Reimbursement for Caskets and Urns for Burial of Unclaimed Remains in a National Cemetery or a VA-Funded State or Tribal Veterans' Cemetery, 4061 [2020-01005]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Reimbursement for Caskets and Urns
for Burial of Unclaimed Remains in a
National Cemetery or a VA-Funded
State or Tribal Veterans’ Cemetery
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) is updating the monetary
reimbursement rates for caskets and
urns purchased for the interment in a
VA national cemetery or a VA-funded
state or tribal veterans’ cemetery of
Veterans who die with no known next
of kin and where there are insufficient
resources for furnishing a burial
container. The purpose of this notice is
to notify interested parties of the rates
that will apply to reimbursement claims
that occur during calendar year (CY)
2020.
SUMMARY:
Jerry
Sowders, National Cemetery
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs, 4850 Lemay Ferry Road, Saint
Louis, MO 63129. Telephone: (314)
461–6216 (this is not a toll-free
number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Section
2306(f) of title 38, United States Code,
authorizes VA National Cemetery
Administration (NCA) 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
implemented regulations to administer
this authority as a reimbursement
benefit in section 38.628 of title 38,
Code of Federal Regulations.
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.
Average costs are determined by market
analysis 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 method of computation, in
FY 2019, the average costs for caskets
were determined to be $1,903 for
caskets and $149 for urns. Accordingly,
the maximum reimbursement rates
payable for qualifying interments
occurring during CY 2020 are $1,903 for
caskets and $149 for urns.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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. Pamela Powers,
Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans
Affairs, approved this document on
January 15, 2020, for publication.
Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office
of Regulation Policy & Management, Office
of the Secretary, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020–01005 Filed 1–22–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Reimbursement for Caskets and Urns for Burial of Unclaimed
Remains in a National Cemetery or a VA-Funded State or Tribal Veterans'
Cemetery
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is updating the
monetary reimbursement rates for caskets and urns purchased for the
interment in a VA national cemetery or a VA-funded state or tribal
veterans' cemetery of Veterans who die with no known next of kin and
where there are insufficient resources for furnishing a burial
container. The purpose of this notice is to notify interested parties
of the rates that will apply to reimbursement claims that occur during
calendar year (CY) 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Sowders, National Cemetery
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 4850 Lemay Ferry Road,
Saint Louis, MO 63129. Telephone: (314) 461-6216 (this is not a toll-
free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2306(f) of title 38, United States
Code, authorizes VA National Cemetery Administration (NCA) 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 implemented regulations to administer
this authority as a reimbursement benefit in section 38.628 of title
38, Code of Federal Regulations.
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. Average costs are
determined by market analysis 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 method of computation, in FY 2019, the average costs for
caskets were determined to be $1,903 for caskets and $149 for urns.
Accordingly, the maximum reimbursement rates payable for qualifying
interments occurring during CY 2020 are $1,903 for caskets and $149 for
urns.
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 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. Pamela Powers,
Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs, approved this document
on January 15, 2020, for publication.
Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy &
Management, Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-01005 Filed 1-22-20; 8:45 am]
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