30-Day FRN - 2900-0469 (2018)

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 29 / Monday, February 12, 2018 / Notices
Signing Authority
The Senior Agency Official for
Privacy, or designee, approved this
document and authorized the
undersigned to sign and submit the
document to the Office of the Federal
Register for publication electronically as
an official document of the Department
of Veterans Affairs. John Oswalt,
Executive Director for Privacy,
Department of Veterans Affairs
approved this document on December
20, 2017 for publication.
Dated: February 7, 2018.
Kathleen M. Manwell,
Program Analyst, VA Privacy Service, Office
of Privacy Information and Identity
Protection, Office of Quality, Privacy and
Risk, Office of Information and Technology,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0073]

Agency Information Collection
Activity: Enrollment Certification
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Benefits Administration
(VBA), 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; it includes
the actual data collection instrument.
DATE: Comments must be submitted on
or before March 14, 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. 2900–0073’’ in any
correspondence.

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SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Department
Clearance Officer—Ol&T (005R1B),
Department of Veterans Affairs, 811
Vermont Avenue NW (Floor 5, area

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368), Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461–
5870 or email Cynthia.harvey.pryor@
va.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control
No. 2900–0073’’ in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521; 38 U.S.C.
3034, 3241, 3323, 3680; and 3684, 10 U.S.C.
16136, and 16166, 38 CFR 21.4203,
21.5200(d), 21.7152, 21.7652, and 21.9720.

Title: Enrollment Certification (VA
Form 22–1999).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0073.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: VA uses the information
collected on VA Form 22–1999 to
determine the amount of educational
benefits payable to the trainee during
the period of enrollment or training.
Additionally, VA also uses these forms
to determine whether the trainee has
requested an advance payment or
accelerated payment of benefits.
Without this information, VA would not
have a basis upon which to make
payment or to know if a person was
requesting an advance or accelerated
payment.
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
233 on 12–06–2017, page 57654.
Affected Public: Institutions of Higher
Learning.
Estimated Annual Burden: 851,394
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 15 min.
Frequency of Response: Twice
Annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,702,788.
By direction of the Secretary.
Cynthia 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. 2900–0469]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Certificate
Showing Residence and Heirs of
Deceased Veterans or Beneficiary
Veterans Benefits
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 Benefits 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 March 14, 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. 2900–00469’’ in any
correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Enterprise
Records Service (005R1B), Department
of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420,
(202) 461–5870 or email [email protected]. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
Control No. 2900–0469’’ in any
correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–21.

Title: Certificate Showing Residence
and Heirs of Deceased Veterans of
Beneficiary VA Form 29–541.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0469.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of a
Previously Approved Collection.
Abstract: The form is used by the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to
establish entitlement to Government
Life Insurance proceeds in estate cases
when formal administration of the estate
is not required. The information on the
form is required by law, Title 38, U.S.C.
Sections 1817 and 1950. This form was
allowed to expire due to high level of
work volume and staffing changes.
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
233 on December 6, 2017, page 57653.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,039
Hours.

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Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 30 minutes.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,078.
By direction of the Secretary.
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,
Department Clearance Officer, Office of Office
of Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of
Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Veterans Health
Administration (VHA).
ACTION: Notice of a modified system of
records.
AGENCY:

As required by the Privacy
Act of 1974, notice is hereby given that
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
is amending the system of records
entitled, ‘‘National Patient DatabasesVA’’ (121VA10P2) as set forth in 79 FR
8245. VA is amending the system of
records by revising the System Number,
Purpose, Routine Uses of Records
Maintained in the System, Record
Source Category, and Appendix. VA is
republishing the system notice in its
entirety.
DATES: Comments on the amendment of
this system of records must be received
no later than March 14, 2018. If no
public comment is received during the
period allowed for comment or unless
otherwise published in the Federal
Register by VA, the amended system
will become effective March 14, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted through
www.Regulations.gov; by mail or handdelivery to Director, Regulation Policy
and Management (00REG), Department
of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave.
NW, Room 1064, Washington, DC
20420; or by fax to (202) 273–9026 (not
a toll-free number). Comments should
indicate that they are submitted in
response to ‘‘National Patient DatabasesVA’’. Copies of comments received will
be available for public inspection in the
Office of Regulation Policy and
Management, Room 1063B, between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday (except
holidays). Please call (202) 461–4902 for
an appointment. (This is not a toll-free
number.) In addition, comments may be
viewed online at www.Regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

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Privacy Officer, Department of Veterans
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20420; telephone (704)
245–2492. (This is not a toll-free
number.)
The
System Number is being changed from
120VA10P2 to 121VA10A7 to reflect the
current organizational alignment.
The Purpose has been amended to
replace Healthcare Associated Infections
& Influenza Surveillance System
(HAIISS) with National Center for
Patient Safety Public Health System.
The Routine Uses of Records
Maintained in the System has been
amended by adding language to Routine
Use #21 which states, ‘‘a. Effective
Response. A federal agency’s ability to
respond quickly and effectively in the
event of a breach of federal data is
critical to its efforts to prevent or
minimize any consequent harm. An
effective response necessitates
disclosure of information regarding the
breach to those individuals affected by
it, as well as to persons and entities in
a position to cooperate, either by
assisting in notification to affected
individuals or playing a role in
preventing or minimizing harms from
the breach. b. Disclosure of Information.
Often, the information to be disclosed to
such persons and entities is maintained
by federal agencies and is subject to the
Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a). The Privacy
Act prohibits the disclosure of any
record in a system of records by any
means of communication to any person
or agency absent the written consent of
the subject individual, unless the
disclosure falls within one of twelve
statutory exceptions. This routine use is
required in order to ensure an agency is
in the best position to respond in a
timely and effective manner, in
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) of
the Privacy Act, agencies should
publish a routine use for appropriate
systems specifically applying to the
disclosure of information in connection
with response and remedial efforts in
the event of a data breach.’’
Adding Routine Use #27 which states,
‘‘Disclosure of Veteran identifiers and
demographic information (e.g., name,
social security number (SSN), address,
date of birth) may be made to an
organization with whom VA has a
documented partnership, arrangement
or agreement (e.g., Health Information
Exchange (HIE), Health Information
Service Provider (HISP) Direct,
CommonWell Health Alliance network),
for the purpose of identifying and
correlating patients.’’ VA needs this
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information for correlation and
identification purposes.
Routine use #28 is being added to
state, ‘‘VA may disclose relevant health
care information to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
and/or their designee in response to its
request or at the initiation of VA, in
connection with disease-tracking,
patient outcomes, bio-surveillance, or
other health information required for
program accountability.’’ VA needs the
ability to conduct disease tracking to
impact patient outcomes, respond to
public health threats, and to contribute
significantly to the CDC’s ability to
conduct and monitor public health
surveillance.
Routine use #29 is being added to
state, ‘‘VA may, on its own initiative,
disclose information from this system to
another Federal agency or Federal
entity, when VA determines that
information from this system of records
is reasonably necessary to assist the
recipient agency or entity in (1)
responding to a suspected or confirmed
breach or (2) preventing, minimizing, or
remedying the risk of harm to
individuals, the recipient agency or
entity (including its information
systems, programs, and operations), the
Federal Government, or national
security, resulting from a suspected or
confirmed breach. VA needs this routine
use for the data breach response and
remedial efforts with another Federal
agency.
Routine use #30 is being added to
state, ‘‘VA may disclose relevant
healthcare and demographic
information to health and welfare
agencies, housing resources, and
community providers, consistent with
good medical-ethical practices, for
Veterans assessed by or engaged in VA
homeless programs for purposes of
coordinating care, expediting access to
housing, providing medical and related
services, participating in coordinated
entry processes, reducing Veteran
homelessness, identifying homeless
individuals in need of immediate
assistance and ensuring program
accountability by assigning and tracking
responsibility for urgently required
care.’’ VA needs this routine use to
effectively and efficiently collaborate
with partner agencies by sharing
information documented in the
Homeless Operations Management and
Evaluation System (HOMES) for the
explicit purpose of improving
timeliness and access to necessary
services for Veterans in the homeless
continuum.
The Record Source Category is being
amended to replace 89VA16 with

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