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54.514—Payment for discounted service.

(a) Choice of payment method. Service providers providing discounted services under this subpart in any funding year shall, prior to the submission the Form 471, permit the billed entity to choose the method of payment for the discounted services from those methods approved by the Administrator, including by making a full, undiscounted payment and receiving subsequent reimbursement of the discount amount from the service provider.

(b) Deadline for remittance of reimbursement checks. Service providers that receive discount reimbursement checks from the Administrator after having received full payment from the billed entity must remit the discount amount to the billed entity no later than 20 business days after receiving the reimbursement check.

[68 FR 36942, June 20, 2003]

Code of Federal Regulations

Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 36942, June 20, 2003, as corrected at 68 FR 39471, July 2, 2003, § 54.514 was added, effective July 21, 2003, except for paragraph (a), which is effective July 1, 2004. In addition, paragraph (b) contains information collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective until approval has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.

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