---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 431.246"
title: "42"
number: "431.246"
heading: "Corrective action."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/431.246"
---

# §431.246. Corrective action.


The agency must promptly make corrective payments, retroactive to the date an incorrect action was taken, and, if appropriate, provide for admission or readmission of an individual to a facility if—

- (a) The hearing decision is favorable to the applicant or beneficiary; or
- (b) **The agency decides in the applicant's or beneficiary's favor before the hearing.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 56506, Nov. 30, 1992]

### Source

Source: 44 FR 17932, Mar. 29, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45188, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[57 FR 56506, Nov. 30, 1992]