Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Personal Needs Allowance Modernization Act” or the “PNA Modernization Act”.
Personal Needs Allowance Modernization Act
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.
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—
by inserting after “$30” the following: “(or, beginning January 1, 2020, $60)”;
by inserting after “and $60” the following: “(or, beginning January 1, 2020, $120)”; and
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.”.