Section 214-RICR-30-00-1.15 - Services to SED and/or DD Youth Ages 18-21A. The Department is responsible for the delivery of appropriate mental health services to children with serious emotional disturbances (SED) and/or functional developmental disabilities (DD).B. Eligibility - A youth must meet all of the following requirements to be eligible for services: 1. The youth is a resident of the State of Rhode Island.2. The youth is under the age of twenty-one and has been in the care and custody of the Department (including youth in care pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement) receiving services from the Department prior to attaining eighteen (18) years of age and continuously receiving these services thereafter.C. Services and Supports 1. In accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-72-3, a youth between eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21) years of age with a serious emotional disturbance (SED) or a functional developmental disability (DD), who began to receive services from the Department prior to attaining eighteen (18) years of age, is considered to be a "child" for the purposes of the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-72-5.2. A youth open to the Department who has a serious emotional disturbance or a functional developmental disability in need of Department services remains open to the Department and continue to receive services, including residential placement, in accordance with the youth's service plan, as approved and consented to by the youth's parent or guardian.D. Termination - Services and supports are terminated when any of the following conditions apply:1. The youth achieves service plan goals or fails to follow service plan components and expectations.2. The youth withdraws from services.3. The youth is no longer a resident of Rhode Island.4. The youth reaches twenty-one (21) years of age.a. If a youth is closed to the Department before the youth reaches the age of twenty-one (21), the youth, if eligible, can receive medical coverage and education assistance.214 R.I. Code R. 214-RICR-30-00-1.15
Adopted effective 12/27/2018