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51 As a resident of a tier II facility you have a right to adequate notice when you have been involuntarily discharged from a tier II facility as set forth in 18 NYCRR section 900.8 and you have requested and participated in a hearing, held by the facility or by the social services district in which the facility is located, to determine whether you should be involuntarily discharged. Such notice must be on a form mandated by OTDA, which meets the requirements for adequate notice as set forth in 18 NYCRR section 358-2.2. (g) Concurrent benefits. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term benefits has the same meaning as that used in 18 NYCRR section 351.9 and concurrent benefits has the same meaning as that used in 18 NYCRR section 351.9. 1. Denial of benefits. You have the right to an adequate notice when a social services official determines to deny you benefits on the grounds that you are receiving or have been accepted to receive a concurrent benefit in that social services district or in another social services district, state, territory or commonwealth. 2. Discontinuance of benefits—timely and adequate notice. You have the right to timely and adequate notice when: i. a social services official determines to discontinue your benefits because you are receiving concurrent benefits in that social services district and in another state, territory or commonwealth, but you are not receiving concurrent benefits from social services districts solely within the State; or ii. a social services official determines to discontinue your benefits because you are receiving benefits in that social services district and all concurrent benefits in that district and in any other social services district in the State have been discontinued and no aid continuing has been granted under 18 NYCRR 358-3.6 for any such discontinuances. 3. Discontinuance of benefits—exception to timely notice. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, you have a right to adequate notice sent no later than the effective date of the proposed action when a social services official determines to discontinue your benefits because you are receiving concurrent benefits in the same social services district or in another social services district within the State. 18 NYCRR 358-3.4 Rights in the fair hearing process. As an appellant, you have the right: (a) to the continuation or reinstatement of your public assistance, medical assistance authorization, SNAP benefits or services until the issuance of a decision in your fair hearing, to the extent authorized by 18 NYCRR 358-3.6. You have the right to request that your assistance, benefits or services not be continued or reinstated until the fair hearing decision is issued; (b) to examine your case record and to receive copies of documents in your case record which you need to prepare for the fair hearing, upon your request, to the extent authorized by and within the time periods set forth in 18 NYCRR 358- 3.7;