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are designed and the enrollment process

is implemented.

Title 38, U.S.C., Chapter 17,

authorized VA to provide hospital care,

medical services, domiciliary care and

nursing home care to eligible veterans.

Public Law 99–272 amending Title 38,

U.S.C., Section 1729, established new

eligibility assessment procedures, based

on income levels, for determining

whether nonservice-connected veterans

are eligible for cost-free VA medical care

and authorizes VA to recover the cost of

care furnished to veterans from their

health insurance carriers. Public Law

99–272 codified at Title 38, U.S.C.,

Section 1722, authorized VA to provide

care to nonservice-connected veterans

who are unable to defray the necessary

expenses of care if the veteran’s

attributable income is not greater than

the maximum annual pension rate. Title

38 U.S.C., Section 1722a, authorizes

collection of a co-payment for

medications. Public Law 104–262

requires VA to design, establish and

operate a system of annual patient

enrollment in accordance with a series

of priorities stipulated in the law. A

consequence of this law is that many

groups of veterans who are in a lower

priority group (W.W.I veterans, veterans

with disabilities rated as 0% serviceconnected seeking treatment for other

than their service connected conditions,

veterans exposed to a toxic substance,

radiation, or environmental hazard and

nonservice-connected veterans) may

request that they be allowed to be

income tested in order to gain a higher

priority. Title 38, U.S.C., Chapters 23

and 24, authorizes VA to provide burial

benefits and to bury the remains of an

eligible deceased veteran in a National

Cemetery.

VA Forms 10–10, 10–10T, 10–10F,

and 10–10I are generally completed by

clerical staff at the VHA medical facility

where the applicant applies for medical

care benefits; however, the forms may

be completed by veterans in the

convenience of their home. If the

veteran is completing the forms at home

and it is the first time application is

made, the forms are submitted to the

nearest VA health care facility for

processing. VA Form 10–2065 is

generally completed by clerical staff at

the medical center upon the death of a

veteran in a VA medical care facility.

VA Form 10–10 is used to establish a

system of records on veterans applying

for medical care benefits. The

information collected is used to identify

the veteran applying for medical care,

emergency contact data, employment

information, military service data, and

income screening data for pharmacy copayment authorized under Title 38,

U.S.C., Section 1722A. This also

includes the ‘‘missing’’ VA Form 10–

10T data collected at a later date.

VA Form 10–10T is a simplified

version of VA Form 10–10 and was

created to shorten the application

process. VA Form 10–10T is used to

identify the veteran applying for

medical care, establish a veteran’s initial

eligibility and establish a system of

records on veterans applying for

medical care benefits. If the veteran is

eligible for care, any missing data which

in the past would have been collected

on VA Form 10–10, such as an

emergency contacts, employment

information, military service data, and

income screening data for pharmacy copayment authorized under Title 38,

U.S.C., Section 1722A is collected at a

later date.

VA Form 10–10F is used in the

information collection process to obtain

financial information on all veterans

whose eligibility for VA health care

benefits is based on income.

Nonservice-connected veterans and

noncompensable service-connected

veterans rated 0% seeking care for their

nonservice-connected conditions

complete the form to establish their

eligibility for cost-free health care,

mileage reimbursement and prescription

co-payment exemption benefits.

Veterans with compensable serviceconnected disabilities rated 0, 10 or

20%, may provide their income

information to establish their eligibility

for prescription co-payment exemption

and mileage reimbursement. Veterans

with service-connected disabilities rated

30 or 40% may provide their income

information to determine their

eligibility for prescription co-payment

exemption.

VA Form 10–10I is used in the

information collection process to collect

health insurance information and to bill

health insurance carriers to recover the

cost of medical care furnished to

veterans for treatment on nonserviceconnected conditions.

VA Form 10–2065 is used primarily

in VA medical facilities and serves as an

official record of the funeral director to

which the person making funeral

arrangements wishes the remains to be

released. It is used as a control

document when VA is requested to

arrange for the transportation of the

deceased from the place of death to the

place of burial, and/or when burial is

requested in a National Cemetery. This

information is requested under the

authority of Title 38, U.S.C., Chapters 23

and 24.

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 on May

27, 1997 at page 28757–28758.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Annual Burden: 2,766,738

hours.

VA Form 10–10—1,631,250 hours

VA Form 10–10T—60,417 hours

VA Form 10–10F—492,000 hours

VA Form 10–10I—480,000 hours

VA Form 10–2065—3,071 hours

Estimated Average Burden Per

Respondent.

VA Form 10–10—45 minutes

VA Form 10–10T—5 minutes

VA Form 10–10F—20 minutes

VA Form 10–10I—12 minutes

VA Form 10–2064—5 minutes

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

7,336,850.

VA Form 10–10—2,175,000

VA Form 10–10T—725,000

VA Form 10–10F—1,500,000

VA Form 10–10I—2,900,000

VA Form 10–2064—34,850

Send commends and

recommendations concerning any

aspect of the information collection to

VA’s OMB Desk Officer, Allison Eydt,

OMB Human Resources and Housing

Branch, New Executive Office Building,

Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503,

(202) 395–4650. Please refer to ‘‘OMB

Control No. 2900–0091’’ in any

correspondence.

Dated: August 12, 1997.

By direction of the Secretary.

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Advisory Committee on Cemeteries

and Memorials, Notice of Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs

(VA) gives notice that a meeting of the

Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and

Memorials, authorized by 38 U.S.C.

2401, will be held at Long Island

National Cemetery, 2040 Wellwood

Avenue, Farmingdale, NY, 11735–1211

and Calverton National Cemetery, 210

Princeton Boulevard, Calverton, NY,

11933. This will be the committee’s first

meeting of fiscal year 1998. The purpose

of the committee is to review the

administration of VA’s cemeteries and

burial benefits program. On October 9,
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1997, the meeting will convene at 8 a.m.

(EST) and will adjourn at 4:30 p.m.

(EST). On October 10, 1997, the meeting

will convene at 8 a.m. (EST) and will

adjourn at 12 noon (EST).

On October 9, the committee meeting

will be held at Long Island National

Cemetery. There will be a business

session, Field Operations and

Operations Support briefings with

discussion of issues, and a tour of Long

Island National Cemetery.

On October 10, the committee

meeting will be held at Calverton

National Cemetery. The committee will

be briefed on Calverton National

Cemetery operations, the administrative

procedures and field operations

involved with interments, and view the

site for the proposed new columbarium.

The meeting will be open to the

public. Those wishing to attend should

contact Ms. Louise Ware, Special

Assistant to the Director, National

Cemetery System, [phone (202) 273–

7577] no later than 12 noon (EST),

October 1, 1997.

Any interested person may attend,

appear before, or file a statement with

the Committee. Individuals wishing to

appear before the Committee should

indicate this in a letter to the Director,

National Cemetery System (40) at 810

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC

20420. In any such letters, the writers

must fully identify themselves and state

the organization, association or person

they represent. Also, to the extent

practicable, letters should indicate the

subject matter they want to discuss. Oral

presentations should be limited to 10

minutes in duration. Those wishing to

file written statements to be submitted

to the Committee must also mail, or

otherwise delivery, them to the Director,

National Cemetery System.

Letters and written statements as

discussed above must be mailed or

delivered in time to reach the Director,

National Cemetery System, by 12 noon

(EST), October 1, 1997. Oral statements

will be heard between 11:30 a.m. and 12

noon (EST), October 10 at Calverton

National Cemetery, Long Island, NY.

Dated: August 29, 1997.

By Direction of the Secretary-Designate.

Heyward Bannister,

Committee Management Officer.

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AFFAIRS

Veterans’ Advisory Committee on

Environmental Hazards, Notice of

Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs

(VA) gives notice under Pub. L. 92–463

that a meeting of the Veterans’ Advisory

Committee on Environmental Hazards

will be held on Wednesday and

Thursday, October 29–30, 1997, in room

230 of VA Central Office, 810 Vermont

Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20420.

The meeting will convene at 9:00 a.m.

and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. on both days.

The purpose of the meeting is to

review information relating to the health

effects of exposure to ionizing radiation.

The major items on the agenda for both

days will be discussions and analyses of

medical and scientific papers

concerning the health effects of

exposure to ionizing radiation. On the

basis of their analyses and discussions,

the Committee may make

recommendations to the Secretary

concerning diseases that are the result of

exposure to ionizing radiation. On the

first day, the Committee will also review

and make appropriate recommendations

concerning VA’s pending regulatory

amendment to add prostate cancer and

any other cancer as radiogenic diseases

for the purposes of compensation under

38 CFR 3.311. The agenda for the

second day will include planning future

Committee activities and assignment of

tasks among the members.

The meeting is open to the public on

both days according to the capacity of

the room. Those who wish to attend

should contact Steven Thornberry of the

Department of Veterans Affairs,

Compensation and Pension Service, 810

Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington,

DC 20420, prior to October 22, 1997. Mr.

Thornberry may also be reached at 202–

273–7230.

Members of the public may submit

written questions or prepared

statements for review by the Advisory

Committee in advance of the meeting.

Submitted material must be received at

least five (5) days prior to the meeting

and should be sent to Mr. Thornberry’s

attention at the address given above.

Those who submit material may be

asked to clarify it prior to its

consideration by the Advisory

Committee.

Dated: September 4, 1997.

By Direction of the Secretary.

Heyward Bannister,

Committee Management Officer.

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AFFAIRS

Special Medical Advisory Group,

Notice of Meeting

As required by the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, the VA hereby gives

notice that the Special Medical

Advisory Group has scheduled a

meeting on September 16, 1997. The

meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. and

end at about 4:00 p.m. The meeting will

be held in Room 830 at VA Central

Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. The purpose of the

meeting is to advise the Secretary and

Under Secretary for Health relative to

the care and treatment of disabled

veterans, and other matters pertinent to

the Department’s Veterans Health

Administration (VHA).

The agenda for the meeting will

include discussion of health professions

training, health care workers of the

future, and health care delivery systems.

All sessions will be open to the public

up to the seating capacity of the meeting

room. Those wishing to attend should

contact Brenda Goodworth, Office of the

Under Secretary for Health, Department

of Veterans Affairs. Her phone number

is 202.273.5878.

Dated: September 4, 1997.

By Direction of the Secretary.

Heyward Bannister,

Committee Management Officer.

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