PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1750, 2053
PRINTER'S NO. 2139
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1527
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY SANCHEZ, PICKETT, KIM, PROBST, HANBIDGE, SMITH-
WADE-EL, McNEILL, NEILSON, GUENST, KHAN, MADDEN, DELLOSO,
BRENNAN, HILL-EVANS, HOWARD, SAMUELSON, BOROWSKI, JAMES,
CIRESI, WARREN, D. WILLIAMS, MALAGARI, CERRATO, KRAJEWSKI,
OTTEN, OBERLANDER, SHUSTERMAN, MARCELL, MULLINS AND MARSHALL,
JUNE 27, 2023
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, OCTOBER 16, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance,
further providing for personal needs allowance deduction for
medical assistance-eligible persons in nursing facilities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 443.8 of the act of June 13, 1967
(P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, is amended BY
ADDING A SUBSECTION to read:
Section 443.8. Personal Needs Allowance Deduction for
Medical Assistance-Eligible Persons in Nursing Facilities.--
[(a)] A personal needs allowance of not less than [forty
dollars ($40)] sixty dollars ($60) per month, for clothing and
other personal needs, shall be deducted from a medical
assistance-eligible person's gross income, as defined by
departmental regulation, for purposes of determining the amount
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that person must pay toward the cost of skilled health care and
intermediate services or intermediate care while residing in a
nursing facility.
[(b) The personal needs allowance under subsection (a) shall
be increased to not less than forty-five dollars ($45) beginning
July 1, 2007.] * * *
(C) SUBJECT TO FEDERAL APPROVAL, THE PERSONAL NEEDS
ALLOWANCE UNDER SUBSECTION (A) SHALL BE INCREASED TO NOT LESS
THAN SIXTY DOLLARS ($60) BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2024.
Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024
IMMEDIATELY.
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