254 - Cost of living adjustment.

§  254. Cost of living adjustment. 1. Within amounts appropriated, the  panel shall adjust  the  program  eligibility  standards  set  forth  in  subdivision  two  of  section  two  hundred  forty-two  of this title to  account for increases in the cost of living.    2.  The  panel  shall  further  adjust  individual  and  joint  income  categories set forth in subdivisions two and four of section two hundred  forty-eight of this title to conform to the adjustments made pursuant to  subdivision one of this section.