Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 249 / Monday, December 30, 2024 / Notices 106765 

Staff Bylaws of their VA medical 

facility. 

Note: VA Rehabilitation Counselors meet 

CRCC certification eligibility criteria of a 

master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling 

or a qualifying related mental health field 

with additional graduate-level core 

rehabilitation coursework and supervised 

experience. All Rehabilitation Counselors 

with CRCC certification can diagnose ‘‘Other 

Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical 

Attention’’ as outlined in the Diagnostic and 

Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth 

Edition (Z codes in the International 

Classification of Diseases 11th Revision). 

4. Justification 

a. VA Rehabilitation Counselors who 

only maintain a CRCC certification are 

restricted from diagnosing mental health 

disorders because VA has licensed 

mental health personnel with the 

specific education, training, and 

expertise that VA would rely on to 

diagnose. VA Rehabilitation Counselors 

who possess a CRCC certification, hold 

a state license in a mental health field 

(e.g., Licensed Professional Counselor, 

Licensed Clinical Professional 

Counselor, Licensed Clinical Social 

Worker, Licensed Independent Social 

Worker, Licensed Psychologist), and 

qualify as a licensed provider based on 

the medical facility bylaws will be 

permitted to diagnose mental health 

disorders because their education, 

training, and expertise provides the 

necessary competency to diagnose. 

Request for Information 

1. Is VA’s assessment of what the state 

and CRCC certification permits, and 

prohibits, accurately represented? 

2. Are there any other areas of 

variance of any state license, 

certification, registration or other 

requirement that VA should preempt 

that are not listed? 

3. Is there anything else you would 

like to share with us about this VA 

national standard of practice? 

Signing Authority 

Denis McDonough, Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs, approved and signed 

this document on December 6, 2024, 

and authorized the undersigned to sign 

and submit the document to the Office 

of the Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Luvenia Potts, 

Regulation Development Coordinator, Office 

of Regulation Policy & Management, Office 

of General Counsel, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31205 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0020] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Designation of 

Beneficiary—Government Life 

Insurance and Supplemental 

Designation of Beneficiary— 

Government Life Insurance 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Veterans Benefits 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 and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent by 

January 29, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: To submit comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection, please type the 

following link into your browser: 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, 

select ‘‘Currently under Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’, then search the 

list for the information collection by 

Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0020.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA 

PRA information: Maribel Aponte, (202) 

461–8900, vacopaperworkreduact@

va.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Designation of Beneficiary— 

Government Life Insurance and 

Supplemental Designation of 

Beneficiary—Government Life 

Insurance (VA Forms 29–336 and 29– 

336a). 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0020 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRASearch. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: These forms are used by the 

insured to designate beneficiaries and 

select an optional settlement to be used 

when the insurance matures by death. 

The information is required to 

determine the claimant’s eligibility to 

receive the proceeds. The information 

on the form is required by law, 38 

U.S.C. 1917, 1949 and 1952. 

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 89 FR 

85009, October 24, 2024. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 13,917 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 10 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

83,500. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dorothy Glasgow, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, (Alt). 

Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data 

Governance Analytics, Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31327 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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