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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 7778

Medicaid PNA Modernization Act

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Introduced 2026-03-03Topic: health care · social services

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Medicaid Personal Needs Allowance Modernization Act or the Medicaid PNA Modernization Act This bill increases the minimum monthly personal needs allowance under Medicaid for an institutionalized individual and couple from $30 to $60 and from $60 to $120, respectively. (The personal needs allowance is deducted from an individual's total income when determining the individual's contribution to the cost of institutionalized care under Medicaid.)

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-03-03HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.refer
2026-03-03Introduced in Houseintroduce
2026-03-03Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.