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House boosts personal‑needs allowance for nursing‑home residents after LDH signals smaller administrative increase
Summary
Lawmakers approved raising the Medicaid personal‑needs allowance for long‑term care residents after floor debate about who receives funds and fiscal impact; the Department of Health announced a partial administrative increase before the bill’s enactment.
The House passed House Bill 266, sponsored by Sheriff Wiley, to raise the Medicaid personal‑needs allowance for residents of health care facilities from $38 per month to a higher amount; Wiley and supporters described the increase as targeted aid for low‑income residents in nursing homes.
“25,000 people in Louisiana live in nursing homes today,” Sheriff Wiley told the chamber, laying out the history of the allowance and arguing the monthly $38 payment had not kept pace with cost increases. Wiley said the proposal would set the allowance at up to $50 and that the Louisiana Department of Health had announced…
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