79R745 KLA-F

By:  Gallegos                                                     S.B. No. 199



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid 
recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 32.024(w), Human Resources Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(w)  The department shall set a personal needs allowance of 
not less than $75 [$45] a month for a resident of a convalescent or 
nursing home or related institution licensed under Chapter 242, 
Health and Safety Code, personal care facility, ICF-MR facility, or 
other similar long-term care facility who receives medical 
assistance.  The department may send the personal needs allowance 
directly to a resident who receives Supplemental Security Income 
(SSI) (42 U.S.C. Section 1381 et seq.).  This subsection does not 
apply to a resident who is participating in a medical assistance 
waiver program administered by the department.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005, and 
applies only to a personal needs allowance paid on or after that 
date.