Department of Veterans Affairs January 8, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Community Residential Care
Document Number: 2014-00099
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-01-08
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
This rule adopts as final, without change, an interim final rule amending the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations concerning approval of non-VA community residential care (CRC) facilities to allow VA to waive such facilities' compliance with standards that do not jeopardize the health or safety of residents. As amended, the regulation allows VA to grant a waiver of a CRC standard in those limited circumstances where the deficiency cannot be corrected to meet a standard provided for in VA regulation. This rulemaking also makes a certain necessary technical amendment to correct a reference to the section addressing requests for a hearing.
Removal of Penalty for Breaking Appointments
Document Number: 2014-00098
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-01-08
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its regulations to remove an outdated regulation that stated that a veteran who misses two medical appointments without providing 24 hours' notice and a reasonable excuse is deemed to have refused VA medical care. VA removes this penalty because we believe it is incompatible with regulatory changes implemented after the regulation was promulgated, is not in line with current practice, and is inconsistent with VA's patient- centered approach to medical care.
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