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Committee hears bill to index personal-needs allowance annually; amendment addresses Hampstead Hospital liabilities
Summary
Senate Bill 118 would tie the personal-needs allowance for nursing-home and residential-care residents to Social Security cost-of-living adjustments annually and contains an amendment to fund leave payments and a capital-account mechanism related to Hampstead Hospital.
Senator Regina Bertsell, prime sponsor of Senate Bill 118, told the committee the bill would change RSA 167:27-a to adjust the personal-needs allowance for nursing-home and residential-care residents annually to mirror Social Security cost-of-living increases instead of the current five-year adjustment schedule. Wendy Altman, bureau chief at DHHS's Bureau of Adult and Aging Services, said the change would let residents retain modest increases in disposable income each year; she said the Choices for Independence waiver population has an average…
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