45 CFR 156.903 - Scope of Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) authority.

Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 45 - Public Welfare last revised: Nov 19, 2024

View all text of Subpart J [§ 156.901 - § 156.963]

§ 156.903 - Scope of Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) authority.

(a) The ALJ has the authority, including all of the authority conferred by the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 554a), to adopt whatever procedures may be necessary or proper to carry out in an efficient and effective manner the ALJ's duty to provide a fair and impartial hearing on the record and to issue an initial decision concerning the imposition of a civil money penalty of a QHP offered in a Federally-facilitated Exchange, State Exchange, and State-based Exchange on the Federal platform, or the decertification of a QHP offered in a Federally-facilitated Exchange.

(b) The ALJ's authority includes the authority to modify, consistent with the Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 552a), any hearing procedures set out in this subpart.

[78 FR 65101, Oct. 30, 2013, as amended at 86 FR 24293, May 5, 2021]

authority: 42 U.S.C. 18021-18024,18031,18041,18044,18054,18061,18063,18071,18082,and.S.C. 36B

source: 76 FR 77411, Dec. 13, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 45 CFR 156.903