---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 478.20"
title: "42"
number: "478.20"
heading: "Time limits for requesting reconsideration."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/478.20"
---

# §478.20. Time limits for requesting reconsideration.

- (a) **Basic rules.**
  - (1) Except for a request for expedited reconsideration as provided in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, or a late request with good cause under [§ 478.22](/cfr/42/478.22.md), a dissatisfied party must file a request for reconsideration within 60 days after receipt of the notice of an initial determination.
  - (2) The date of receipt of the notice of the initial determination is presumed to be five days after the date on the notice, unless there is a reasonable showing to the contrary.
  - (3) **A request is considered filed on the date it is postmarked.**
- (b) **Late filing of request.** A QIO will accept a request filed after 60 days after receipt of the notice of the initial determination if the QIO finds under the criteria set forth in [§ 478.22](/cfr/42/478.22.md) that there was good cause for the party's failure to file a timely request.
- (c) **Request for expedited reconsideration.** A request for an expedited reconsideration under [§ 478.18(c)](/cfr/42/478.18.md?p=c) must be submitted within three days after receipt of the notice of the initial denial determination.

## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 15330, Apr. 17, 1985, as amended at 77 FR 68563, Nov. 15, 2012]

### Source

Source: 50 FR 15372, Apr. 17, 1985, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 64 FR 66279, Nov. 24, 1999.

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 1102 and 1871 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh).

### Amendments

[50 FR 15330, Apr. 17, 1985, as amended at 77 FR 68563, Nov. 15, 2012]