Agency Information Collection Activity: VA Pilot Program on Graduate Medical Education and Residency (PPGMER)

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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 a 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 91, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 20, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66404-66405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-21411]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0936]


Agency Information Collection Activity: VA Pilot Program on 
Graduate Medical Education and Residency (PPGMER)

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 a 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: Comments must be received on or before December 21, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted through <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    Program-specific information: Rebecca Mimnall, 202-695-9434, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e4928c85878b949685a49285ca838b92"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f39272e2c203f3d2e0f392e61282039">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
    VA PRA information: Dorothy Glasgow, 202-461-1084, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5c0a1d0c0e1d1c2a3d723b332a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="085e49585a49487e69266f677e">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

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

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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.
    Title: VA Pilot Program on Graduate Medical Education and Residency 
(PPGMER).
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0936. <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch</a>. (Once at this link, you can enter the OMB Control Number to 
find the historical versions of this Information Collection).
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: Section 403 of the John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, 
and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening 
Integrated Outside Networks (MISSION) Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-182; 
as codified at 38 U.S.C. 7302) mandated that VA create a pilot program 
to establish additional graduate medical education (GME) physician 
residency placement positions at certain covered facilities. The pilot 
program has been implemented and places no fewer than 100 resident 
physicians at covered facilities (sites) operated by Indian tribe or 
tribal organization (25 U.S.C. 5304), Indian Health Service, Federally-
Qualified Health Centers (42 U.S.C. 1396d(1)(2)(B)) and Department of 
Defense. Participants in this program are required by the statute to 
collect and provide VA with programmatic data. VA is required to 
include this information in an annual Congressionally Mandated Report 
until the program terminates on August 7, 2031. The information will 
continue to be collected by the GME sponsoring institutions and the 
physician residents they place in the participating covered facilities. 
The sponsors themselves will determine the best method for collecting 
the necessary data, depending on their own resources and staffing. The 
information collected includes required elements, such as number of 
patients seen per day by each resident placed in a covered facility, 
and consolidated data from the GME sponsoring institutions. VA will 
submit this information in an annual report to Congress on continued 
implementation of the pilot program.
    Total Annual Number of Respondents: 110.
    Total Annual Time Burden: 1,800 hours.

Physician Resident Data Collection

    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 600 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 6 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Once annually.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.

GME Sponsor Data Collection

    Affected Public: Private Sector.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,200 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 120 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Once annually.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.

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

Lanea Haynes,
Alternate, VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Information and 
Technology, Office of Data Governance and Analytics, Department of 
Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2026-21411 Filed 10-19-26; 8:45 am]
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