If, when, and during such times as the United States government authorizes after October 1972, an increase in the adjusted payment level, for whatever reason, above the adjusted payment level under the appropriate approved plan of this state as in effect for January 1972 under Section 401 of Title IV of the Social Security Act Amendments of 1972, the maximum grants of aid provided in Section 12200 shall be increased by an amount equal to 50 percent of such increase in the adjusted payment level, or any higher amount of such increase in the adjusted payment level as is required by federal law. The increase to the grants provided by this section shall be in addition to any increases provided pursuant to Section 12201 or any other provisions of law.
An increase in the adjusted payment level provided in this section includes, but is not limited to, increases, if any, as a result of Public Law 93-86 and increases as a result of the adjusted payment level being based upon the appropriate approved plan of this state as in effect for any date on and after January 1, 1972.