER WAS FIRST HOSPITALIZED.
5.  RE-HOSPITALIZATION.  MEMBERS THAT ARE DISCHARGED FROM THE
HOSPITAL BUT ARE LATER RE-HOSPITALIZED WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE FIRST
DATE OF HOSPITALIZATION ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PAC.  HOWEVER, THE PAC
CALCULATION SNAPSHOT WILL ONLY INCLUDE THE ELIGIBLE PAY AND
ALLOWANCES THE MEMBER IS RECEIVING ON THE DATE OF RE-HOSPITALIZATION
AND NOT THE PAY AND ALLOWANCES THE MEMBER RECEIVED ON THE DATE OF
FIRST HOSPITALIZATION.  ADDITIONALLY, THE MEMBER IS ONLY ELIGIBLE
FOR PAC FOR THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE INITIAL 12 MONTHS. 
RE-HOSPITALIZATION DOES NOT RESTART THE 12 MONTH CLOCK.  FOR
EXAMPLE, A MEMBER WHO IS AUTHORIZED JUMP AND DIVING PAY INCURS A LEG
INJURY IN A COMBAT ZONE AND IS EVACUATED ON 1 JAN 08.  MEMBER IS
TREATED FOR THE INJURY UNTIL REASSIGNED BACK TO A PERMANENT UNIT ON
31 MAR 08.  ON 1 MAY 08, THE MEMBER IS RE-HOSPITALIZED FOR THE SAME
LEG INJURY AND REMAINS IN THE MEDICAL/PATIENT UNIT 18 AUG 08.  SINCE
THE RE-HOSPITALIZATION IS A RESULT OF THE PREVIOUS INJURY AND IT
FALLS WITHIN THE 12-MONTHS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE INITIAL
HOSPITALIZATION, THE MEMBER IS ELIGIBLE FOR PAC AND REMAINS ELIGIBLE
FOR FIVE MORE MONTHS, UNTIL 31 JAN 09 IF RE-HOSPITALIZED FOR THE
SAME LEG INJURY.  IN THIS SCENARIO THE MEMBER IS AUTHORIZED JUMP AND
DIVING PAY FOR THE PERIODS OF RE-HOSPITALIZATION BUT NOT IMMINENT
DANGER PAY, HARDSHIP DUTY PAY OR DEPLOYED PER DIEM.
6.  INSPECTOR INSTRUCTORS (I&I).  REPORTING OF WOUNDED WARRIOR STATUS
IS CRITICAL TO THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS AND MUST BE A
PRIORITY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE PAC PROGRAM.  THE I&I, MAINTAINING
OVERSIGHT OVER A WOUNDED WARRIOR, WILL REVIEW THE MEMBER'S PAY
AND ALLOWANCES FOR CORRECTNESS.  THIS REVIEW WILL OCCUR WITHIN
48 HOURS OF THE MEMBER'S JOIN DATE TO THE UNIT.  THE I&I WILL
MAINTAIN ACCOUNTABILITY OVER ALL WOUNDED WARRIORS WITHIN THEIR AREA
OF OPERATIONS.
7.  THIS MESSAGE IS APPLICABLE TO THE TOTAL FORCE.
8.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MR. M. F. APPLEGATE, DIRECTOR, MANPOWER
PLANS AND POLICY DIVISION.//