Section 10952.5.

If regulations require a public or private agency to write a position statement concerning the issues in question in a fair hearing, or if the public or private agency chooses to develop such a statement, not less than two working days prior to the date of a hearing provided for pursuant to this chapter, the public or private agency shall make available to the applicant for, or recipient of, public social services requesting a fair hearing, a copy of the public or private agency's position statement on the forthcoming hearing. The public or private agency shall make the copy available to the applicant or recipient at the county welfare department. A public or private agency shall be required to comply with the provisions of this section only if the public or private agency has received a 10-day prior notice of the date and time of the scheduled hearing.

If the public or private agency does not make the position statement available not less than two working days prior to the hearing or if the public or private agency decides to modify the position statement, the hearing shall be postponed upon the request of the applicant or recipient, provided an applicant or recipient agrees to waive the right to obtain a decision on the hearing within the deadline that would otherwise be applicable under regulations. A postponement for reason of the public or private agency not making the position statement available within not less than two working days shall be deemed a postponement for good cause for purposes of determining eligibility to any applicable benefits pending disposition of the hearing.

For purposes of this section "public or private agency" shall not include the State Department of Health Services.

(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 415, Sec. 2.5. Effective July 17, 1986.)