§ 22. Appeals and fair hearings; judicial review. 1. Any person\ndescribed in subdivision three of this section, or any individual\nauthorized to act on behalf of any such person, may appeal to the\ndepartment from decisions of social services officials or failures to\nmake decisions upon grounds specified in subdivision five of this\nsection. The department shall review the case and give such person an\nopportunity for a fair hearing thereon. The department may also, on its\nown motion, review any decision made or any case in which a decision has\nnot been made by a social services official within the time specified by\nlaw or regulations of the department. The department may make such\nadditional investigation as it may deem necessary, and the commissioner\nshall make such decision as is justified and is in conformity with the\nprovisions of this chapter, the regulations of the department, a\ncomprehensive annual services program plan then in effect pursuant to\ntitle twenty of the federal social security act and any other applicable\nprovisions of law.\n 2. In connection with any appeal pursuant to this section, with or\nwithout a fair hearing, the commissioner may designate and authorize one\nor more appropriate members of his staff to consider and decide such\nappeals. Any staff member so designated and authorized shall have\nauthority to decide such appeals on behalf of the commissioner with the\nsame force and effect as if the commissioner had made the decisions.\nFair hearings held in connection with such appeals shall be held on\nbehalf of the commissioner by members of his staff who are employed for\nsuch purposes or who have been designated and authorized by him\ntherefor. The provisions of this subdivision shall apply to fair\nhearings conducted pursuant to subdivision eight of section four hundred\ntwenty-two of this chapter, and to any hearing required pursuant to this\nchapter concerning the denial, suspension or revocation of any permit,\ncertificate or license, and to any hearing held pursuant to section four\nhundred fifty-five of this chapter.\n * 2-a. With regard to fair hearings held in connection with appeals\nfor integrated fair hearing and appeals processes for individuals dually\neligible for medical assistance and benefits available under titles\nXVIII and XIX of the federal social security act, the commissioner may\ncontract for the sole purpose of assisting staff of the office for such\npurpose.\n * NB Expires January 1, 2028\n 3. Persons entitled to appeal to the department pursuant to this\nsection shall include:\n (a) Applicants for or recipients of aid to dependent children,\nemergency assistance for families with dependent children, home relief,\nveteran assistance, medical assistance for needy persons and any service\nauthorized or required to be made available in the geographic area in\nwhich such person resides, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter;\n (b) Applicants for or participants in the food stamp program, pursuant\nto section ninety-five of this chapter and regulations of the\ndepartment;\n (c) Applicants for or recipients of emergency assistance for aged,\nblind and disabled persons, pursuant to title eight of article five of\nthis chapter, so long as such emergency assistance is available pursuant\nto such law;\n (d) Aggrieved persons described in section four hundred of this\nchapter;\n * (e) Aggrieved persons, agencies or social services districts\ndescribed in section three hundred seventy-two-e of this chapter;\n * NB Effective until June 30, 2027\n * (e) Aggrieved persons, agencies or social services districts\ndescribed in sections one hundred fifty-three-d, three hundred\nseventy-two-e and three hundred ninety-eight-b of this chapter;\n * NB Effective June 30, 2027\n (f) Unless an agreement is in effect for federal administration of\nadditional state payments pursuant to section two hundred eleven of this\nchapter, applicants for and recipients of additiona
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