[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 247 (Thursday, December 26, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 71185-71186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26587]
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Vol. 84
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No. 247
December 26, 2019
Part XIII
Department of Veterans Affairs
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
38 CFR Ch. 1
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.
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SUMMARY: This Agenda announces the regulations that the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) will have under development or review during the
12-month period beginning fall 2019. The purpose in publishing the
Department's regulatory agenda is to allow all interested persons the
opportunity to participate in VA's regulatory planning.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to comment on the entries
listed in the agenda by contacting the individual agency contact listed
for each entry or by writing to: Director, Regulations Management
(00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20420.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Shores at (202) 461-4921 or
Consuela Benjamin at (202) 461-5952.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document is issued pursuant to
Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review'' (and
implementing guidance) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act, which
require that executive agencies semiannually publish in the Federal
Register an agenda of regulations that they have under development or
review. This edition of the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and
Deregulatory Actions includes The Regulatory Plan, which appears in
both the online Unified Agenda and in part II of the Federal Register
that includes the Unified Agenda. VA's Statement of Regulatory
Priorities is included in the Plan.
Michael P. Shores,
Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management.
Department of Veterans Affairs--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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327....................... Change in Rates VA Pays 2900-AP89
for Special Modes of
Transportation.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA)
Veterans Health Administration
Proposed Rule Stage
327. Change in Rates VA Pays for Special Modes of Transportation
E.O. 13771 Designation: Fully or Partially Exempt.
Legal Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101; 38 U.S.C. 111; 38 U.S.C. 111A; E.O.
11302; E.O. 13520
Abstract: VA proposes to amend the implementing regulations at 38
CFR part 70 to implement the discretionary authority in 38 U.S.C.
111(b)(3)(C), as amended by Public Law 112-56, 112-154, and 114-58,
which permits VA to pay the lesser of the actual charge for ambulance
transportation or the amount determined by the fee schedule established
under section 1834(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)),
unless VA has entered into a contract for that transportation. Stated
more plainly, VA would be able to pay the lesser of the actual charge
for ambulance transportation or the amount determined by Centers for
Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) fee schedules, unless VA has
entered into a contract for ambulance transportation. Additionally, VA
proposes to codify how it will pay vendors for two forms of non-
emergent special mode of transportation services offered to veterans:
wheelchair and stretcher van services.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 01/00/20 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Mike Davis, Director Member Services (10NF),
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20420, Phone: 404 828-5691, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 2900-AP89
[FR Doc. 2019-26587 Filed 12-23-19; 8:45 am]
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