Agency Information Collection (Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care) Activities Under OMB Review

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#  Agency Information Collection (Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care) Activities Under OMB Review

**AGENCY:**

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

**ACTION:**

Notice.

**SUMMARY:**

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 includes the actual data collection instrument.

**DATES:**

Comments must be submitted on or before August 22, 2008.

**ADDRESSES:**

Submit written comments on the collection of information through *http://www.Regulations.gov* ; or to VA's OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-7316. Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0556” in any correspondence.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Denise McLamb, Records Management Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-7485, fax (202) 273-0443 or e-mail *[email protected]* . Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0556.”

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

*Title:* VA Advance Directive: Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, VA Form 10-0137.

*OMB Control Number:* 2900-0556.

*Abstract:* Claimants admitted to a VA medical facility complete VA Form 10-0137 to appoint a health care agent to make decisions about his or her medical treatment and to record specific instructions about their treatment preferences in the event they no longer can express their preferred treatment. VA's health care professionals use the data to carry out the claimant's wish.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information 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 on May 14, 2008 at page 27894.

*Affected Public:* Individuals or households.

*Estimated Total Annual Burden:* 171,811 hours.

*Estimated Average Burden per Respondent:* 30 minutes.

*Frequency of Response:* One time.

*Estimated Number of Respondents:* 343,622.

By direction of the Secretary.

Dated: July 15, 2008.

Denise McLamb,

Program Analyst, Records Management Service.