HAR §17-1602-8. Responsibility of the hearing office

(a) The hearing office shall accept: (1) Any request for hearing received at the hearing office; and (2) All requests for hearing received by the CWS Branch units. (b) The hearing office shall acknowledge the request for a hearing in writing to the claimant, within fifteen calendar days of the date the hearing request was received, that shall inform the claimant of a right to: (1) Prompt administrative action; (2) Issuance of a hearing decision within one hundred and twenty calendar days of the date of the hearing request; and (3) Receive any child welfare services payments that had been reduced or denied if a final decision has not been made within one hundred and twenty calendar days of the date 1602-8 3617.