H.R. 5685
119th CONGRESS 1st Session
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · October 3, 2025 · Sponsor: Ms. Moore of Wisconsin · Committee: Committee on Energy and Commerce
Table of contents
SEC. 1. Short title
- This Act may be cited as the or the .
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 () is amended— 42 U.S.C. 1396a(q)(2)
- by inserting after the following: ;
- by inserting after the following: ; 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 2025 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.