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VA RIN: 2900-AS25 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: ●Updates to Waiver of Charges for Copayments 
Abstract:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its medical regulations to allow VA to initiate a waiver request for debt accumulated from health care copayments on behalf of veterans in certain circumstances and to remove the requirement that veterans submit VA Form 5655 when seeking a waiver of copayment debt.

 
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Deregulatory 
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 17.105(c)    38 CFR 1.963(b)   
Legal Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1710(f)(1)    31 U.S.C. 3711(a)(1)    38 U.S.C. 5302(a)(1)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  12/17/2024  89 FR 102031   
NPRM Comment Period End  02/18/2025 
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.regulation.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Andrew Patrick
Executive Director, Revenue Operations, Office of Finance, (104RO), Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Ave NW,
Washington, DC 20420
Phone:202 809-3030
Email: andrew.patrick@va.gov