Increasing the personal needs allowance for residents receiving long-term care in a medicaid-approved nursing facility.

Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2548
By Committee on Health and Human Services
Requested by Representative McDonald
1-27
AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to personal needs
allowances; increasing the personal needs allowance for residents
receiving long-term care in a medicaid-approved nursing facility;
amending K.S.A. 39-972 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 39-972 is hereby amended to read as follows: 39-
972. (a) The head of the designated state medicaid agency shall authorize
for each resident and each resident spouse of a nursing facility receiving
long-term care in a medicaid-approved institution to retain a certain
amount of money a month in a personal needs fund. Subject to the
provisions of this section, such amount shall be prescribed in rules and
regulations adopted by the head of the designated state medicaid agency,
except that the amount shall not be less than $50 $85 on and after July 1,
2006 through June 30, 2007, and on and after July 1, 2007, not less than
$60 2026.
(b) The head of the designated state medicaid agency shall authorize
for persons receiving long-term care in a medicaid-approved institution
who also receive supplemental security income payments of a certain
amount of money per month to supplement such income. Subject to the
provisions of this section, such amount shall be prescribed in rules and
regulations adopted by the head of the designated state medicaid agency,
except that the amount shall not be less than $30.
(c) On or before July 1, 2007 2026 , and each year thereafter, the
director of the budget shall certify to the head of the designated state
medicaid agency the annual average increase in the chained consumer
price index for all urban consumers for the preceding calendar year
published by the United States department of labor and the head of the
designated state medicaid agency may make adjustments for cost of living
increases in the amount of moneys that can be retained in the personal
needs funds pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) in an amount not to exceed
such increase.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 39-972 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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