Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 170 / Friday, August 31, 2018 / Notices 44695 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, Attn: 

VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW, 

Washington, DC 20503 or sent through 

electronic mail to oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB 

Control No. 2900–0321’’ in any 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Enterprise 

Records Service (005R1B), Department 

of Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, 

(202) 461–5870 or email cynthia.harveypryor@va.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB 

Control No. 2900–0321’’ in any 

correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: 

44 U.S.C. 3501–21. 

Title: Appointment of Veterans 

Service Organization as Claimant’s 

Representative (VA Form 21–22) and 

Appointment of Individual as 

Claimant’s Representative (VA Form 

21–22a). 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0321. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: VA Forms 21–22 and 21– 

22a are used to collect the information 

needed to determine whom claimants 

have appointed to represent them in the 

preparation, presentation, and 

prosecution of claims for VA benefits. 

The information is also used to 

determine the extent of representatives’ 

access to claimants’ records. 

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 at 83 FR 

111, on June 8, 2018, page 26747. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 26,583 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 5 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: One time. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

319,005. 

By direction of the Secretary: 

Cynthia D. Harvey-Pryor, 

Department Clearance Officer, Office of 

Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0825] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: The Veterans’ 

Outcome Assessment (VOA) (Veteran 

Survey Interview) 

AGENCY: Veterans Health 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Veterans Health Administration, 

Department of Veterans Affairs, will 

submit the collection of information 

abstracted below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The PRA 

submission describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

cost and burden and it includes the 

actual data collection instrument. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 1, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, Attn: 

VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW, 

Washington, DC 20503 or sent through 

electronic mail to oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB 

Control No. 2900–0825’’ in any 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Enterprise 

Records Service (005R1B), Department 

of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, 

(202) 461–5870 or email cynthia.harveypryor@va.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB 

Control No. 2900–0825’’ in any 

correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: 

Public Law 112–239 Sec. 726. 

Title: 

a. Veterans Outcome Assessment— 

Baseline. 

b. Veterans Outcome Assessment— 

Follow Up. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0825. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement with 

change of a previously approved 

collection. 

Abstract: The mental health outcomes 

information obtained through this new 

collection will be used by VA 

leadership, including those in the 

Offices of Mental Health Operations and 

Mental Health Services, Network 

offices, and VA Medical Centers. Such 

information on Veteran mental health 

outcomes is crucial to guide resource 

allocation and programmatic decisions 

for mental health programs and to 

intervene effectively to prevent 

individual adverse outcomes such as 

suicide, overdose deaths, and 

morbidities associated with mental 

illness and to support recovery-oriented 

treatment designed to improve 

functioning and reduce symptoms. The 

data will allow VA policy makers to 

reliably track national performance on a 

quarterly basis and to track VISN 

performance on a yearly basis. These 

data will reveal trends in outcomes over 

time and will help in pinpointing 

programs that are doing well in terms of 

patient outcomes, so that other 

programs can emulate their practices, as 

well as identifying those programs that 

are performing poorly so that steps can 

be taken to improve them. Results of the 

survey will be reported to Congress and 

will influence decisions on funding. 

The VOA will thus provide Veterans 

who are experiencing mental health 

problems with a direct voice in program 

evaluation and improvement. Summary 

data on performance also will be 

available on a public website, as 

mandated by the NDAA, to provide 

Veterans and their families with 

additional information for purposes of 

managing their mental health treatment 

and U.S. citizens with information 

regarding VA’s mental health programs 

and Veterans satisfaction with their 

care. 

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 at 82 FR 

28943 on June 26, 2017, pages 28943 

and 28944. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 11,236 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: .42 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

26,752. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Cynthia D. Harvey-Pryor, 

Department Clearance Officer, Office of 

Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

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