# Delegated Authority to Settle Federal Tort Claims Act Administrative Tort Claims
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2022-10-20 · Effective 2022-10-20 · 87 FR 63695
## Document
- **Document number:** 2022-22559
- **Category:** va-healthcare
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 87 FR 63695
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 14
- **Publication date:** 2022-10-20
- **Effective date:** 2022-10-20
- **Docket:** 2900-AR72
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulation governing delegated authority to settle administrative tort claims pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) to $500,000. This regulation also amends the delegated authority to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to $5,000 to settle non-medical malpractice claims pursuant to the FTCA.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/10/20/2022-22559/delegated-authority-to-settle-federal-tort-claims-act-administrative-tort-claims)
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