The department shall afford to every applicant for assistance for a construction project an opportunity for a fair hearing before the council upon 10 days’ written notice to the applicant. If the department, after affording reasonable opportunity for development and presentation of applications in the order of relative need, finds that a project application complies with the requirements of Section 129505 and is otherwise in conformity with the state plan, it shall approve the application and shall recommend and forward it to the Surgeon General. The department shall consider and forward applications in the order of relative need set forth in the state plan in accordance with Section 129500.
Source:
Section 129510, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=129510..