Section 74-H. Appeals and reviews

1.    A social services official
  responsible in an  individual  case  for  either  the  authorization  of
  assistance  or  the  investigation of the application for assistance and
  the making of a recommendation relative to such application  shall  have
  the  right to appeal to the department from a decision made in such case
  by another social services official.
    Upon receiving such an appeal, the department shall  issue  a  written
  determination  which  shall  be  binding  on  all  the  social  services
  officials involved in such appeal.
    2.  The department on its own motion  may  review  any  case  for  the
  purpose  of  determining whether assistance and care has been adequately
  or properly provided.  After making such a review,  the  department  may
  issue  such  written  determination  as  it  may  deem  proper, and such
  determination shall be binding on  all  the  social  services  officials
  concerned.