E Establishing hearing and appeal procedures for certain human + services matters; specifying the scope of the provisions; providing for access+ to case files for persons involved in fair hearing appeals and for +enforcement; requiring and providing for agencies involved in appeals to prepare +state agency appeal summaries, exceptions, requiring the contents of the +appeal summaries to support the factual and legal basis for the action or determination and specifying certain duties of appeals referees; +providing for prehearing conferences upon request of persons involved, specifying +certain recordkeeping requirements of appeals referees; providing for appeal +requests for emergency assistance or other urgent matters; authorizing persons+ or agencies involved in fair hearings to request continuance, +rescheduling or adjournment, specifying certain grounds; providing for the issuance +of subpoenas by the department of human services upon request and for +enforcement, authorizing petitions to vacate or modify; prohibiting ex parte +contact by appeals referees with the agency, persons or witnesses involved in +the appeal; specifying certain location, facilities and equipment requirements +and providing for interpreter and translation services at no charge; +providing for failure to appear, specifying good cause; providing for commencement +and conduct of the hearing, specifying certain duties of appeals referees+ and providing for comment by the department and for development and +closing of the record; specifying certain decision requirements; prohibiting +independent investigation by appeals referees; providing for reconsideration of +final orders and for records review by the commissioner; requiring public +access to appeals decisions (mk, ja)