Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Medicaid Personal Needs Allowance Modernization Act” or the “Medicaid PNA Modernization Act”.
Medicaid 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.
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, 2026, $60)”;
by inserting after “and $60” the following: “(or, beginning January 1, 2026, $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 2026 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.”.