,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #chec  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ah1 #bjai,ms4 
,wexton 7for herself and ,ms4 ,norton7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend     
title ,,xix of the ,social ,security    
,act to increase under the ,medicaid    
program the minimum monthly personal    
needs allowance for institutionalized   
individuals and couples1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,personal ,needs    
,allowance ,modernization ,act or the   
,,pna ,modernization ,act4  #b4         
,increasing under the ,medicaid program 
the minimum monthly personal needs      
allowance for institutionalized         
individuals and couples ,section        
#aijb7q77#b7 of the ,social ,security   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;a7q77#b77 is  
amended--  7#a7 by inserting after #cj  
the following3 7or1 beginning ,january  
#a1 #bjbj1 #fj72  7#b7 by inserting     

after and #fj the following3 7or1       
beginning ,january #a1 #bjbj1 #abj72 and
  7#c7 by adding at the end the         
following new sentence3 ,whenever       
benefit amounts under title ,,ii of the 
,social ,security ,act are increased by 
any percentage effective with a month   
after ,november #bjbj as a result of a  
determination made under section        
#bae7;i7 of such ,act1 each of the      
dollar amounts in effect under the      
previous sentence for the month before  
such month shall be increased by the    
same percentage44