Modernize SSI Stipends Act
Sponsored By: Representative Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3]
Introduced
Summary
Doubles the monthly personal needs allowance for institutionalized Supplemental Security Income recipients. It would also make those allowances responsive to cost-of-living adjustments and update how State Supplementary Payments reflect those increases.
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- Institutionalized recipients: Would double the minimum monthly personal needs allowance to $720 for individuals and $1,440 for couples for benefit months after Dec. 31, 2025.
- Cost-of-living rules: Would let the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) set a higher amount if it exceeds the doubled floor so beneficiaries receive the greater of the two.
- State supplementary payments: Would change the State Supplementary Payment pass-through to include COLA increases that occur after Sept. 2025, with that pass-through change effective Jan. 1, 2026.
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Higher SSI cash for institutionalized recipients
If enacted, this bill would double the fixed monthly personal needs minimums for institutionalized SSI recipients. The individual minimum would rise from $360 to $720 per month. The higher amount (for couples or the higher clause) would rise from $720 to $1,440 per month. For benefit months after December 31, 2025, recipients would receive the greater of the doubled dollar amount or the amount determined under the annual COLA rule. If enacted, state supplementary payments would also be updated to reflect COLAs to these amounts after September 2025, and that SSP pass-through change would take effect January 1, 2026.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3]
OR • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Carey, Mike [R-OH-15]
OH • R
Sponsored 2/13/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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