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VA RIN: 2900-AN40 Publication ID: Fall 2016 
Title: Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance--Beneficiary Slayer's Rule Exclusion 
Abstract:

The Department of Veterans Affairs adopted as final, without change, the rule seeking comments published on October 3, 2012, amending its regulations governing Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) and Veterans’ Group Life Insurance (VGLI). Specifically, this rule prohibits paying insurance proceeds because of the death of a person (decedent) whose life was insured under SGLI or VGLI, or paying a SGLI Traumatic Injury Protection (TSGLI) benefit to a person (slayer) convicted of intentionally and wrongfully killing the decedent or determined in a civil proceeding to intentionally and wrongfully killing the decedent. This prohibition of payment also applies to any family member of the slayer who is not related to the decedent and to any person who assisted the slayer in causing the death of the decedent. Additionally, the term "domestic partner" is removed from the definition of "member of the family".

 
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 9.1    38 CFR 9.5   
Legal Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501    38 U.S.C. 1965 to 1980(a)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  12/13/2011  76 FR 77455   
NPRM Comment Period End  02/13/2012    
Final Action  10/03/2012  77 FR 60304   
Final Action Effective  11/02/2012 
Final Action Comment Period End  12/03/2012 
Final Rule  04/12/2016  81 FR 21465   
Final Rule Effective  04/12/2016 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Monica Keitt
Attorney/Advisor
Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Insurance Service Center, Program Administration and Oversight (290B), 5000 Wissahickon Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19144
Phone:215 381-3029
Fax:215 381-3502
Email: monica.keitt@va.gov