A decision is adverse or authority is uncertain
Request a DSS fair hearing
Use the complete DSS Notice of Action and the official hearing route for a Medicaid, Autism Waiver, or other DSS benefit decision.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Request a DSS fair hearingBefore you start
- Complete Notice of Action and envelope, notice date, program, disputed action, requested result, identification number, address, current services, evidence, representative authority, and delivery method.
Who to contact
Use the official destination above, the assigned DDS region or case manager, the DSS Autism Division contact, or the exact contact on the controlling notice. Confirm which agency and program owns the step.
Open DDS regional contacts · Open DSS Autism Waiver contacts
Step by step
- Use the Hearing Request Form attached to the notice when available or the accepted signed-letter route described by DSS.
- Explain the disputed program decision and requested result and submit through an accepted route.
- Preserve proof and track scheduling, record access, attendance, decision, and any notice-specific continuation issue separately.
Expected next
A hearing acknowledgment, scheduling notice, request for information, resolved action, or hearing decision.
Save this proof
Notice, envelope, request, delivery proof, record, evidence, correspondence, and decision.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Contact the DSS Hearings Unit or notice-listed contact and seek case-specific legal advice when needed.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Request a DSS fair hearing checklist
A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.
- Program lane and owner
- Date started
- Documents supplied
- Confirmation or notice
- Current status
- Next event and date
- Escalation contact
Derived from DSS Autism Waiver overview, Request a DSS fair hearing
Official resources
Limits
DSS says most non-SNAP hearing requests generally must be made within 60 days of the Notice of Action, but the complete notice and current law control. Beyond Childhood does not calculate a deadline or decide benefit continuation.
Beyond Childhood’s checklists and prompts are planning aids derived from official sources. They are not official forms, legal advice, eligibility decisions, or guarantees of funding, capacity, quality, or service.