2026 House Bill 5835

Health facilities: nursing homes; personal needs allowance for nursing home residents; increase.

A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled “The social welfare act,” by amending section 106 (MCL 400.106), as amended by 2023 PA 98, and by adding section 106c.

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Increases the personal needs allowance for Medicaid-eligible nursing home residents to $200 per month and strengthens the state's ability to recover Medicaid costs from third-party settlements, while establishing new notification and procedural requirements.

Introduced in the House

April 21, 2026

Introduced by Rep. Karl Bohnak (R-109) and two co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. David Prestin (R-108) and Greg Markkanen (R-110)

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy