HB 1770 Summary

• Increases the monthly personal needs allowance for individuals in long-term care facilities from $50 to $75 per month, effective July 1, 2024.

• Clarifies that the needs allowance is supplemental to federal supplemental security income program funds and is not intended to replace them.

• Requires long-term care facility operators to provide generic toiletries, linens, and meals/snacks for outings, and to maintain records of needs allowance spending with individual consent.

• Mandates the Department of Human Services to conduct annual reviews of the needs allowance and report findings and proposed legislation to the legislature prior to each regular session beginning in 2025.

• Appropriates general funds for fiscal year 2024-2025 to implement the increased allowance and declares the expenditure ceiling will be exceeded.