{"AmendmentNumber":"1226","ParentBillNumber":"H5500","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"TMS1","Name":"Thomas M. Stanley","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/TMS1","ResponseDate":"2026-04-17T09:34:35.707"},"Category":"Health and Human Services","Action":"Consolidated","RollCall":[],"Title":"Personal Needs Allowance","Branch":"House","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Mr. Stanley of Waltham moves to amend the bill in section 2, in item 4000-0601, in line 13, by striking out the following: “$72.80” and inserting in place thereof the following: \"$100.00 effective January 1, 2027”; and in said item, in line 16, by inserting after \"income\" the following: \"provided further, that the personal needs allowance shall be increased annually thereafter by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area, as published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics\"; and in said item by striking the figures “$5,197,654,427” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$5,204,154,427”.\r\n"}