30-day FRN - 2900-0793 - VA Health Professional Scholarship Programs - HPSP, VIOMPSP - pub 08052026

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Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 149 / Wednesday, August 5, 2026 / Notices
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)

DATES: Comments and

recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent by
September 4, 2026.
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
list for the information collection by
Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0924.’’

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA

Agency Information Collection Activity
under OMB Review: VA Health
Professional Scholarship Programs
(HPSP, VIOMPSP)

PRA information: Dorothy Glasgow,
202–461–1084, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Shunda Willis,
Alternate VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office
of Information Technology, Data Governance
Analytics Department of Veterans Affairs.

Title: Request for Payment of Bowel
and Bladder Services, VA Form 10–314.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0924.
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRASearch
Type of Review: Reinstatement with
change of a previously approved
collection.
Abstract: Legal authority for this
information collection is found in 38
U.S.C., Chapter 17, for Veterans seeking
health care services. Data collected may
be used to establish, determine, and
monitor eligibility to receive VA
benefits and for authorizing and paying
Non-VA healthcare services furnished to
Veterans and beneficiaries. VA Form
10–314 is required for caregivers to
receive reimbursement for bowel and
bladder care services. The form is used
to list the dates and times the care was
rendered to the Veteran and is then
submitted monthly to VA to request
payment for those services. There is a
decrease in the anticipated annual
number of responses and burden hours
based upon program data since the last
PRA clearance.
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 91 FR
27136, May 13, 2026.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 6,200
hours.
Estimated Average Burden Per
Respondent: 10 minutes.
Frequency of Response: 12 times per
year.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
37,200.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0793]

AGENCY: Veterans Health

Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Health Administration (VHA),
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA),
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
September 4, 2026.
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
list for the information collection by
Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0793.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA
PRA information: Dorothy Glasgow,
202–461–1084, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: VA Health Professional
Scholarship Programs (HPSP,
VIOMPSP)—VA Forms 10–0491, 10–
0491c–e, 10–0491g–k.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0793.
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRASearch.
Type of Review: Reinstatement with
change of a previously approved
collection.
Abstract: The VA Health Professional
Scholarship Program (HPSP) and Visual
Impairment and Orientation and

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Mobility Professionals Scholarship
Program (VIOMPSP) were authorized
under Public Law (Pub. L.) 111–163 on
May 5, 2010, and extended through
December 31, 2033, by Section 301 of
Public Law 115–182, VA Mission Act of
2018. These programs help address
health care workforce needs and allow
VA to provide services to the public by
awarding scholarships to VA and nonVA employees, who will be required to
become VA employees, in the
professions for which they were
educated under these programs. This
information collection is necessary for
VA to determine an applicant’s
eligibility to receive a scholarship award
and compliance with program
requirements.
1. Academic Verification, VA Form
10–0491.
2. Annual VA Employment or
Deferment Verification, VA Form 10–
0491c.
3. Obligated Service, VA Form 10–
0491d.
4. Evaluation and Recommendation
Form, VA Form 10–0491e.
5. Application, VA Form 10–0491g.
6. Notice of Expected Graduation, VA
Form 10–0491h.
7. Notice of Change, VA Form 10–
0491i.
8. Request for Deferment, VA Form
10–0491j.
9. VA Scholarship Offer Response, VA
Form 10–0491k.
Each program uses the forms in this
collection for the applications,
verifications, recommendations, etc.,
necessary to meet scholarship award
requirements. The forms have been
updated to clarify instructions and add
required PRA language. There is an
overall increase in the estimated
number of respondents (applicants) and
burden hours based upon program data.
However, two pilot scholarship
programs and two associated forms have
been removed from the collection, as the
pilot programs have ended since the last
PRA clearance.
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 91 FR
28105, May 15, 2026. VA received one
public comment on the 60-day notice. It
was not specifically related to this
information collection, and VA will not
make any changes based upon the
comment.
Total Annual Number of Responses =
2,050.

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Total Annual Time Burden = 8,017
hours.
HPSP

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Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 7,809
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 3.905 hours.

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Frequency of Response: Once
annually.
Estimated Number of Responses:
2,000.
VIOMPSP
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 208 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 4.15 hours.

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Frequency of Response: Once
annually.
Estimated Number of Responses: 50.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Shunda Willis,
Alternate VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office
of Information Technology, Data Governance
Analytics Department of Veterans Affairs.
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