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VA RIN: 2900-AS20 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: Telehealth Grant Program 
Abstract:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its regulations to implement a new authority to establish a telehealth grant program. This new authority requires VA to enter into agreements, and expand existing agreements, for the expansion of VA telehealth capabilities and provision of telehealth services by establishing telehealth access stations in rural, highly rural, or medically underserved areas, to the extent practicable. VA will exempt all telehealth services from the copayment requirements.

 
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Other 
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 17.108(e)    38 CFR 17.108    38 CFR 62.2    38 CFR 79.5   
Legal Authority: 38 U.S.C. 2011    42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(3)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/13/2024  89 FR 89519   
NPRM Comment Period End  01/13/2025 
Final Action  01/00/2026 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Leonie Heyworth
Deputy Director for Clinical Services, Telehealth Services, Office of Connected Care
Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20420
Phone:202 461-6525
Email: leonie.heyworth@va.gov