Department of Veterans Affairs October 17, 2018 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

National Research Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2018-22664
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-10-17
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
Net Worth, Asset Transfers, and Income Exclusions for Needs-Based Benefits
Document Number: 2018-22564
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-10-17
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
On September 18, 2018, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a final rule amending its regulations governing veterans' eligibility for VA pensions and other needs-based benefit programs. The final rule contained some errors in its preamble and in one amendment to the CFR. This document corrects those errors.
Adopting Standards for Laboratory Requirements
Document Number: 2018-22452
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2018-10-17
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its medical regulations to establish standards for VA clinical laboratories. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has established standards for the staffing, management, procedures, and oversight of clinical laboratories that perform testing used for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or health assessment of, human beings. VA is required, in consultation with HHS, to establish standards equal to those applicable to other clinical laboratories. As a matter of policy and practice VA has applied HHS standards to its VA laboratory operations, and this proposed rule would formalize this practice. The proposed rule would establish quality standards for laboratory testing performed on specimens from humans, such as blood, body fluid and tissue, for the purpose of diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of disease, or assessment of health. Specifically, it would address how VA applies regulations as the controlling standards for VA medical facility laboratories.
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