# 2026-15865: VA Doc Scholarships Need New Forms: Speak Up by September!

2026-15865, Agency Information Collection Activity under OMB Review: VA Health Professional Scholarship Programs (HPSP, VIOMPSP), is a Federal Register notice from Veterans Affairs Department published 2026-08-05, effective Comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent by September 4, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-12).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-15865
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activity under OMB Review: VA Health Professional Scholarship Programs (HPSP, VIOMPSP)
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Veterans Affairs Department
- Citation: 91 FR 50607
- Published: 2026-08-05
- Effective: Comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent by September 4, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-09-04
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-12

## In one line

VA Doc Scholarships Need New Forms: Speak Up by September!

## Summary

The VA is updating how it collects info for its Health Professional Scholarship Programs, which help students become VA health workers. If you’re applying or already in the program, you’ll need to provide updated forms to prove your eligibility and track your service. Comments on these changes are open until September 4, 2026, so now’s the time to speak up!

## Abstract

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 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 it includes the actual data collection instrument.

## Effects PRIA read

- Updated VA Scholarship Forms Required: cost, low. If you are applying to or already in the VA Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP) or the Visual Impairment and Orientation and Mobility Professionals Scholarship Program (VIOMPSP), you must submit updated VA Forms (VA Forms 10-0491, 10-0491c-e, 10-0491g-k) to prove eligibility and track se…
- Paperwork Time Burden Increase: cost, low. The VA estimates a total of 2,050 annual responses and a total annual time burden of 8,017 hours for these scholarship program forms. For HPSP there are 2,000 responses with a total burden of 7,809 hours (about 3.905 hours per respondent); for VIOMPSP there are 50 responses with a total burden of 2…
- Two Pilot Programs Removed: mixed, low. Two pilot scholarship programs and two associated forms have been removed from this information-collection package because the pilot programs ended since the last PRA clearance. The current collection reflects only the continuing HPSP and VIOMPSP forms.

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## Sources
- [2026-15865 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/05/2026-15865/agency-information-collection-activity-under-omb-review-va-health-professional-scholarship-programs)
- [2026-15865 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-05/pdf/2026-15865.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15865 (as of 2026-08-12).