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PETI Allowance Standards Standard Monthly Amount and Basis In Institution – Time Limited Home Maintenance Allowance Up to one hundred percent (100%) of the FPL for one (1) per month, based on expenses, for no more than six (6) months 8.6 Personal and Family Maintenance of Need Allowances A. Personal Needs Allowances. In general, LTSS beneficiaries receiving services in a health care institution receive a monthly personal needs allowance to cover the costs of daily needs that are not covered by the facility such as grooming, reading materials, cell phone fees and the like. A personal needs allowance is also provided to LTSS beneficiaries living in community settings such as Medicaid-certified assisted living residences under certain circumstances – that is, when eligible to receive the optional State supplement payment for low- income beneficiaries. The amount of the personal needs allowance is also a function of whether the LTSS beneficiary was receiving a pension from the Veterans Administration and has no spouse or dependents or qualifies as a surviving spouse. 1. Personal Need Allowance – A personal needs allowance is provided to LTSS beneficiaries who reside in a health care institution. (The maintenance of need allowances set aside for Medicaid LTSS beneficiaries residing in certain HCBS living arrangements are set forth in § 8.6(B) of this Part below). The personal needs allowance amounts indicated below include optional State supplemental payments as well as required Federal amounts, except as provided for veterans: a. Monthly Personal Needs Allowance of seventy-five dollars ($75.00). LTSS beneficiaries residing in a NF, ICF-ID, or hospital providing long-term services receive a personal needs allowance of seventy- five dollars ($75.00). The personal needs allowance consists of a mandated Federal allowance of thirty dollars ($30.00) and the State-only – personal needs allowance through State supplement payment of forty-five dollars ($45.00) per month. b. Veterans Personal Needs Allowance of Ninety Dollars ($90.00). The Veterans Benefit Act of 1992, Pub. Law 102-568 (U.S.C. Title 38), entitles veterans who had received a pension to obtain what is known as the “veteran’s improved pension” of ninety dollars ($90.00) per month when residing in a health care institution. This ninety dollar ($90.00) benefit is treated as a personal needs allowance and is deducted from income when determining liability