Regulations

The Rhode Island Secretary of State’s office is the official repository of all state agency rules and regulations. All up-to-date DHS rules are filed on the Secretary of State’s (SOS) website. You can search for a specific rule or regulation by date, title or by keyword as well as read them in different languages by going to the SOS website's Final Rules and Regulations Database Search section.

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Despite our best efforts to ensure the accuracy of the DHS rules located in both websites, time lags and discrepancies sometimes occur. A paper version of the DHS Rules and Regulations is available on-site at the Rhode Island State Archives Office, 337 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903.

For a list of newly adopted Medicaid rules, you may visit the Proposed and Pending Actions page located on the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) website.

For the COVID-19 updates regarding the Medicaid Program, refer to the Medicaid State Plan and 1115 Waiver page located on the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) website. For the most up-to-date accurate Medicaid rules, please go to the Secretary of State Website.

Below are relevant Administrative Procedures and Rules & Regulations.

DHS Administrative Procedures

Petition for Promulgation of Rules Vets Adoption PDF file, less than 1

Declaratory Order Petitions Adoption PDF file, less than 1

218-RICR-60-00-3 Conduct Of Public Hearings PDF file, less than 1

Office of Veterans Services Administrative Procedures

Petition for Promulgation of Rules Vets Adoption PDF file, less than 1

Declaratory Order Petitions Adoption Vets Affairs PDF file, less than 1

DHS Code of Rules

Child Care Assistance Program (218-RICR-20-00-4)

Child Care Assistance Program Rules and Regulations (218-RICR-20-00-4)

Child Care Assistance Program for Child Care Educators and Child Care Staff Rules and Regulations (218-RICR-20-00-13)

Child Care Assistance Program for Child Care Educators and Child Care Staff Rules and Regulations (218-RICR-20-00-13)

Child Care Licensing

Child Care Center and School Age Program Regulations for Licensure (218-RICR-70-00-1)

Family Child Care Home Regulations for Licensure (218-RICR-70-00-2)

Group Family Child Care Home Regulations for Licensure (218-RICR-70-00-7)

Rules and Regulations Governing the Early Childhood Care and Education Capital Fund (218-RICR-70-00-12)

Child Support Services (218-RICR-30-00-1)

218-RICR-30-00-1 Child Support Program Rules Regulations PDF file, less than 1

General Provisions (218-RICR-10-00-1)

General Provisions (218-RICR-10-00-1)

Gen Prov EMER-COVID-19-REG11036-20200401162546 PDF file, less than 1

OHHS-121 Appeals Instructions And Form (rev.11/16) PDF file, less than 1

General Public Assistance (218-RICR-20-00-3)

General Public Assistance (218-RICR-20-00-3)

Office of Healthy Aging

218-RICR-40-00-1 Governing The Long Term Care Ombudsperson Program PDF file, less than 1

218-RICR-40-00-2 Governing The Pharmaceutical Assistance To The Elderly Program PDF file, less than 1

218-RICR-40-00-3 Governing Security For Housing For The Elderly PDF file, less than 1

218-RICR-40-00-4 Home And Community Care Final (Effective 4.5.2022) PDF file, less than 1

218-RICR-40-00-5 Certification of Case Management Agencies PDF file, less than 1

218-RICR-40-00-06 Governing The Prescription Drug Discount Program For The Uninsured PDF file, less than 1

Office of Rehabilitation Services

VR218-RICR-50-00-1-9766 PDF file, less than 1

SS-IL218-RICR-50-00-2-9769 PDF file, less than 1

BEP218-RICR-50-00-3-9768 PDF file, less than 1

Office of Veterans Services: Veterans Home

180-RICR-10-00-2 Administrative Procedures For The Billing And Collection Of Maintenance Fees PDF file, less than 1

180-RICR-10-00-3 Rhode Island Veterans Home General Rules Rhode Island Veterans Home PDF file, less than 1

Office of Veterans Services: Veterans Memorial Cemetery

180-RICR-20-00-1 RI Veterans Memorial Cemetery PDF file, less than 1

Refugee Assistance (218-RICR-20-00-6)

Refugee Assistance Program (218-RICR-20-00-6)

RI Works (218-RICR-20-00-2)

Rhode Island Works Program Rules and Regulations (218-RICR-20-00-22)

Social Services (218-RICR-20-00-7)

Social Services (218-RICR-20-00-7)

SSI and SSP Programs (218-RICR-20-00-5)

Supplemental Security Income and State Supplemental Payment Rules and Regulations (218-RICR-20-00-5)

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (218-RICR-20-00-1)

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (218-RICR-20-00-1)