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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="7-406" title_number="7" title_name="Developmental Disabilities Law" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Provision of Services">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary shall provide notice and an opportunity for a Medicaid fair hearing in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article and federal Medicaid law to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant for Administration Medicaid waiver services who is denied eligibility for the services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An applicant for Administration Medicaid waiver services who contests the priority category assigned to the applicant for the services; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A recipient of Administration Medicaid waiver services:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Whose claim for Administration Medicaid waiver services is denied or is not acted on with reasonable promptness; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Who believes the Administration has taken an action erroneously.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, an applicant for services or a recipient of services under this title may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Request an informal hearing before the Secretary’s designee on any action or inaction of the Secretary made under this title; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Request the Secretary to review the decision of the informal hearing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>After the Secretary receives a request for a review, the Secretary shall conduct the review in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
