[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 8380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02708]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

38 CFR Part 51

RIN 2900-AR62


Payments Under State Home Care Agreements for Nursing Home Care

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On December 21, 2022, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
published in the Federal Register a proposed rule to amend its State 
home per diem regulation to provide a new formula for calculating the 
prevailing rate VA would pay a State home that enters into a State home 
care agreement to provide nursing home care to eligible veterans. This 
correction revises the contact information for the proposed rule.

DATES: The correction is effective February 9, 2023. The due date for 
comments remains February 21, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted through www.regulations.gov. 
Except as provided below, comments received before the close of the 
comment period will be available at www.regulations.gov for public 
viewing, inspection, or copying, including any personally identifiable 
or confidential business information that is included in a comment. We 
post the comments received before the close of the comment period on 
the following website as soon as possible after they have been 
received: https://www.regulations.gov. VA will not post on 
Regulations.gov public comments that make threats to individuals or 
institutions or suggest that the commenter will take actions to harm 
the individual. VA encourages individuals not to submit duplicative 
comments. We will post acceptable comments from multiple unique 
commenters even if the content is identical or nearly identical to 
other comments. Any public comment received after the comment period's 
closing date is considered late and will not be considered in the final 
rulemaking.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Alvarez, Chief of Staff Home 
Per Diem Program, Geriatrics and Extended Care (12GEC), Veterans Health 
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-6750. (This is not a toll-free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA is correcting its proposed rule on 
Payments Under State Home Care Agreements for Nursing Home Care that 
published December 21, 2022, in the Federal Register (FR) at 87 FR 
78038.
    In FR Rule Doc. No. 2022-27436, beginning on page 78038 in the 
December 21, 2022 issue, VA makes the following correction:
    On page 78038, under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, replace 
``Lisa Minor, National Director, Facilities Based Care, Geriatrics and 
Extended Care, 12GEC, Veterans Health Administration, Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 
632-8320. (This is not a toll-free number.)'' with ``Colette Alvarez, 
Chief of Staff Home Per Diem Program, Geriatrics and Extended Care 
(12GEC), Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-6750. 
(This is not a toll-free number).''

Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of 
General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2023-02708 Filed 2-8-23; 8:45 am]
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