P 011718Z APR 20 MID110000543209U FM DFAS CLEVELAND OH TO AIG 4730 AIG 4676 AIG 4678 BT UNCLAS SUBJ/HARDSHIPSHIP DUTY PAY--RESTRICTION OF MOVEMENT (HDP-ROM)// MILITARY PAY ADVISORY 14/20// MSGID/GENADMIN/MPO/CL CODE JFLQ// REF/A/DOC/ASD M&RA MEMO DTD MARCH 13, 2020// REF/B/MSG/ COMNAVPERSCOM MILLINGTON TN R 171430Z MAR 20// 2020 CREATING A NEW ENTITLEMENT CALLED HARDSHIP DUTY PAY-RESTRICTION OF MOVEMENT (HDP-ROM) EFFECTIVE JANUARY 11, 2019. REF B IS PPIB 20-05// POC/NPC PERS-2 MR. RON ATES AT (901) 874-4363/EMAIL: RON.ATES@NAVY.MIL// RMKS/1. In accordance with Title 37, United States Code, Section 352 (37 U.S.C. 352) and Department of Defense Instruction 1340.26, "Assignment and Special Duty Pay," Change 1 effective January 11, 2019, Reference (a) creates Hardship Duty Pay--Restriction of Movement (HDP-ROM). HDP-ROM will be paid in addition to any other assignment and special pays to which the Service Member is entitled as prescribed in DoDI 1340.26; however, the combination of HDP-ROM and other assignment and special duty pays may not exceed $5,000.00 per month in accordance with the maximum authorized amount prescribed in 37 U.S.C. Section 352. Effective as of the date of reference (a) OSD Memorandum (March 13, 2020), Service Members ordered by their command to restriction of movement for self-monitoring due to exposure or suspected exposure to COVID-19 [OR] travel to, from, or through a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Level 3 Travel Health Notice country, and that are directed to do so at a facility that is neither provided by the U.S. Government nor is their personal residence at the member's permanent duty station (PDS), will be paid $100.00 per day not to exceed $1,500.00 per month, if such members are required to pay for the cost for their lodging without full or partial reimbursement. 2.PAYMENT PROCEDURES FOR HARDSHIP DUTY PAY--RESTRICTION OF MOVEMENT (HDP-ROM). a. COMMAND ACTION. To initiate reimbursement action, Service members must inform their Commanding Officer (CO) that they encountered a lodging expense as a result of the Restriction of Movement (ROM). The CO (Command Authorizing Official is acceptable) will provide a letter certifying the member has been directed to Restriction of Movement (ROM) and incurred lodging expense to the My Navy Career Center (MNCC) to include the following: 1. Name of each Service member eligible 2. Inclusive lodging dates 3. Approved amount not to exceed $1,500 per month 4. By Direction authority permissible 5. A copy of the DD form 577 of Command Approving Official (AO) who signs the letter 6. Send the signed letter supporting claim(s) via email to MNCC at askmncc.fct@navy.mil. All emails containing PII must be encrypted. b. MNCC ACTION. MNCC will perform the following functions upon receipt of each command submission: 1.MNCC will open new cases for each command submission for Tracking purposes in Salesforce uniquely identifying all cases as HDP-ROM 2.All HDP-ROM cases will be securely forwarded to PERS-2 for action 3.Upon notification of final payment by PERS-2, MNCC will close out each case. c. PERS-2 ACTION. PERS-2 will perform the following functions: 1. Verify the contents of each case (contents listed in COMMAND ACTION) received from MNCC via Salesforce for: a. Command Letter signed by the Authorizing Official b. Verify the DD form 577 (must be AO signing the letter) c. Provide a copy of the appropriate (FID 09) Master Military Pay Account (MMPA) panel, reflecting Save Pay FID:09, Type: G, with a SUBFID:14 for COVID19 audit purposes. d. Submit the HDP-ROM package via Defense Workload Operations Web System (DWOWS) to Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) for processing. e. Upon feedback from DFAS of payment, PERS-2 will close out the Salesforce ticket. d. DFAS ACTION. Upon receipt of each HDP-ROM DWOWS ticket, DFAS-CL will initiate payment action to post HDP-ROM to each qualified Service member's account. 1.DFAS-CL will provide payment feedback by providing a listing of those personnel who have been paid for accounting purposes. 2.Payment of HDP-ROM (after taxes) will be included in the member's regular scheduled payday after posting to the member's Master Military Pay Account (MMPA). Possible 1-3 week delay from submission to payment due to Mid-month (MM) and End of Month (EOM) update schedules. NOTE: As the recommended time for ROM for self-monitoring is 14 days, CO's should provide consolidated lists of qualified Service members immediately following ROM period in order to expedite payment to the Service member. 3.MNCC CONTACT INFORMATION. Commands can contact the MNCC at 1-833-330-MNCC or email at askmncc.fct@navy.mil for assistance in submitting payment packages. 4. Request widest dissemination.//