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35 11. the right to present written and oral evidence at the hearing; 12. the liability, if any, to repay continued or reinstated assistance and benefits, if the recipient loses the fair hearing; 13. information concerning the availability of community legal services to assist an applicant or recipient at the conference and fair hearing; 14. a copy of the budget or the basis for the computation, in instances where the social services agency's determination is based upon a budget computation; and 15. when an action concerning medical assistance is based on a change in law, a statement of the circumstances under which a hearing may be obtained and assistance continued. Such statement must advise the recipient that although the recipient has the right to have a hearing scheduled, the hearing officer at the hearing may determine that the recipient did not have a right to a hearing or continuation of assistance if the sole issue is a Federal or State law requiring an automatic change adversely affecting some or all medical assistance recipients. (f) Where an automatic public assistance grant adjustment is required for a class of recipients because of a change in either State or Federal law, the notice provided to a member of such class will be adequate if it includes: 1. a statement of the intended action; 2. the reasons for such intended action; 3. a statement of the specific change in the law requiring such action; 4. a statement of the circumstances under which a hearing may be obtained and assistance continued. Such statement must advise the recipient that although the recipient has the right to have a hearing scheduled, the hearing officer at the hearing may determine that the recipient did not have a right to a hearing or continuation of assistance unless the reason for the appeal is the incorrect computation of the grant; and 5. the liability, if any, to repay continued or reinstated assistance, if the recipient loses the fair hearing. 18 NYCRR 358-2.3 Adverse action notice. Adverse action notice means a notice from a social services agency advising a recipient of SNAP benefits of its determination to discontinue, reduce, or suspend such recipient's SNAP benefits, within the SNAP certification period. 18 NYCRR 358-2.4 Agency conference. Agency conference means an informal meeting at which an applicant or recipient may have any decision of a social services agency concerning the applicant's or recipient's public assistance, medical assistance, SNAP benefits, HEAP or services reviewed or may have any other aspect of the applicant's or recipient's