Data / Federal rules / 2024-09072
CHAMPVA Coverage of Audio-Only Telehealth, Mental Health Services, and Cost Sharing for Certain Contraceptive Services and Contraceptive Products Approved, Cleared, or Granted by FDA
The Veterans Affairs Department published this final rule in the Federal Register on April 30, 2024. It took effect on May 30, 2024.
SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. It reads every rule and proposed rule in the Federal Register each morning, and this page is that reading. Name your industry once and new rules, comment deadlines and effective dates arrive in your sheet, CRM, Slack or agent as they are published.
What the agency says
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopts as final, with changes, a proposed rule to amend its medical regulations regarding Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) coverage to remove the exclusion for audio-only telehealth, remove current quantitative limitations on mental health/ substance use disorder coverage, remove the current requirement for pre-authorization for outpatient mental health visits in excess of 23 per calendar year and/or more than two (2) sessions per week, and exempt certain contraceptive services and prescription and nonprescription contraceptive products that are approved, cleared, or granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from cost sharing requirements.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-09072
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Veterans Affairs Department
- Published
- April 30, 2024
- Takes effect
- May 30, 2024
- Dates
- This rule is effective May 30, 2024.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2900-AR55
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 38 CFR 17
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Claims; Health care; Health facilities; Health professions; Health records; Medical devices; Mental health programs; Veterans
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 5
Other documents from the Veterans Affairs Department
| Document | Type | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Rescission of Outdated Veterans Choice Program Regulations 2026-15210 | Final rule | Jul 28 |
| Expansion of VA Process for 72-Hour Notification of Emergency Treatment 2026-13971 | Final rule | Jul 10 |
| Nondiscrimination in Federally-Assisted Programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs 2026-12924 | Proposed rule | Jun 26 |
| Implementing Regulation for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): Environmental Effects of the Department of Veterans Affairs Actions 2026-11973 · significant | Final rule | Jun 15 |
| Grants for the Rural Veterans Coordination Pilot; Rescission 2026-11752 | Final rule | Jun 11 |
| Processing Certain Veteran-Requested Veteran Readiness and Employment Benefit Changes Without Administrative Delays 2026-11195 | Proposed rule | Jun 4 |
| Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance 2026-10817 | Proposed rule | May 29 |
| Expanding Access to State Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs 2026-10084 | Proposed rule | May 20 |
Everything from the Veterans Affairs Department · Rules on administrative practice and procedure · Rules on claims · Rules on health care · Published in April 2024
Read from the Federal Register API, last updated 2026-10-23. The document on federalregister.gov is the official record; dates and dockets can change through later corrections. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0.