(1) Except as provided in RCW 72.36.160, beginning July 1, 2023, the personal needs allowance for clients being served in medical institutions and in residential settings is $100. (2) Beginning January 1, 2024, and each year thereafter, the personal needs allowance for clients being served in medical institutions and in residential settings shall: (a) Be adjusted for economic trends and conditions by increasing the allowance by the percentage cost-of-living adjustment for old-age, survivors, and disability social security benefits as published by the federal social security administration; and (b) Not exceed the maximum personal needs allowance permissible under the federal social security act. (3) Unless subject to a separate determination of a monthly maintenance needs allowance for a community spouse by authority rule, beginning July 1, 2022, the personal needs allowance for a client receiving home and community-based waiver services authorized by home and community services while living at home shall: (a) Be adjusted to an amount that is no less than 300 percent of the federal benefit rate; and (b) Not exceed the maximum personal needs allowance permissible under the federal social security act. [ 2023 c 201 s 1; 2022 c 164 s 1; 2018 c 137 s 1; 2017 c 270 s 2.]
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