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RHODE ISLAND
B+Last verified 2026-07-03
Deadlines reflect this state’s rules as researched; they can change — always confirm the current deadline with your state agency or Protection & Advocacy office before relying on it.
HOW TO GET SERVICES & APPEAL IN RHODE ISLAND
How services are run
State agency
Your service plan
Individualized Service Plan (ISP)
Self-direction
Self-Directed Services
If you get denied
Deadline to appeal
30 days from your Notice of Intended (Agency) Action
Keep services during appeal
File within 10 days
- File appeal/request for administrative fair hearing within 30 days of the contested action (period begins 5 days after the mailing date) - 210-RICR-10-05-2.2.1(A)(9)
- Continuation: file within the 10-day advance notice period (10 days beginning on the 5th day after the notice date)
- Managed care: exhaust the plan's grievance and appeal process first
- After exhausting the plan appeal: request an EOHHS fair hearing within 120 days (Section 2.4.2(B))
KEY AGENCIES & RESOURCES
Special Education (DOE)
RI Department of Education, Office of Student, Community and Academic Supports
Aging & Disability Resource Center
Rhode Island ADRC / Aging and Disability Resource Center
NOTABLE WAIVERS
RI Global Consumer Choice 1115 Waiver (DD services)
SourceAdults with developmental disabilities (BHDDH-funded services).
Waitlist: Eligibility through BHDDH DD Division; consent-decree reforms expanded community services.
Katie Beckett provision
SourceChildren with severe disabilities using child-only income counting.
Waitlist: Apply through DHS/EOHHS; entitlement-style option.
