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United States Code U.S. Code: Title 38 - VETERANS’ BENEFITS
Title 38 published on 14-Sep-2017 03:50
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 38 CFR Part 51 after this date.
2015-07-28; vol. 80 # 144 - Tuesday, July 28, 2015 80 FR 44859 - Update to NFPA Standards, Incorporation by Reference
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Final rule. This regulation is effective August 27, 2015. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the regulations is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of August 27, 2015. 38 CFR Parts 17, 51, 52, and 59 Summary The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations incorporating by reference the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) codes and standards. These codes and standards are referenced in VA regulations concerning community residential care facilities, contract facilities for certain outpatient and residential services, Medical Foster Homes, and State home facilities. To ensure the continued safety of veterans in these facilities, VA is continuing to rely upon NFPA codes and standards for VA approval of such facilities. This rulemaking updates our regulations to adhere to more recent NFPA codes and standards.
2015-07-22; vol. 80 # 140 - Wednesday, July 22, 2015 80 FR 43320 - Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards; Updating References
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Final rule. This final rule is effective July 22, 2015. 38 CFR Parts 17, 39, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 59, 61, 62, and 64 Summary The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations with updated citations and references to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) authorities for Federal grant programs. OMB has issued final guidance, located in Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), which streamlines and supersedes requirements previously found in various OMB Circulars. VA has adopted OMB's guidance, and this rule replaces the obsolete OMB references in VA's regulations.
2015-06-24; vol. 80 # 121 - Wednesday, June 24, 2015 80 FR 36305 - Per Diem Paid to States for Care of Eligible Veterans in State Homes; Correction
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Proposed rule; correction and clarification. The correction and clarification are effective June 24, 2015. The comments due date remains August 17, 2015. 38 CFR Parts 17, 51 and 52 Summary The Department of Veterans Affairs is correcting and clarifying a proposed rule that published in the Federal Register on June 17, 2015 (80 FR 34794).
2015-06-17; vol. 80 # 116 - Wednesday, June 17, 2015 80 FR 34794 - Per Diem Paid to States for Care of Eligible Veterans in State Homes
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Proposed rule. Comments must be received on or before August 17, 2015. 38 CFR Parts 17, 51 and 52 Summary The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to reorganize, update (based on revisions to statutory authority), and clarify its regulations that govern paying per diem to State homes providing nursing home and adult day health care to eligible veterans. The reorganization will improve consistency and clarity throughout these State home programs. We propose to revise the regulations applicable to adult day health care programs of care so that States may establish diverse programs that better meet participants' needs for socialization and maximize their independence. Currently, we require States to operate these programs exclusively using a medical supervision model. We expect that these liberalizing changes would result in an increase in the number of States that have adult day health care programs. We also propose to establish new regulations governing the payment of per diem to State homes providing domiciliary care to eligible veterans, because the current regulations are inadequate. Moreover, we propose to eliminate the regulations governing per diem for State home hospitals because there are no longer any State home hospitals. In general, this rulemaking is consistent with current regulations and policies, and we do not expect that these proposed rules would have a negative impact on State homes; rather, we believe that these proposed regulations would clarify current law and policy, which should improve and simplify the payment of per diem to State homes, and encourage participation in these programs.
2014-07-15; vol. 79 # 135 - Tuesday, July 15, 2014 79 FR 41153 - Update to NFPA Standards, Incorporation by Reference
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Proposed rule. Comments must be received by VA on or before September 15, 2014. 38 CFR Parts 17, 51, 52 and 59 Summary The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its regulations incorporating by reference the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) codes and standards. These codes and standards are referenced in VA regulations concerning community residential care facilities, contract facilities for certain outpatient and residential services, Medical Foster Homes, and State home facilities. To ensure the continued safety of veterans in these facilities, VA would continue to rely upon NFPA codes and standards for VA approval of such facilities. This proposed rulemaking would update our regulations to adhere to more recent NFPA codes and standards.
2013-08-21; vol. 78 # 162 - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 78 FR 51673 - Technical Changes To Remove Forms
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Final rule. Effective Date: This final rule is effective August 21, 2013. 38 CFR Parts 51, 52, and 58 Summary The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is making technical changes to remove from its regulations a series of forms related to VA payments for care provided to veterans at State homes. Official forms are not required to be reproduced in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and all VA forms are more readily available on VA Web sites. Removing these forms from the CFR is an administrative action and will not impact the ability of the public to comment on any amendments to the information collections contained in these forms.
2013-03-26; vol. 78 # 58 - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 78 FR 18240 - Removal of 30-Day Residency Requirement for Per Diem Payments
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Final rule; confirmation of effective date. Effective Date: This final rule is effective November 26, 2012. 38 CFR Part 51 Summary The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a direct final rule amending its regulations concerning per diem payments to State homes for the provision of nursing home care to veterans. Specifically, this rule removes the requirement that a veteran must have resided in a State home for 30 consecutive days before VA will pay per diem for that veteran when there is no overnight stay. VA received no significant adverse comments concerning this rule or its companion substantially identical proposed rule published on the same date. This document confirms that the direct final rule became effective on November 26, 2012. In a companion document in this issue of the Federal Register , we are withdrawing as unnecessary the proposed rule.
78 FR 18280 - Removal of 30-Day Residency Requirement for Per Diem Payments
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Withdrawal of proposed rule. The proposed rule is withdrawn as of March 26, 2013. 38 CFR Part 51 Summary The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is withdrawing VA's proposed rulemaking, published in the Federal Register on September 27, 2012, which proposed to amend its regulations that govern VA payments to State homes for bed holds on behalf of veterans. Specifically, the regulation proposed to remove a 30-day residency requirement before VA would make such payments. VA received no significant adverse comments concerning the proposed rule or its companion substantially identical direct final rule published on the same date in the Federal Register. In a companion document in this issue of the Federal Register, we are confirming that the direct final rule became effective on November 26, 2012. Accordingly, this document withdraws as unnecessary the proposed rule.
2012-12-06; vol. 77 # 235 - Thursday, December 6, 2012 77 FR 72738 - Contracts and Provider Agreements for State Home Nursing Home Care
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Interim final rule. Effective Date: This interim final rule is effective on February 2, 2013. Comments must be received by VA on or before February 4, 2013. 38 CFR Part 51 Summary This interim final rule amends Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations to allow VA to enter into contracts or provider agreements with State homes for the nursing home care of certain disabled veterans. This rulemaking is required to implement a change in law that revises how VA will pay for care provided to these veterans and authorizes VA to use provider agreements to pay for such care. The change made by this law applies to all care provided to these veterans in State homes on and after February 2, 2013.
2012-09-27; vol. 77 # 188 - Thursday, September 27, 2012 77 FR 59318 - Removal of 30-Day Residency Requirement for Per Diem Payments
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Direct final rule. Effective: This rule is effective on November 26, 2012, without further notice, unless VA receives a significant adverse comment by October 29, 2012. If significant adverse comment is received, VA will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the Federal Register . 38 CFR Part 51 Summary The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is taking direct final action to amend its regulations concerning per diem payments to State homes for the provision of nursing home care to veterans. Specifically, this rule removes the requirement that a veteran must have resided in a State home for 30 consecutive days before VA will pay per diem for that veteran when there is no overnight stay. The intended effect of this direct final rule is to permit per diem payments to State homes for veterans who do not stay overnight, regardless of how long the veterans have resided at the State homes, so that the State homes will hold the veterans' beds until the veterans return.
77 FR 59354 - Removal of 30-Day Residency Requirement for Per Diem Payments
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Proposed rule. Written comments must be received on or before October 29, 2012. 38 CFR Part 51 Summary The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is proposing to amend its regulations concerning per diem payments to State homes for the provision of nursing home care to veterans. Specifically, this rule would remove the requirement that a veteran must have resided in a State home for 30 consecutive days before VA will pay per diem for that veteran when there is no overnight stay. The intended effect of this proposed rule is to permit per diem payments to State homes for veterans who do not stay overnight, regardless of how long the veterans have resided at the State homes, so that the State homes will hold the veterans' beds until the veterans return.
2012-05-03; vol. 77 # 86 - Thursday, May 3, 2012 77 FR 26183 - Technical Revisions To Update Reference to the Required Assessment Tool for State Nursing Homes Receiving Per Diem Payments From VA
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Final rule. This final rule is effective June 4, 2012. 38 CFR Part 51 Summary This rule updates the reference to the required resident assessment tool for State homes that receive per diem from VA for providing nursing home care to veterans. It requires State nursing homes receiving per diem from VA to use the most recent version of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Resident Assessment Instrument/Minimum Data Set (MDS), which is version 3.0. This will ensure that the standard used to assess veterans is the same as the standard applicable to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.
