An Act to Update the State Supplement to Supplemental Security Income

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This bill updates Maine's State Supplemental Income Act. It increases the minimum monthly state benefit for individuals from $8 to $65 and for couples from $12 to $97.50. Starting in October 2026, these benefits will also increase annually based on federal cost-of-living adjustments, and nursing home residents will receive a personal needs allowance equal to three times the state supplemental benefit.

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Sponsorship · 6 Sponsors

Democrat5Republican1Independent0Other0

D · PrimeMichael Tipping
D · CoJoseph Baldacci
D · CoHenry Ingwersen
R · CoMarianne Moore
D · CoLaurie Osher
D · CoAmy Roeder

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