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Section
2306(f) of title 38, United States Code,
authorizes VA’s National Cemetery
Administration to furnish a casket or
urn for interment in a VA national
cemetery or a VA-funded state or tribal
veterans’ cemetery of the unclaimed
remains of veterans for whom VA
cannot identify a next of kin, and
determines that sufficient financial
resources for the furnishing of a casket
or urn for burial are not available. VA
established regulations to administer
this authority as a reimbursement
benefit in 38 CFR 38.628.
In accordance with the regulation,
reimbursement for a claim received in
any CY will not exceed the average cost
of a 20-gauge metal casket or a durable
plastic urn during the fiscal year (FY)
preceding the CY of the claim, as
determined by VA.
Average costs are based on market
price analysis and previous year actual
reimbursements for 20-gauge metal
caskets, designed to contain human
remains, with a gasketed seal, and
external rails or handles. The same
analysis is completed for durable plastic
urns, designed to contain human
remains, which include a secure closure
to contain the cremated remains.
Using this approach, in FY 2021, the
average costs were determined to be
$1,362.00 for caskets and $120.00 for
urns. Accordingly, the maximum
reimbursement rates payable for
qualifying interments occurring during
CY 2022 are $1,362.00 for caskets and
$120.00 for urns.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Signing Authority
Denis McDonough, Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, approved this
document on December 20, 2021, 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.
Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office
of Regulation Policy & Management, Office
of General Counsel, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0629]
Agency Information Collection
Activity: Application for Extended Care
Services
Veterans Health
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Veterans Health
Administration (VHA), Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain
information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of a currently approved
collection, and allow 60 days for public
comment in response to the notice.
DATES: Written comments and
recommendations on the proposed
collection of information should be
received on or before February 25, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to
Janel Keyes, Office of Regulations,
Appeals, and Policy (10BRAP),
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20420 or email to [email protected].
Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–
0629’’ in any correspondence. During
the comment period, comments may be
viewed online through FDMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise
and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics (008), 1717 H Street NW,
Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266–4688
or email [email protected]. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0629’’
in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must
obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. This request for comment is
being made pursuant to Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.
With respect to the following
collection of information, VHA invites
comments on: (1) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of VHA’s
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of VHA’s estimate of
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the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
the use of other forms of information
technology.
Authority: Public Law 104–13; 44
U.S.C. 3501–3521.
Title: Application for Extended Care
Services, VA Form 10–10EC.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0629.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of a
previously 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
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).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 3,000
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 90 minutes.
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Frequency of Response: Once
annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,000.
By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
Enterprise and Integration/Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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