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44 3. an adverse decision in an administrative disqualification hearing; or 4. a disqualification penalty imposed after you have waived your rights to an administrative disqualification hearing. (f) As an applicant or recipient, you do not have the right to a fair hearing in all situations. For example, you do not have a right in the following situations: 1. the Department of Health has discontinued payment to the medical facility in which you are or had been residing because the facility has been decertified from participation in the Medical Assistance Program; or 2. your physician has ordered a change in the level of care being provided to you; or 3. a utilization review committee has ordered a higher level of care; or 4. the sole issue involving your receipt of medical assistance is a Federal or State law requiring an automatic change which adversely affects some or all recipients; or 5. you are complaining about the amount of any lien taken by a social services agency; or 6. a local social services agency has demanded restitution, in accordance with the provisions of section 104 or 106-b of the Social Services Law, of public assistance paid, other than by a reduction of the public assistance grant; or 7. you are complaining about the amount of a child support payment which is passed through to you; or 8. your services have been discontinued as a result of a court order, or the court order which required the provision of services has expired; or 9. you are a member of a class of public assistance recipients for whom either State or Federal law requires an automatic grant adjustment, unless the reason for your appeal is the incorrect computation of your grant; or 10. you are a foster family care services recipient, a foster family caregiver, or a respite caregiver pursuant to 18 NYCRR section 505.29, and a sponsoring agency terminates the foster family caregiver's or the respite caregiver's authority to provide foster family care services or a social services district or the Office of Children and Family Services or the Department of Health terminates its contract with a sponsoring agency; or 11. you have been sent a request for contact notice in order to verify or clarify information during your SNAP certification period; or 12. you have been sent a notice of missed interview informing you that you have missed a scheduled SNAP eligibility or recertification interview and advising you that it is your responsibility to reschedule the interview. (g) If you are an institutionalized spouse or a community spouse, as defined in 18 NYCRR section 360-4.10, and a determination has been made on an application for medical assistance for the institutionalized spouse, you have a right to a fair hearing to challenge: 1. the amount of the community spouse monthly income allowance; and/or 2. the amount of monthly income determined to be otherwise available to the community spouse; and/or 3. the amount of resources attributed to the community spouse or to the institutionalized spouse; and/or 4. the amount of the community spouse resource allowance.