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RIN: 2900-AP60

Publication ID: Spring 2018

Title: Expanded Access to Non-VA Care Through the Veterans Choice Program
Abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plans to finalize an interim final rule revising its medical regulations that implement 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014, as amended, (hereafter referred to as the "Choice Act"), which requires VA to establish a program (hereafter referred to as the "Veterans Choice Program" or the "Program") to furnish hospital care and medical services through eligible non-VA health care providers to eligible veterans who either cannot be seen within the wait-time goals of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) or who qualify based on their place of residence or face an unusual or excessive burden in traveling to a VA medical facility.
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)	Priority: Economically Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: Yes	Unfunded Mandates: No
EO 13771 Designation: Fully or Partially Exempt
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 17.1505 38 CFR 17.1510 38 CFR 17.1525 38 CFR 17.1530
Legal Authority: sec. 101 Pub. L. 113-146, 128 Stat. 1754 sec. 4005 Pub. L. 114-41, 129 Stat. 443 38 U.S.C. 501

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Interim Final Rule	12/01/2015	80 FR 74991
Interim Final Rule Effective	12/01/2015
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End	03/30/2016
Interim Final Rule; Correcting Amendment	04/25/2016	81 FR 24026
Final Action	06/00/2018

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Joseph Duran Director, Policy and Planning (10D1A1) Department of Veterans Affairs 3773 Cherry Creek North Drive, Denver, CO 80209 Phone:303 372-4629 Email: joseph.duran2@va.gov