42 CFR § 431.154 - Informal reconsideration for ICFs/IID.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s431.154"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 431.154 - Informal reconsideration for ICFs/IID."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "431.154"
section_name: "Informal reconsideration for ICFs/IID."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "431"
part_name: "STATE ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 45188, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "431"
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# 431.154 Informal reconsideration for ICFs/IID.
The informal reconsideration must, at a minimum, include—
(a) Written notice to the facility of the denial, termination or nonrenewal and the findings upon which it was based;
(b) A reasonable opportunity for the facility to refute those findings in writing, and
(c) A written affirmation or reversal of the denial, termination, or nonrenewal.
[44 FR 9753, Feb. 15, 1979, as amended at 59 FR 56233, Nov. 10, 1994; 61 FR 32349, June 24, 1996]