Phone:
Voice: (401) 831-3150
TTY: (401) 831-5335
FAX: (401) 274-5568
Clients: (800) 733-5332
Mailing Address:
275 Westminster Street Suite 401
Providence, RI 02903-3434
E-mail: info@ridlc.org
Statement of Priorities
PRIORITY EIGHT:
Monitor the state’s proposals for Medicaid Reform, including the proposal for a Global Consumer Choice Compact Waiver.
PRIORITY NINE:
Subject to the FACTORS FOR DETERMINING ACCEPTANCE OF CASES (footnoted on
final page*), provide individual representation to clients in the following areas:
A. GUARDIANSHIP AND INFORMED CONSENT
1. Represent persons contesting a guardianship, a petition for guardianship, the scope of a guardianship, or the appointment of a particular person as a guardian.
2. Represent persons alleged to be unable to give informed consent prior to medical treatment or procedures.
B. CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH AND EDUCATION
- 1. Represent children and youth who are detained inappropriately in hospitals or other restrictive environments or who are at imminent risk of such a placement due to a lack of appropriate community-based behavioral/mental health services.
- 2. Represent twenty (20) students who have been denied a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE).