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Finance Committee backs change to Medicaid personal-needs allowance and keeps attached medical-marijuana provision, 18-7
Summary
The Finance Committee voted 18 to 7 to report Senate Bill 118 as amended, a measure that changes the adjustment schedule for the Medicaid personal‑needs allowance and carries a house amendment permitting home cultivation for certain medical marijuana patients.
The Finance Committee voted 18 to 7 to report Senate Bill 118 ought to pass as amended. The bill makes a procedural change to the Medicaid personal-needs allowance for long‑term care residents and carries an amendment that would permit home cultivation for certain medical cannabis patients.
The bill would change the existing five‑year cost‑of‑living adjustment schedule for the personal‑needs allowance to an annual adjustment. The personal‑needs allowance is the monthly amount a Medicaid recipient in long‑term care may retain from their own income for personal expenses…
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