[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 11, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 21478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07528]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

38 CFR Part 17

RIN 2900-AR48


Copayment Exemption for Indian Veterans

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Final rule correction and correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: On April 4, 2023, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
published in the Federal Register a final rule to amend its medical 
regulations to implement a statute exempting Indian and urban Indian 
veterans from copayment requirements for the receipt of hospital care 
or medical services. This correction addresses a technical error in the 
published final rule and correcting amendments to four sections 
involved.

DATES:  Effective April 11, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Upton, Deputy to the Deputy Under 
Secretary for Health, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Health 
(10A), 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, 202-461-7459. (This 
is not a toll-free telephone number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA is correcting technical errors that 
appeared in a final rule on copayment exemptions for Indian and urban 
Indian veterans published on April 4, 2023, in the Federal Register 
(FR) at 88 FR 19862. In the preamble of the final rule, VA is replacing 
``Medicare'' with ``Medicaid.''
    VA is making correcting amendments to the part 17 authority and 
provisions constituting collections of information subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507). See Sec. Sec.  
17.108, 17.110, 17.111, and 17.4600 of title 38, Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR). On April 4, 2023, OMB approved these information 
collections and assigned OMB control number 2900-0920. This document 
corrects the references to the OMB control numbers to add such control 
numbers at the end of Sec. Sec.  17.108, 17.110, 17.111, and 17.4600.

Correction to the Preamble

    In FR Rule Doc. No. 2023-06954, beginning on 19868 in the April 4, 
2023 issue of the Federal Register, make the following corrections:
    1. On page 19868, column 2, line 18, remove ``Medicare'' and add 
``Medicaid'' in its place.

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 17

    Administrative practice and procedure, Claims, Day care, Government 
programs--veterans, Health care, Health facilities, Health records, 
Medical devices, Mental health programs, Veterans.

Correcting Amendments

    Accordingly, VA corrects 38 CFR part 17 by making the following 
correcting amendments:

PART 17--MEDICAL

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1. The authority citation for part 17 is amended by revising the 
entries for Sec. Sec.  17.111 and 17.4600 to read in part as follows:

    Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in specific sections.
* * * * *
    Section 17.111 is also issued under 38 U.S.C. 101(28), 501, 
1701(7), 1703, 1710, 1710B, 1720B, 1720D, 1722A, and 1730A.
* * * * *
    Section 17.4600 is also issued under 38 U.S.C. 1725A and 1730A.
* * * * *


Sec.  17.108  [Amended]

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2. Amend Sec.  17.108 in the parenthetical at the end of the section by 
removing ``TBD'' and adding ``0920'' in its place.


Sec.  17.110  [Amended]

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3. Amend Sec.  17.110 in the parenthetical at the end of the section by 
removing ``TBD'' and adding ``0920'' in its place.


Sec.  17.111  [Amended]

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4. Amend Sec.  17.111 in the parenthetical at the end of the section by 
removing ``TBD'' and adding ``0920'' in its place.


Sec.  17.4600  [Amended]

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5. Amend Sec.  17.4600 in the parenthetical at the end of the section 
by removing ``TBD'' and adding ``0920'' in its place.

Consuela Benjamin,
Regulations Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy & 
Management, Office of General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2023-07528 Filed 4-10-23; 8:45 am]
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