[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3853 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3853

  To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase under the 
   Medicaid program the minimum monthly personal needs allowance for 
   institutionalized individuals and couples, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 18, 2019

Ms. Wexton (for herself and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase under the 
   Medicaid program the minimum monthly personal needs allowance for 
   institutionalized individuals and couples, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Personal Needs Allowance 
Modernization Act'' or the ``PNA Modernization Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASING UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM THE MINIMUM MONTHLY 
              PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE FOR INSTITUTIONALIZED 
              INDIVIDUALS AND COUPLES.

    Section 1902(q)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396a(q)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting after ``$30'' the following: ``(or, 
        beginning January 1, 2020, $60)'';
            (2) by inserting after ``and $60'' the following: ``(or, 
        beginning January 1, 2020, $120)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
        ``Whenever benefit amounts under title II of the Social 
        Security Act are increased by any percentage effective with a 
        month after November 2020 as a result of a determination made 
        under section 215(i) of such Act, each of the dollar amounts in 
        effect under the previous sentence for the month before such 
        month shall be increased by the same percentage.''.
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