{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-74.09.340","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 74.09.340","heading":"Personal needs allowance, adjusted.","body":"(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.\n(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:\n(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\n(b) Not exceed the maximum personal needs allowance permissible under the federal social security act.\n(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:\n(a) Be adjusted to an amount that is no less than 300 percent of the federal benefit rate; and\n(b) Not exceed the maximum personal needs allowance permissible under the federal social security act.","path":["Title 74","Chapter 74.09"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=74.09.340","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T04:10:01Z","sha256":"803b36d707262602cb6db95e1be36f0469d7865d540f10c44a9a78abc15be72c","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-74.09.335","next":"us-wa/rcw-74.09.390"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}