HB5825 Summary

• Establishes the Seniors Deserve Dignity Program requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide monthly supplemental personal needs payments to medical assistance recipients in supportive living facilities.

• Provides $30 monthly supplemental payments from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, ensuring total monthly personal needs allowance reaches minimum $120.

• Increases supplemental payments to $60 monthly from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, ensuring total monthly personal needs allowance reaches minimum $150.

• Adjusts supplemental payment amounts annually for inflation beginning July 1, 2025 based on the Consumer Price Index-U published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

• Excludes supplemental personal needs payments from income calculations for determining eligibility or benefit amounts under any state public aid program.