INCREASE IN PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE FOR SSI RECIPIENTS.

SEC. 9119. INCREASE IN PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE FOR SSI RECIPIENTS. (a) Increase in Standard.— Section 1611(e)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act is amended— 101 STAT. 1330–309 (1) by striking “$300 per year” in clauses (i) and (ii)(I) and inserting “$360 per year”; and (2) by striking “$600 per year” in clause (iii) and inserting “$720 per year”. (b) Mandatory Pass-Through of Increased Personal Needs Allowance.— Section 1618 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(g) In order for any State which makes supplementary payments of the type described in section 1616(a) (including payments pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 212(a) of Public Law 93–66) to recipients of benefits determined under section 1611(e)(1)(B), on or after October 1, 1987, to be eligible for payments pursuant to title XIX with respect to any calendar quarter which begins— “(1) after October 1, 1987, or, if later “(2) after the calendar quarter in which it first makes such supplementary payments to recipients of benefits so determined, such State must have in effect an agreement with the Secretary whereby the State will— “(3) continue to make such supplementary payments to recipients of benefits so determined, and “(4) maintain such supplementary payments to recipients of benefits so determined at levels which assure (with respect to any particular month beginning with the month in which this subsection is first effective) that— “(A) the combined level of such supplementary payments and the amounts payable to or on behalf of such recipients under section 1611(e)(1)(B) for that particular month, is not less than— “(B) the combined level of such supplementary payments and the amounts payable to or on behalf of such recipients under section 1611(e)(1)(B) for October 1987 (or, if no such supplementary payments were made for that month, the combined level for the first subsequent month for which such payments were made), increased— “(i) in a case to which clause (i) of such section 1611(e)(1)(B) applies or (with respect to the individual or spouse who is in the hospital, home, or facility involved) to which clause (ii) of such section applies, by $5, and “(ii) in a case to which clause (iii) of such section 1611(e)(1)(B) applies, by $10.”. (c) Effective Date.— The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall become effective July 1, 1988.