[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR400.23]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN 

          AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 400_REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart C_General Administration

 

Sec.  400.23  Hearings.



    (a) A State must provide applicants for, and recipients of, 

assistance and services under the Act with an opportunity for a hearing 

to contest adverse determinations using hearing procedures set forth in 

Sec.  205.10(a) of this title for public assistance programs unless 

otherwise specified in this part.

    (b) If the issue is the date of entry into the United States of an 

applicant for or recipient of assistance or services, the State or its 

designee must provide for prompt resolution of the issue by inspection 

of the individual's documentation issued by the Immigration and 

Naturalization Service (INS) or by information obtained from INS, rather 

than by hearing.



[51 FR 3914, Jan. 30, 1986, as amended at 65 FR 15443, Mar. 22, 2000]