§ 7.01.330. Hearing date.

A.

Setting of Hearing Date.

1.

When a GA cash benefit applicant is denied aid, an administrative hearing shall be calendared within ten calendar days after receipt of the applicant's request for a hearing by the health and human services department.

2.

All other administrative hearings shall be held as soon as administratively possible, but no later than fifteen calendar days after receipt of the applicant/recipient's request for a hearing by the Trinity County Health and Human Services Department.

B.

Notice of Hearing Date. After a hearing has been requested, the time and date for the hearing shall be established and a written notice shall be hand delivered to the applicant/recipient and authorized representative or sent by mail at least ten days in advance of the hearing. The notice shall include the day, date, time and place of the hearing.

C.

Conduct of Hearing.

1.

The hearing officer shall be a county employee designated by the Trinity County Health and Human Services Department who has not been involved in the department's action which is the subject of the hearing request. It shall be conducted in an impartial manner with all testimony being submitted under oath or affirmation. The proceedings shall be recorded. The hearing officer shall conduct the hearing in an informal manner and shall make every effort to make sure the claimant understands the hearing process. The hearing officer shall not be bound by the rules of procedure or evidence applicable in courts.

2.

Prior to the hearing, the claimant or his/her authorized representative, upon request, shall be given the opportunity to examine any evidence, except privileged evidence, used by the department to support its decision and all documentary evidence that will be used in the hearing.

3.

The GA program manager shall determine the appropriate staff person to serve as the program representative at the hearing. Such a representative shall be prepared to present information and/or evidence to justify the action that is at issue. When requested, either orally or in writing, by the claimant, the claimant's representative or the program representative, the case-carrying worker and/or the social worker responsible for the action shall be present at the administrative hearing. All evidence submitted by the program representative at hearing must be provided to the clamant or his/her authorized representative at least forty-eight hours prior to the hearing.

( Ord. No. 1343 , § 1, 6-20-17)