30-Day FRN - 2900-0161 (2021)

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 209 / Tuesday, November 2, 2021 / Notices

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Authority: Public Law 104–13; 44
U.S.C. 3501–3521.
Title: Application by Insured
Terminally Ill Person for Accelerated
Benefit, SGLV 8284.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0618.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: VA has amended regulations
for the Servicemembers’ Group Life
Insurance (SGLI) and Veterans’ Group
Life Insurance (VGLI) programs to add
accelerated death benefit (Accelerated
Benefit) provisions that permit
terminally ill policyholders access to
the death benefits of their policies
before they die. Traditionally, an
individual purchases life insurance in
order to safeguard his or her dependents
against major financial loss due to his or
her death. Life insurance serves to
replace the lost income of an insured
and to provide for his or her final
expenses. In recent years, the insurance
industry has recognized the financial
needs of terminally ill policyholders
and has begun offering policies with
accelerated benefit provisions. A recent
statutory amendment (Section 302 of the
Veterans Programs Enhancement Act of
1998, Pub. L. 105–368, 112 Stat. 3315,
3332–3333) added section 1980 to Title
38, United States Code, which extends
and accelerated benefit option to
terminally ill persons insured in the
SGLI and VGLI programs.
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 86 FR
161 on August 24, 2021, pages 47374
and 47375.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 40 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 12 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
200.

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By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021–23854 Filed 11–1–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0161]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Medical Expense
Report
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 and it
includes the actual data collection
instrument.

SUMMARY:

Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Refer to ‘‘OMB Control
No. 2900–0161.’’
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. 2900–0161’’
in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:

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Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1503; 38 CFR
3.262, 3.271 & 3.272.
Title: Medical Expense Report (VA
Form 21P–8416).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0161.
Type of Review: Extension of a
previously approved collection.
Abstract: A claimant’s eligibility for
needs-based pension programs are
determined in part by countable family
income and certain deductible
expenses. When a claimant is awarded
compensation by another entity or
government agency based on personal
injury or death, the compensation is
usually countable income for VA
purposes (38 CFR 3.262(i)). However,
medical, legal or other expenses
incident to the injury or death, or
incident to the collection or recovery of
compensation, may be deducted from
the amount of the award or settlement
(38 CFR 3.271(g) and 3.272(g)). In these
situations, VBA uses VA Form 21P–
8416 Medical Expense Report, to gather
information that is necessary to
determine eligibility for income-based
benefits and the rate payable; without
this information, determination of
eligibility would not be possible. This is
an extension only with no substantive
changes. The burden remains the same.
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 86 FR
161 on August 24, 2021, page 47375.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 30,000.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 30 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
60,000.
By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021–23665 Filed 11–1–21; 8:45 am]
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