The short answer
At an NDIS plan reassessment, an NDIA planner reviews how your current plan is working and the evidence you've given, then makes one of three decisions: a new plan, a variation to your current plan, or no change.
Most reassessments start with a check-in about 2 to 3 months before your plan's reassessment date. You can also ask for one at any time if your needs have changed significantly. You can keep using your current plan while the NDIA decides.
What is a plan reassessment?
A plan reassessment is when you need a new plan with different NDIS supports. It's for times when your situation has changed in a significant and ongoing way, so your plan no longer meets your needs.
That could be a change in your ability to do daily activities, your living arrangements, your education or work, or the help you get from others. You might need more, less or different supports.
The NDIA may contact you about a reassessment when your plan is coming to an end and you need significant changes, or when it has information that your support needs have changed. You can also ask for one yourself.
What happens at the check-in?
Your my NDIS contact usually gets in touch about 2 to 3 months before your plan's reassessment date to arrange a check-in. You'll get a letter first. The check-in can be in person, by phone or by video call, and you can bring a family member, a trusted person or someone who helps with your plan.
They'll ask how you're going, how you're using your supports and community services, whether your supports still meet your disability needs, and whether your life or goals have changed or are about to.
Check-ins are confidential, and having one doesn't mean your plan has to change. If your situation has changed significantly, your my NDIS contact starts the reassessment for you and explains the evidence needed.
How do I ask for a plan reassessment?
If you don't have a check-in coming up and your needs have changed significantly, you can ask for a reassessment yourself:
- Fill in the plan reassessment request form. It must come from you, your plan nominee or your child representative. You can't give a provider consent to ask for a reassessment on your behalf.
- Add recent evidence. It must show a significant change to your ongoing support needs. Recent usually means within 4 months of your request and after your current plan was approved.
- Send it in through the NDIA's service hub, by mail to NDIA, GPO Box 700, Canberra ACT 2601, or in person to your my NDIS contact or a local office.
The NDIA can only consider a request that is on the right form, includes evidence and comes from you, your nominee or your child representative. It will tell you if it needs more information. Your my NDIS contact can help you fill in the form.
What evidence should I gather?
Evidence is what lets the NDIA include supports in your next plan. It usually means assessments or reports from the professionals who know your needs and from the people who support you, showing how your supports are helping you work towards your goals and what you may need next. The NDIA can only fund supports that its rules allow and that are reasonable and necessary.
It also helps to think about the next few years: the NDIA suggests considering life changes over the next 3 years, such as leaving school, starting or leaving work, or moving home, plus how connected you are with your community and how long you'd like your plan to last.
If you receive SIL, a roster of care showing a typical week can help explain your needs at home. It's optional, and it doesn't decide your funding. Our free roster of care template follows what the NDIA's own roster tool records.
Getting ready for a reassessment?
Text us and we'll go through your plan and what to gather with you.
What does the NDIA look at?
When deciding whether to reassess, your NDIA planner reviews:
- your current plan, its supports and how you've used them
- the information and evidence you've given
- how you use community and mainstream services
- the change you've asked for, and whether it's an NDIS support
- how your plan works as an overall package
- how your supports help you work towards your goals.
In making your next plan, the planner considers which supports relate to your disability, help you work towards your goals, increase your independence, and help you work, study and join social activities.
What are the possible outcomes?
There are three:
- The NDIA varies your plan. If your current plan is mostly working, it can change part of it without a full reassessment.
- The NDIA creates a new plan. A planner reassesses your plan with you and books a plan meeting to explain the decisions, if your next plan is different from your current one. You get a copy within 7 days of it being approved.
- The NDIA doesn't change your plan. This can happen when the evidence doesn't show a significant and ongoing change.
At the end of a plan, the NDIA may also continue it if it's working for you. A continued plan runs for up to 12 months with the same core and capacity building funding, and you don't need a plan meeting.
How long does a reassessment take?
The NDIA's preparation page says it will tell you its decision within 90 days. You can keep using your current plan while it decides.
When your plan's reassessment date is coming up and your situation has changed significantly, the NDIA works with you on a new plan from 56 days before that date. If the NDIA creates a new plan, you'll get a copy within 7 days of approval.
What's the difference between a variation and a reassessment?
A variation changes only part of your plan, when the change fits within your overall package of supports. It can change your reassessment date, your goals, your statement of supports or how your funding is managed, fix a small error, or add crisis or emergency funding.
Using up your funding early isn't, on its own, an emergency. The NDIA aims to decide within 21 days of having the information it needs, and you get a copy of a varied plan within 7 days. Someone else, like a support coordinator, can ask for a variation with your consent.
A reassessment creates a whole new plan, and only you, your nominee or your child representative can ask for one.
What if I don't agree with the decision?
Ask the NDIA to explain it first, by calling 1800 800 110, through the service hub, or through your my NDIS contact. If you still disagree, you can ask for an internal review within 3 months of receiving the decision in writing.
Decisions you can ask to be reviewed include approving your plan, not doing a reassessment, not doing a variation, and varying your plan. If you don't agree with the internal review, you can then ask the Administrative Review Tribunal for an external review.
Some decisions can't be reviewed. The NDIA gives budget reductions as an example.
The October 2026 budget changes
From 1 October 2026, two budget categories are being reduced as plans are created or reassessed. If your plan is reassessed, the reduction may apply then. Our guide to the support budget changes from 1 October 2026 explains who is affected, what isn't affected, and the variation pathway for people with 24-hour supports.
How we can help
We're a registered NDIS provider based in Springfield Central. If we support you, we can give you a written summary of the support we deliver and, for SIL, help you prepare a roster of care to include with your evidence.
We can't make the decision or promise an outcome; the NDIA decides. Talk to your support coordinator about the rest of your evidence, or call or text us on 0403 828 422. For local figures on SIL and SDA, see our SIL and SDA statistics.
Common questions
How long does an NDIS plan reassessment take?
The NDIA says it will tell you its decision within 90 days, and you can keep using your current plan while it decides.
Can my provider ask for a reassessment for me?
No. Only you, your plan nominee or your child representative can ask, using the plan reassessment request form.
What counts as recent evidence?
Usually evidence from within 4 months of your request and after your current plan was approved.
Will my plan stop if my reassessment date passes?
The NDIA may continue your plan for up to 12 months with the same core and capacity building funding if it's working for you.
How long do I have to ask for a review?
3 months from the day you receive the decision in writing.
Sources
- NDIS, What is a plan reassessment (current as of 30 September 2026). www.ndis.gov.au (read 10 Nov 2026)
- NDIS, How to prepare for a plan reassessment (current as of 27 August 2026). www.ndis.gov.au (read 10 Nov 2026)
- NDIS, What is a check-in (current as of 10 June 2026). www.ndis.gov.au (read 10 Nov 2026)
- NDIS, Guide to your next plan (current as of 25 September 2026). www.ndis.gov.au (read 10 Nov 2026)
- NDIS, What is a plan variation (current as of 19 October 2026). www.ndis.gov.au (read 10 Nov 2026)
- NDIS, What is a decision review (current as of 27 July 2026) and How to request a review of a decision (current as of 25 September 2026). www.ndis.gov.au (read 10 Nov 2026)
- NDIS, What does reasonable and necessary mean?. www.ndis.gov.au (checked 8 Nov 2026)
- NDIA news, Changes to support budgets from 1 October (1 Oct 2026). www.ndis.gov.au (checked 7 Nov 2026)