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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 249 / Monday, December 30, 2024 / Notices
Staff Bylaws of their VA medical
facility.
Note: VA Rehabilitation Counselors meet
CRCC certification eligibility criteria of a
master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling
or a qualifying related mental health field
with additional graduate-level core
rehabilitation coursework and supervised
experience. All Rehabilitation Counselors
with CRCC certification can diagnose ‘‘Other
Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical
Attention’’ as outlined in the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth
Edition (Z codes in the International
Classification of Diseases 11th Revision).

4. Justification
a. VA Rehabilitation Counselors who
only maintain a CRCC certification are
restricted from diagnosing mental health
disorders because VA has licensed
mental health personnel with the
specific education, training, and
expertise that VA would rely on to
diagnose. VA Rehabilitation Counselors
who possess a CRCC certification, hold
a state license in a mental health field
(e.g., Licensed Professional Counselor,
Licensed Clinical Professional
Counselor, Licensed Clinical Social
Worker, Licensed Independent Social
Worker, Licensed Psychologist), and
qualify as a licensed provider based on
the medical facility bylaws will be
permitted to diagnose mental health
disorders because their education,
training, and expertise provides the
necessary competency to diagnose.
Request for Information
1. Is VA’s assessment of what the state
and CRCC certification permits, and
prohibits, accurately represented?
2. Are there any other areas of
variance of any state license,
certification, registration or other
requirement that VA should preempt
that are not listed?
3. Is there anything else you would
like to share with us about this VA
national standard of practice?

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Signing Authority
Denis McDonough, Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, approved and signed
this document on December 6, 2024,

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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.
[FR Doc. 2024–31205 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0020]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Designation of
Beneficiary—Government Life
Insurance and Supplemental
Designation of Beneficiary—
Government Life Insurance
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,
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 and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent by
January 29, 2025.
ADDRESSES: To submit comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection, please type the
following link into your browser:
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain,
select ‘‘Currently under Review—Open
for Public Comments’’, then search the
SUMMARY:

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list for the information collection by
Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0020.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA
PRA information: Maribel Aponte, (202)
461–8900, vacopaperworkreduact@
va.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Designation of Beneficiary—
Government Life Insurance and
Supplemental Designation of
Beneficiary—Government Life
Insurance (VA Forms 29–336 and 29–
336a).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0020
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRASearch.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: These forms are used by the
insured to designate beneficiaries and
select an optional settlement to be used
when the insurance matures by death.
The information is required to
determine the claimant’s eligibility to
receive the proceeds. The information
on the form is required by law, 38
U.S.C. 1917, 1949 and 1952.
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 89 FR
85009, October 24, 2024.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 13,917
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 10 minutes.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
83,500.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Dorothy Glasgow,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, (Alt).
Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data
Governance Analytics, Department of
Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024–31327 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am]
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