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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 25.02.03.08" title_num="25" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="03" heading="Denial of Claims.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A written final denial of a claim by the Treasurer may include a general statement of the reason for the denial.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Subject to §C, below, a claim shall be deemed to be denied finally if the Treasurer fails to give notice of a final decision on the claim within 6 months after the submission of the claim.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Before the beginning of suit and before the expiration of the 3-year period specified in State Government Article, §12-106(b)(3), the Treasurer, upon a written request from the claimant or upon the Treasurer's own initiative, may reconsider a final denial.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The claimant's submission of a request for reconsideration does not suspend or toll the period established by State Government Article, §12-106(b)(3), Annotated Code of Maryland, for instituting an action.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>