Notice2023-01876
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Veteran Toxic Exposure Screening Tool (PACT Act)
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Published
January 31, 2023
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Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6373-6374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01876]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900-0913]
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Veteran
Toxic Exposure Screening Tool (PACT Act)
AGENCY: Veterans Health 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 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: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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. 2900-0913.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise
and Integration, Data Governance Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266-4688 or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e48985968d868188ca85948b8a9081a49285ca838b92"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="264b47544f44434a0847564948524366504708414950">[email protected]</span></a>.
Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0913'' in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521.
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Title: Veteran Toxic Exposure Screening Tool (PACT Act), VA Form
10-327.
OMB Control Number: 2900-0913.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 (Pub. L. 117-168)
required VA to incorporate a screening for all Veterans enrolled in VA
healthcare to help determine potential toxic exposures during active
military, naval, air, or space service as part of a health care
screening. The statute required VA to begin screening all Veterans
enrolled in VHA health care no later than 90 days after enactment of
the PACT Act, which was November 8, 2022, and every five years
thereafter. Pursuant to a six-month emergency PRA clearance from OMB,
and to ensure efficacy of the screening tool and ease of use by
screeners, the project team performed a pilot test of the toxic
exposure screening tool with a sampling from seven targeted clinical
areas and sites for 10 days, beginning September 6, 2022. The goal was
to collect feedback and best practices to use in refining the screening
tool and training to increase best chance for success. VHA now seeks to
renew the PRA clearance for the screening tool for a full three years.
Information collected during the toxic exposure screening, using VA
Form 10-327, will be included in the Veteran's electronic health record
and will be used to connect Veterans with resources, services, and
benefits available, as well as provide guidance that Veterans be
engaged in ongoing care or establish care in VA or the community to
address their exposure concerns. VA will be gathering this information
as part of the Veterans' healthcare plan. Currently, the collection is
accomplished through a clinical reminder or recommendation in the
Veteran health record. VA staff can complete the clinical reminder
through in-person interviews, during appointments, or using telehealth
capabilities. VA is also exploring ways to reach Veterans through
technology to obtain screening information. However, VA must ensure
that toxic exposure screening responses and results are visible in the
Veterans' health record. Veterans have the option of declining the
toxic exposure screening.
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 87 FR 226 on November 25, 2022, pages
72594 and 72595.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 138,333 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 5 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,660,000.
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. 2023-01876 Filed 1-30-23; 8:45 am]
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