VA Health Professional Scholarship and Visual Impairment and Orientation and Mobility Professional Scholarship Programs
VA · va-education · Published 2013-08-20 · Effective 2013-09-19 · 78 FR 51067
Document
Document number
2013-20255
Federal Register citation
78 FR 51067
CFR reference
38 CFR 17
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
va-education
Agency
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Publication date
2013-08-20
Effective date
2013-09-19
Abstract
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its VA Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP) regulations. VA is also establishing regulations for a new program, the Visual Impairment and Orientation and Mobility Professional Scholarship Program (VIOMPSP). These regulations comply with and implement sections 302 and 603 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (the 2010 Act). Section 302 of the 2010 Act established the VIOMPSP, which authorizes VA to provide financial assistance to certain students seeking a degree in visual impairment or orientation or mobility, in order to increase the supply of qualified blind rehabilitation specialists for VA and the United States. Section 603 of the 2010 Act reauthorized and modified HPSP, a program that provides scholarships for education or training in certain health care occupations.