[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 12, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR431.232]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
                 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES--(Continued)
 
PART 431--STATE ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart E--Fair Hearings for Applicants and Recipients
 
Sec. 431.232  Adverse decision of local evidentiary hearing.

    If the decision of a local evidentiary hearing is adverse to the 
applicant or recipient, the agency must--
    (a) Inform the applicant or recipient of the decision;
    (b) Inform the applicant or recipient that he has the right to 
appeal the decision to the State agency, in writing, within 15 days of 
the mailing of the notice of the adverse decision;
    (c) Inform the applicant or recipient of his right to request that 
his appeal be a de novo hearing; and
    (d) Discontinue services after the adverse decision.