MEDICAID: Provides for the personal needs allowance of residents in nursing homes and other facilities (EN +$893,660 GF EX See Note)

The personal needs allowance for individuals increased from $38 to $50, and for couples from $76 to $100.

The condition for implementing the allowance increase was changed from requiring a specific appropriation act to simply requiring an appropriation by the legislature or the availability of federal funds.

The provision stating that increases become applicable only when a specific appropriation act becomes effective was removed.

A digest was added to explain the bill's purpose and summarize the changes to the allowance amounts and funding conditions.

Removed Representative Wiley, Boyd, and others from the sponsor list in the header.

Added Representative Marcelle to the sponsor list in the header.

Updated the document status from 'REENGROSSED' to 'ENROLLED' and adjusted the legislative services digest and page headers to reflect the final enrolled version.

Added a specific effective date provision stating the bill becomes effective upon the governor's signature or the expiration of the veto period.

Clarified that the increase in personal needs allowances becomes applicable only when a specific Act appropriating monies for the implementation becomes effective.

Updated the sponsor list to include additional representatives (Marcelle, Adams, Bacala, Bayham, Boyd, Carrier, Robby Carter, Chassion, Cox, DeWitt, Domangue, Fisher, Freiberg, Gadberry, Hughes, Jackson, Knox, Larvadain, Lyons, Mack, McFarland, Miller, Moore, Newell, Stagni, Taylor, Walters, and Willard).