Existing federal and state law requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and administer a State Plan for Medicaid which includes a list of specific medical and medically related services that are required to be provided to Medicaid recipients. (42 U.S.C. § 1396a; NRS 422.063, 422.270) Existing federal law requires that the State Plan for Medicaid provide for an institutionalized person to retain a personal needs allowance of at least $30 per month for clothing and other personal needs. (42 U.S.C. § 1396a(q)) Sections 1 and 3 of this bill require that beginning on January 1, 2024, the monthly personal needs allowance for a resident of a facility for skilled nursing be not less than the similar monthly personal needs allowance provided to certain recipients of Medicaid who reside in residential facilities for groups. Section 2 of this bill makes a conforming change to indicate that the provisions of section 1 will be administered in the same manner as the provisions of existing law governing the State Plan for Medicaid. Section 2.5 of this bill makes an appropriation to the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department and authorizes certain expenditures for the costs of increasing the monthly personal needs allowance for recipients of Medicaid who reside in facilities for skilled nursing pursuant to section 1.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 232.320
Reprint 1: 232.320
As Enrolled: 232.320