---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 158.343"
title: "45"
number: "158.343"
heading: "Optional State hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/158.343"
---

# §158.343. Optional State hearing.


Any State that submits a request for adjustment to the MLR standard may, at its option, hold a public hearing and create an evidentiary record with respect to its application. If a State does so, the Secretary will take the evidentiary record of the hearing into consideration in making her determination.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300gg-18.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 74921, Dec. 1, 2010, unless otherwise noted.