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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 83 / Monday, April 30, 2018 / Notices
Abstract: The PSTAP Assessment
Survey will be used by VA to assess
how the TAP training for Transitioning
Servicemembers (TSMs) prepares
Veterans for civilian life. This new
information collection request (ICR) will
be conducted once per year and is
designed as a longitudinal survey. In the
first year of data collection, the survey
will be fielded to all Veterans who meet
the criteria at the time of fielding of
having separated from the military at six
months, one year, and three years prior
to the date that surveys (first mailing
will solicit electronic responses) will be
mailed. Civilian life readiness will
measure domains of a TSM’s life
including employment,
entrepreneurship, mental/physical
health, social relationships, financial
situation, and housing. In addition, the
survey will assess if TSMs understand
and utilize their available VA benefits,
and which TAP curriculum modules
(tracks) are the most and least useful.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor,
and a person is not required to respond
to a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. The Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published at 83 FR 34
on February 20, 2018, page 7300.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Estimated Annual Burden: 4,210.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 18.5 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Esimated Number of Respondents:
13,655.
By direction of the Secretary.
Cynthia D. Harvey-Pryor,
Department Clearance Officer, Office of
Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of
Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0629]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Application for
Extended Care Services
Veterans Health
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.

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Notice.

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Health Administration,
Department of Veterans Affairs, will
submit the collection of information
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The PRA
submission describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected
cost and burden and it includes the
actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before May 30, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, Attn:
VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW,
Washington, DC 20503 or sent through
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
Control No. 2900–0629’’ in any
correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Office of Quality,
Privacy and Risk (OQPR), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461–
5870 or email cynthia.harvey-pryor@
va.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control
No. 2900–0629’’ in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1705, 1710B,
1722A, 1729.
Title: Application for Extended Care
Services.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0629.
Type of Review: Renewal of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Title 38 U.S.C. Chapter 17
authorizes VA to provide hospital care,
medical services, domiciliary care and
nursing home care to eligible Veterans.
Title 38 U.S.C. 1705 requires VA to
design, establish and operate a system of
annual patient enrollment in accordance
with a series of stipulated priorities. A
consequence of this is that many groups
of Veterans who are in a lower priority
group (WWI Veterans, Veterans with
disabilities rated as 0% serviceconnected seeking treatment for other
than their service-connected conditions,
Veterans exposed to a toxic substance,
radiation, or environmental hazard and
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nonservice-connected Veterans) may
request that they be allowed to be
income tested in order to gain a higher
priority. Title 38 U.S.C. 1722 establishes
eligibility assessment procedures for
cost-free VA medical care, based on
income levels, which will determine
whether nonservice-connected and 0%
service-connected non-compensable
Veterans are able to defray the necessary
expenses of care for nonserviceconnected conditions. Title 38 U.S.C.
1722A establishes the eligibility
assessment procedures, based on
income levels, for determining Veterans’
eligibility for cost-free medications and
Title 38 U.S.C. 1710B defines the
procedures for establishing eligibility
for cost-free Extended Care benefits.
Title 38 U.S.C. 1729 authorizes VA to
recover from Veterans’ health insurance
carriers the cost of care furnished for
their nonservice-connected conditions.
VA Form 10–10EC, Application for
Extended Care Services, is used to
collect financial information necessary
to determine a Veteran’s copayment
obligation for extended care services,
also known as long term care (LTC).
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published at 82 FR
55490 on November 21, 2017, pages
55490–55491.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 3,000
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 90 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,000.
By direction of the Secretary.
Cynthia D. Harvey-Pryor,
Department Clearance Officer, Office of
Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of
Veterans Affairs.
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