Notice2025-06740

Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Application for Extended Care Services

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Published
April 18, 2025

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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 90, Number 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16595-16596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06740]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0629]


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: 
Application for Extended Care Services

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

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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: Comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent by May 19, 2025.

ADDRESSES: To submit comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection, please type the following link into your 
browser: <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>, select ``Currently under 
Review--Open for Public Comments'', then search the list for the 
information collection by Title or ``OMB Control No. 2900-0629.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA PRA information: Dorothy Glasgow, 
202-461-1084, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5402150406151422357a333b22"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c3958293918283b5a2eda4acb5">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Application for Extended Care Services (VA Form 10-10EC).
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0629 <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch</a>.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Title 38 U.S.C. chapter 17 authorizes VA to provide 
hospital care, medical services, domiciliary care, and nursing home 
care to eligible Veterans. Title 38 U.S.C. 1705 requires VA to design, 
establish, and operate a system of annual patient enrollment in 
accordance with a series of stipulated priorities. A consequence of 
this is that many groups of Veterans who are in a lower priority group 
(WWI Veterans, Veterans with disabilities rated as 0% service-connected 
seeking treatment for other than their service-connected conditions, 
Veterans exposed to a toxic substance, radiation, or environmental 
hazard and nonservice-connected Veterans) may request that they be 
allowed to be income tested in order to gain a higher priority. Title 
38 U.S.C. 1722 establishes eligibility assessment procedures for cost-
free VA medical care, based on income levels, which will determine 
whether nonservice-connected and 0% service-connected non-compensable 
Veterans are able to defray the necessary expenses of care for 
nonservice-connected conditions. Title 38 U.S.C. 1722A establishes the 
eligibility assessment procedures, based on income levels, for 
determining Veterans' eligibility for cost-free medications. Title 38 
U.S.C. 1710B defines the procedures for establishing eligibility for 
cost-free Extended Care benefits. Title 38 U.S.C 1729 authorizes VA to 
recover from Veterans' health insurance carriers the cost of care 
furnished for their nonservice-connected conditions.
    VA Form 10-10EC, Application for Extended Care Services, is used to 
collect financial information necessary to determine a Veteran's 
copayment obligation for extended care services, also known as long 
term care (LTC). The 10-10EC design has been revised to clarify the 
instructions and make it easier to understand and complete the form. 
However, there are no changes to the anticipated annual number of 
responses or burden hours for this information collection.
    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 89 FR 105177, December 26, 2024.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,000 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 90 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Once annually.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)

Dorothy Glasgow,
Acting, VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Enterprise and Integration, 
Data Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2025-06740 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]
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