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Relating to the personal needs allowance for residents of certain facilities under the Medicaid program, and providing an appropriation
Topics:State budgetHealth careFamilies & human servicesMedicaid
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 5, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 10, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People living in nursing homes or certain care facilities for children and adults with disabilities will be able to keep more of their own money for personal needs. The amount they can keep for themselves would increase from $50 to $85 each month. If a resident has less than $85, the state will provide extra money to make sure they reach that amount.1
Read the official explanation
This bill provides for an increase, from $50 to $85, in the personal needs allowance under Medicaid retained by a person who is a resident of a nursing facility, an intermediate care facility for persons with an intellectual disability, or an intermediate care facility for persons with mental illness, or a person who is a resident of a psychiatric medical institution for children. A resident who has income of less than $85 per month shall receive a supplement from the state as necessary to receive a personal needs allowance of $85. The bill provides for an annual appropriation from the general fund of the state to the department of health and human services an amount sufficient to provide the supplementation specified in the bill.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 10, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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- SF 2303 Relating to the personal needs allowance for residents of certain facilities under the Med…90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
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