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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 240 / Friday, December 13, 2024 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0491]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Community
Residential Care (CRC) Program—
Recordkeeping, Incident Reporting,
Applications
Veterans Health
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Health Administration (VHA),
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA),
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.

SUMMARY:

Comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent by
January 13, 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. 2900–0491.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA
PRA information: Maribel Aponte, 202–
461–8900, vacopaperworkreduact@
va.gov.
DATES:

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Community Residential Care
(CRC) Program—Recordkeeping,
Incident Reporting, Applications (VA
Forms 10–2407 and 10–387).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0491
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRASearch.
Type of Review: Reinstatement with
change of a previously approved
collection.
Abstract: VA is authorized under 38
U.S.C. 1730 to assist veterans by
referring them for placement, and aiding
veterans in obtaining placement, in

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Community Residential Care (CRCs)
facilities, which include Medical Foster
Homes (MFHs). One of the standards a
CRC facility must meet is the
requirement to maintain records on each
resident in a secure place. Under 38
CFR 17.63(i), facility records must
include emergency notification
procedures and a copy of all signed
agreements with the resident. These
records must be maintained by the CRC
facility, and the CRC facility must make
those records available for VA
inspection upon request. An MFH is a
subtype of CRC and, under 38 CFR
17.74(q), is required to comply with the
recordkeeping requirements of 38 CFR
17.63(i). In addition, the CRC facility
must maintain and make available,
upon request of the approving official,
records related to CRC staff
requirements and provide that the CRC
facility has sufficient, qualified staff on
duty and available to care for the
residents and ensure the health and
safety of each resident.
VA is adding to this collection the
requirement under 38 CFR 17.63(j)(3)
that CRC facilities and MFHs report
alleged violations involving
mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of a
veteran to the approving official. VA
requires the CRC facility to document
and investigate evidence of an alleged
violation, including misappropriation of
resident property. VA views the
reporting, documenting, and
investigating of an alleged incident and
the subsequent report of the results of
the investigation to be one collection of
information.
VA Forms 10–2407 and 10–387 also
are being included in this collection.
The 10–2407 form is the CRC
application used by residential care
home sponsors seeking VA approval to
provide care to veterans. The 10–387
form is the MFH application used by
medical foster home caregivers seeking
VA approval to provide care to veterans.
The applicants supply references and
agree to a VA inspection of the home,
a monthly rate, and compliance with
other VA standards for residential care.
In addition, MFH applicants submit
copies of applicable licenses with the
application. This information is
collected under the authority of 38
U.S.C. 1720 and 38 U.S.C.1730.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information

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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
81152, October 7, 2024.
Total Annual Burden: 4,484 hours.
Total Annual Responses: 3,400.
Recordkeeping
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,425
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 90 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once
annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
950.
Incident Reporting
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 2,850
hours.
Estimated Average Burden Per
Respondent: 180 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once
annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
950.
CRC Application—VA Form 10–2407
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 42 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 5 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once
annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
500.
MFH Application—VA Form 10–387
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 167 hours.
Estimated Average Burden Per
Respondent: 10 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once
annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,000.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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