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The assigned CSQA Staff will review the CCPO Eligibility and Benefit Staff’s Pre-Hearing Conference form and if it indicates to concede the hearing issue, will take appropriate action to have the hearing dismissed. If the recommendation on the Pre-Hearing Conference form is to proceed with a hearing, CSQA Staff will conduct a review of the case and prepare for the hearing.

If after review, CSQA determines errors were made, their decision will be to concede and not proceed to hearing. CSQA may determine a new or revised notice be issued to a requesting family or provider to correct a regulation citation or otherwise provide due process to the requestor. When identified, these notices will be issued within two (2) business days. The Designee must contact the CCPO policy mailbox if a notice needs alterations in order to meet the requirements. When a new or revised notice is issued it must include the verbiage “this notice replaces (the name of the previously issued notice) dated MM/DD/YYYY.

1. CSQA Staff will: a. Enter a case note in the requestor’s Integrated Child Care Information System (ICCIS) case using subject heading: Fair Hearing Request – Conceded. The body of the case note identifies the date the decision was made by CSQA, the decision dismisses the hearing, and is in favor of the client;

b. Forward a copy of the decision to the CCPO Policy Mailbox at dpaccp@alaska.gov; and

c. Return the requestor’s file with a copy of the decision to the Designee.

2. CCPO Eligibility and Benefits Staff will: a. Document receipt of the decision to concede in the fiscal year’s hearing tracking spreadsheet; b. Scan the decision to the electronic folder; c. Enter a case note in the requestor’s ICCIS case, if the decision is in the client’s favor, using subject heading: Hearing Request - Conceded. The body of the case note identifies any corrective action needed by the Designee or CCPO with a duedate; d. Advise the Designee or CCPO of the corrective action needed; e. Shred the manila hearing file; and f. Document the suggested policy or regulation revision to address the issue and forward to theirsupervisor for review and forwarding on to the CCPO Policy Team when the final decision has implications for policy or regulation revisions.