---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 158.345"
title: "45"
number: "158.345"
heading: "Determination on a State's request for adjustment to the medical loss ratio."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/158.345"
---

# §158.345. Determination on a State's request for adjustment to the medical loss ratio.

- (a) **General time frame.** The Secretary will make a determination as to whether to grant a State's request for an adjustment to the MLR standard within 30 days after determining that the information required by this subpart has been received.
- (b) **Extension at the discretion of the Secretary.** The Secretary may, in her discretion, extend the 30 day time period in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section for as long a time as necessary not to exceed 30 days.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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