VA · va-education · Published 2020-03-06 · Effective 2020-04-06 · 85 FR 13052
Document
Document number
2020-04164
Federal Register citation
85 FR 13052
CFR reference
38 CFR 17
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
va-education
Agency
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Publication date
2020-03-06
Effective date
2020-04-06
Abstract
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations that govern the Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP). The amended regulations ensures that VA award not less than 50 HPSP scholarships each year to students who are accepted for enrollment or are enrolled in a program of education or training that leads to employment as a physician or dentist until such a date as VA determines the current staffing shortage is reduced. The amended regulation will also expand the number of years of obligated service that a HPSP participant would have to serve in VA as a physician or a dentist. This rulemaking implements the mandates of the VA MISSION Act of 2018.