Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Dependents' Application for VA Education Benefits, 71706-71707 [2021-27365]

Download as PDF 71706 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 240 / Friday, December 17, 2021 / Notices Estimated Time per Response: IC–1: 20 minutes for new filings and 7.5 minutes for biennial updates and changes to complete the Form MCS– 150. IC–2: 26 minutes for new filings and 5 minutes for biennial updates and changes to complete the Form MCS– 150B. IC–3: 20 minutes for new filings and 7.5 minutes for biennial updates and changes to complete the Form MCS–150C. Expiration Date: July 31, 2022. Frequency of Response: On occasion and biennially. Estimated Total Annual Burden: 116,072 hours [114,864 hours for IC–1 + 530 hours for IC–2 + 678 hours for IC– 3]. 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ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: The Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC) will hold a public meeting. DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, from 4 to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually via ZoomGov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Sean Parman, Office of National Public Liaison, at (202) 317–6247, or send an email to publicliaison@irs.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988), jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:39 Dec 16, 2021 that a public meeting of the ETAAC will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, to discuss topics that may be recommended for inclusion in a future report of the Committee. The meeting will be held from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. It will take place via ZoomGov. To register and receive the meeting link, members of the public may contact Mr. Sean Parman by calling 202–317– 6247 or sending an email to PublicLiaison@irs.gov. The ETAAC was established under statute to provide continuing advice to the IRS regarding the IRS organizational strategy for electronic tax administration. The Committee discusses issues pertaining to electronic tax administration, including the prevention of identity theft and refund fraud. It supports the overriding goal that paperless filing should be the preferred and most convenient method of filing tax and information returns. ETAAC members convey the public’s perceptions of IRS electronic tax administration activities, offer constructive observations about current or proposed policies, programs and procedures, and suggest improvements. Time permitting, prior to the close of the meeting, interested persons may make oral statements germane to the Committee’s work. Anyone wishing to make an oral statement should contact Mr. Sean Parman at PublicLiaison@ irs.gov and include the written text or an outline of the proposed comments. In addition, members of the public may submit written statements by sending to: PublicLiaison@irs.gov. Jkt 256001 BILLING CODE 4830–01–P DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS [OMB Control No. 2900–0098] Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Dependents’ Application for VA Education Benefits 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, SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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. 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. 2900–0098. 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 maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0098’’ in any correspondence. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3311 (as amended by Pub. L. 113–146, section 701, effective August 7, 2014), 3513, 3697A, 5113, 5101, 5102, and 5103; 38 CFR 21.3030 and 21.9510. Title: Dependents’ Application for VA Education Benefits. OMB Control Number: 2900–0098. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Abstract: VA claims examiners use the information from this collection to help determine whether an applying individual qualifies for DEA or Fry Scholarship benefits. The information will also be used to determine if the program of education the applicant wishes to pursue is approved for educational assistance. The information on the form can be obtained only from the claimant, and a determination cannot be made without the information. 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 195 on October 13, 2021, pages 57000 and 57001. Affected Public: Individuals or Households. Estimated Annual Burden: 47,855 hours. Estimated Average Burden Time per Respondent: 45 minutes. DATES: E:\FR\FM\17DEN1.SGM 17DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 240 / Friday, December 17, 2021 / Notices Frequency of Response: Once. Estimated Number of Respondents: 63,807. By direction of the Secretary. Dorothy Glasgow, VA PRA Clearance Officer (Alt), Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. [FR Doc. 2021–27365 Filed 12–16–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8320–01–P DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Reasonable Charges for Outpatient Medical Care or Services; v4.225, Calendar Year (CY) 2022 Update and National Average Administrative Prescription Drug Charge Update AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). ACTION: Notice. This VA notice updates the data for calculating what VA refers to as the Reasonable Charges collected or recovered by VA for medical care or services provided or furnished by VA to a veteran. This notice also updates the National Average Administrative Prescription Costs for purposes of calculating VA’s charges for prescription drugs that were not administered during treatment but provided or furnished by VA to a veteran. SUMMARY: This change is effective January 1, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debra Vatthauer, Office of Finance, Revenue Operations, Payer Relations and Services, Rates and Charges, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 128 Bingham Road, Suite 1000, Asheville, NC 28806; email: debra.vatthauer@ va.gov; telephone: 608–821–7346 (This is not a toll-free number). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 38 CFR 17.101(a)(1) sets forth VA’s collection or recovery regulations, pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729, for medical care or services provided or furnished by VA to a Veteran for: A nonservice-connected disability for which the veteran is entitled to care (or the payment of expenses for care) under a health plan contract; a nonservice-connected disability incurred incident to the veteran’s employment and covered under a worker’s compensation law or plan that provides reimbursement or indemnification for such care and services; or, for a nonservice-connected disability incurred as a result of a motor vehicle accident in a state that requires jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1 DATES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:39 Dec 16, 2021 Jkt 256001 automobile accident reparations insurance. VA refers to the charges for services as derived under 38 CFR 17.101 as ‘‘reasonable charges.’’ Section 17.101 provides the methodologies for establishing billed amounts for several types of charges; however, this notice will only address partial hospitalization facility charges; outpatient facility charges; physician and other professional charges, including professional charges for anesthesia services and dental services; pathology and laboratory charges; observation care facility charges; ambulance and other emergency transportation charges; and charges for durable medical equipment, drugs, injectables, and other medical services, items, and supplies identified by Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II codes. Section 17.101(a)(2) provides that the actual charge amounts at individual VA medical facilities based on these methodologies and the data sources used for calculating those actual charge amounts will either be published in a notice in the Federal Register (FR) or will be posted on VA’s website at: https://www.va.gov/communitycare/ revenue_ops/payer_rates.asp. Certain charges are updated as stated in this notice and will be effective on January 1, 2022. In cases where VA has not established charges for medical care or services provided or furnished at VA expense (by either VA or non-VA providers) under other provisions or regulations, the method for determining VA’s charges is set forth at section 17.101(a)(8). Based on the methodologies set forth in section 17.101, this notice provides an update to charges for CY 2022 HCPCS Level II and Current Procedural Terminology codes. Charges are also being updated based on more recent versions of data sources for the following charge types: Partial hospitalization facility charges; outpatient facility charges; physician and other professional charges, including professional charges for anesthesia services and dental services; pathology and laboratory charges; observation care facility charges; ambulance and other emergency transportation charges; and charges for durable medical equipment, drugs, injectables and other medical services, items and supplies identified by HCPCS Level II codes. As of the date of this notice, the actual charge amounts at individual VA medical facilities are based on the methodologies and data sources described in section 17.101. The nationwide charges will be posted on VA’s website at: https://www.va.gov/ PO 00000 Frm 00095 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 71707 communitycare/revenue_ops/payer_ rates.asp under the heading ‘‘Reasonable Charges Data Tables’’ and identified as ‘‘v4.225 Data Tables (Outpatient and Professional).’’ Acute inpatient facility charges and skilled nursing facility/sub-acute inpatient facility charges remain the same as set forth in the notice published in the Federal Register on September 13, 2021 (86 FR 50953). We are also updating the list of VA medical facility locations. The list of VA medical facility locations, including the first three digits of their zip codes will be posted on VA’s website under the heading ‘‘VA Medical Facility Locations’’ and identified as ‘‘v4.225 (Jan 22).’’ Consistent with section 17.101 (a)(2), the updated data and supplementary tables containing the changes described in this notice will be posted on VA’s website at https://www.va.gov/ communitycare/revenue_ops/payer_ rates.asp under the heading ‘‘Reasonable Charges Rules, Notices and Federal Register’’ and identified as ‘‘v4.225 Federal Register Notice 01/01/ 22 (Outpatient and Professional)’’. The updated data, and supplementary tables containing the changes described will be effective until changed by a subsequent FR notice. Consistent with section 17.101(a)(3), the list of data sources used for calculating the actual charge amounts listed above also will be posted on VA’s website under the heading ‘‘Reasonable Charges Data Sources’’ and identified as ‘‘Reasonable Charges v4.225 Data Sources (Outpatient and Professional) (PDF).’’ Section 17.101(m) establishes the charges for prescription drugs not administered during treatment, as part of medical care or services provided or furnished by VA to a veteran under section 17.101(a)(1) for a nonserviceconnected disability for which the veteran is entitled to care (or the payment of expenses for care) under a health plan contract; for a nonserviceconnected disability incurred incident to the veteran’s employment and covered under a worker’s compensation law or plan that provides reimbursement or indemnification for such care and services; or for a nonservice-connected disability incurred as a result of a motor vehicle accident in a state that requires automobile accident reparations insurance. As indicated in section 17.101(m), when VA provides or furnishes prescription drugs not administered during treatment, within the scope of care described in section 17.101(a)(1), charges billed separately for such E:\FR\FM\17DEN1.SGM 17DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 240 (Friday, December 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71706-71707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27365]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0098]


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: 
Dependents' Application for VA Education Benefits

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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.

DATES: 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. 2900-0098.

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. 2900-0098'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3311 (as amended by Pub. L. 113-146, section 
701, effective August 7, 2014), 3513, 3697A, 5113, 5101, 5102, and 
5103; 38 CFR 21.3030 and 21.9510.
    Title: Dependents' Application for VA Education Benefits.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0098.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: VA claims examiners use the information from this 
collection to help determine whether an applying individual qualifies 
for DEA or Fry Scholarship benefits. The information will also be used 
to determine if the program of education the applicant wishes to pursue 
is approved for educational assistance. The information on the form can 
be obtained only from the claimant, and a determination cannot be made 
without the information.
    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 195 on October 13, 2021, pages 57000 
and 57001.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 47,855 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Time per Respondent: 45 minutes.

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    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 63,807.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Dorothy Glasgow,
VA PRA Clearance Officer (Alt), Office of Enterprise and Integration, 
Data Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-27365 Filed 12-16-21; 8:45 am]
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