Notice2024-04052
Agency Information Collection Activity: Applications for Motor Vehicle Adaptive Equipment and HISA Services
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Published
February 28, 2024
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14740-14741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04052]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900-0188]
Agency Information Collection Activity: Applications for Motor
Vehicle Adaptive Equipment and HISA Services
AGENCY: Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed
collection of information, including each proposed extension of a
currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in
response to the notice.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed collection
of information should be received on or before April 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information
through Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at <a href="http://www.Regulations.gov">www.Regulations.gov</a>
or to Grant Bennett, Office of Regulations, Appeals, and Policy
(10BRAP), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20420 or email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2b6c594a455f05694e45454e5f5f6b5d4a054c445d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ec9fcefe0faa0ccebe0e0ebfafacef8efa0e9e1f8">[email protected]</span></a>. Please refer to
``OMB Control No. 2900-0188'' in any correspondence. During the comment
period, comments may be viewed online through FDMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise
and Integration, Data Governance Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266-4688 or email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4825293a212a2d2466293827263c2d083e29662f273e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a373b2833383f36743b2a35342e3f1a2c3b743d352c">[email protected]</span></a>. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0188'' in
any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must
obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct or sponsor. This request for
comment is being made pursuant to Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.
With respect to the following collection of information, VHA
invites comments on: (1) whether the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of VHA's functions, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy
of VHA's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of
information technology.
Authority: Public Law 104-13; 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521.
Title: Applications for Motor Vehicle Adaptive Equipment and HISA
Services.
OMB Control Number: 2900-0188.
Type of Review: Reinstatement, with revisions, of a previously
approved collection.
Abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), through its
Veterans Health Administration (VHA), administers medical services
established by law. Title 38 U.S.C. 1701(6) includes prosthetic items
within the scope of medical services. Title 38 U.S.C. 3901, 3902, 3903,
3904, and 1162 authorize the Secretary to provide each person eligible
for a motor vehicle grant the adaptive equipment deemed necessary to
ensure that the person will be able to operate the vehicle safely, in a
manner consistent with the safety of others and to satisfy the
applicable standards of licensure established by the state of
residency. VA also provides assistance to Veterans applying for Home
Improvements and Structural Alterations (HISA) grants. The Prosthetic
Service determines eligibility, entitlement, and payment of individual
claims for home improvements and structural alterations to accommodate
a Veteran's needs.
VA Form 10-1394 will be used to collect necessary information from
eligible Veterans applying for motor vehicle adaptive equipment. VA
Form 10-0103 will be used to collect necessary information from
eligible Veterans applying for HISA grants.
Total Annual Burden: 2,750 hours.
Total Annual Responses: 21,000.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Annual Burden:
10-1394--1,500 hours.
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10-0103--1,250 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per Respondent:
10-1394--15 minutes.
10-0103--5 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10-1394--6,000.
10-0103--15,000.
By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Enterprise and Integration/Data
Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-04052 Filed 2-27-24; 8:45 am]
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