Title 38 published on 2012-07-01
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2012-11-26; vol. 77 # 227 - Monday, November 26, 2012 77 FR 70374 - Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance—Stillborn Child Coverage
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Final rule. Effective Date: This final rule is effective December 26, 2012. Applicability Date: This final rule will apply to claims for SGLI proceeds filed on or after December 26, 2012. 38 CFR Part 9 Summary This final rule amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) regulations in order to provide that, if a stillborn child is otherwise eligible to be insured by the SGLI coverage of more than one servicemember under SGLI dependent child coverage, the child would be insured by the coverage of the child's SGLI-insured biological mother. This final rule will provide consistency in payment determinations involving SGLI stillborn child coverage.
2012-11-01; vol. 77 # 212 - Thursday, November 1, 2012 77 FR 66069 - Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI) No-Health Period Extension
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Final rule. Effective Date: This rule is effective November 1, 2012. Applicability Date: VA will apply this rule to veterans released from service on or after November 1, 2012. 38 CFR Part 9 Summary The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this final rule that amends the regulations governing eligibility for Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI) to extend to 240 days the current 120-day “no-health” period during which veterans can apply for VGLI without proving that they are in good health for insurance purposes. The purpose of this rule is to increase the opportunities for disabled veterans to enroll in VGLI, some of whom would not qualify for VGLI coverage under existing provisions. This document adopts as a final rule, without change, the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on June 25, 2012.
2012-10-03; vol. 77 # 192 - Wednesday, October 3, 2012 77 FR 60304 - Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group LifeInsurance—Slayer's Rule Exclusion
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Final rule. Effective Date: This final rule is effective November 2, 2012. Applicability Date: This rule is applicable to any claim for SGLI or VGLI proceeds, including a claim for a payment under 38 CFR 9.20, Traumatic injury protection, filed on or after November 2, 2012, and to any such claim filed before that date that has not been paid or denied as of that date. Comment Date: Comments on the omission of the term “domestic partner” from the definition of a “member of the family” must be submitted by December 3, 2012. 38 CFR Part 9 Summary The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations governing Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) and Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI) to prohibit payment of insurance proceeds payable because of the death of a person whose life was insured under SGLI or VGLI (decedent) or payment of a SGLI Traumatic Injury Protection (TSGLI) benefit to a person who is convicted of intentionally and wrongfully killing the decedent or determined in a civil proceeding to have intentionally and wrongfully killed the decedent (slayer) and to any family member of the slayer. These provisions apply also to any person who assisted the slayer in causing the death of the decedent. Additionally, this document contains an interim final amendment that defines the term “member of the family” not to include a “domestic partner.”
