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HR5685Referred to Committee

PNA Modernization Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-10-03
Introduced
3
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
Democrat · WI · Representative
Votes with party: 97.4% (536 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/M001160

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (3)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12)Original· 2025-10-03
  • Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)Original· 2025-10-03
  • Julia Brownley (D-CA-26)Original· 2025-10-03

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

2025-10-03

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Energy and CommerceReferred To · 2025-10-03

Previously

  • Energy and Commerce CommitteeReferred To · 2025-10-03

Plain-English Summary

Personal Needs Allowance Modernization Act or the PNA Modernization Act This bill increases the minimum monthly personal needs allowance under Medicaid for an institutionalized individual and couple from $30 to $60 and from $60 to $120, respectively. (The personal needs allowance is deducted from an individual's total income when determining the individual's contribution to the cost of institutionalized care under Medicaid.)

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Health
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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