[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 103 (Thursday, May 28, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 31982-31983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10012]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

38 CFR Part 17

RIN 2900-AQ01


Technical Correction to Reimbursement of Qualifying Adoption 
Expenses for Certain Veterans

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Correcting Amendment.

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SUMMARY: This final rule will add the Office of Management and Budget 
approval number for the new collection of information in the Department 
of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulation that governs the reimbursement of 
qualifying adoption expenses incurred by a veteran with a service-
connected disability that results in the inability of the veteran to 
procreate without the use of fertility treatment.

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DATES: This final rule is effective May 28, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia M. Hayes, Ph.D. Chief 
Consultant, Women's Health Services, Patient Care Services, Veterans 
Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave. 
NW, Washington, DC 20420. (202) 461-0373. (This is not a toll-free 
number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a document published in the Federal 
Register on December 13, 2019, VA adopted as final, with changes, an 
interim final rule providing for reimbursement of qualifying adoption 
expenses incurred by certain veterans (84 FR 68046). The Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507) requires that VA consider the 
impact of paperwork and other information collection burdens imposed on 
the public. Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a), an agency may not collect or 
sponsor the collection of information, nor may it impose an information 
collection requirement unless it displays a currently valid Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control number. See also 5 CFR 
1320.8(b)(3)(vi). As required by 44 U.S.C. 3507(d), VA submitted the 
information collection associated with Sec.  17.390 to OMB for its 
review. OMB approved the new information collection requirements 
associated with the interim final rule under a 6-month emergency 
clearance and assigned OMB control number 2900-0860, although the 
control number did not appear in Sec.  17.390 as revised by the final 
rule because the OMB control number 2900-0860 expired on March 31, 
2019. VA applied to OMB for a renewal of this information collection 
under a separate document and OMB approved the renewal of this 
information collection requirement associated with the final rule on 
March 10, 2020. This document revises Sec.  17.390 by adding the 
approved OMB control number.

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 17

    Administrative practice and procedure, Alcohol abuse, Alcoholism, 
Claims, Day care, Dental health, Drug abuse, Government contracts, 
Grant programs--health, Grant programs--veterans, Health care, Health 
facilities, Health professions, Health records, Homeless, Medical and 
Dental schools, Medical devices, Medical research, Mental health 
programs, Nursing homes, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
Travel and transportation expenses, Veterans.

Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of 
the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, VA amends 38 CFR part 17 
as follows:

PART 17--MEDICAL

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1. The authority citation for part 17 continues to read in part as 
follows:

    Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in specific sections.
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2. Amend Sec.  17.390 by revising the parenthetical sentence at the end 
of the section to read as follows:


Sec.  17.390  Reimbursement for qualifying adoption expenses incurred 
by certain veterans.

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(The Office of Management and Budget has approved the information 
collection requirement in this section under control number 2900-0860)

[FR Doc. 2020-10012 Filed 5-27-20; 8:45 am]
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