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Title 42 - PUBLIC HEALTHChapter I - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESSubchapter M - INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESPart 137 - TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNANCESubpart P - APPEALS
PRE-AWARD DISPUTES
Section 137.432 - What happens after the hearing?

42 C.F.R. § 137.432

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Section 137.432 - What happens after the hearing?
(a) Within 30 days of the end of the formal hearing or any post-hearing briefing schedule established by the ALJ, the ALJ shall send all the parties a recommended decision, by certified mail, return receipt requested. The recommended decision must contain the ALJ's findings of fact and conclusions of law on all the issues. The recommended decision shall also state that the Indian Tribe has the right to object to the recommended decision.
(b) The recommended decision shall contain the following statement:

Within 30 days of the receipt of this recommended decision, you may file an objection to the recommended decision with the Secretary under 42 CFR 137.43 . An appeal to the Secretary under 42 CFR 137.43 shall be filed at the following address: Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Ave. S.W., Washington, DC, 20201. You shall serve copies of your notice of appeal on the official whose decision is being appealed. You shall certify to the Secretary that you have served this copy. If neither party files an objection to the recommended decision within 30 days, the recommended decision will become final.

42 C.F.R. §137.432