Responsibility for prompt determination of eligibility
Compiled text through May 15, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- May 15, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Upon receipt of an application for coverage, the contractor shall conduct an appropriate review and verification and secure, record and evaluate its findings in order to promptly determine eligibility or ineligibility.
(b)The decision to accept or deny the application shall be made as soon as the facts to support it have been established, but not later than 30 days from the date of application, except where the applicant requests additional time or where difficulties in verification lead to unusual delay.