[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41815-41816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17497]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0768]


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Joint 
Application for Comprehensive Assistance and Support Services for 
Family Caregivers

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, 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 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

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cost and burden and it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 16, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information 
through www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attn: VA Desk Officer; 725 
17th St. NW, Washington, DC 20503 or sent through electronic mail to 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-
0768'' in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Danny S. Green, Office of Quality, 
Performance and Risk (OQPR), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 421-1354 or email 
[email protected] Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0768'' in 
any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-21.
    Title: Joint Application for Comprehensive Assistance and Support 
Services for Family Caregivers (VA Form 10-10CG).
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0768.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved 
collection.
    Abstract: Public Law (Pub. L.) 111-163, Caregivers and Veterans 
Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 amended title 38 United States Code 
Chapter 17 by adding a new section, 1720G, ``Assistance and Support 
Services for Caregivers.'' Section 1720G requires the Department of 
Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop a Program of Comprehensive Assistance 
and Support Services for Family Caregivers. Under the law, primary 
family caregivers may be eligible to receive a stipend, access to 
health care coverage, mental health counseling, comprehensive caregiver 
education and training and expanded respite services. Caregivers also 
may be eligible for travel benefits when they accompany the Veteran for 
care or attending training.
    In order to administer these benefits to caregivers, it is 
necessary that the VA receive information about the nature of benefit 
being sought and the persons who will be serving as caregivers and 
receiving benefits. The information collected will be used to determine 
if a post-9/11 Veteran or active duty service member undergoing medical 
discharge qualifies for Caregiver Support Services and whether the 
individuals designated to serve as primary or secondary family 
caregivers meet VA's criteria for these roles.
    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 84 FR 23640 on May 22, 2019, page 23640.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 4,125 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 15 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 16,500.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Danny S. Green,
Interim VA Clearance Officer, Office of Quality, Performance and Risk 
(OQPR), Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2019-17497 Filed 8-14-19; 8:45 am]
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