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Multnomah County forms federal impacts work group and joins litigation as HR 1 threatens Medicaid, SNAP funding
Summary
County officials told commissioners they are tracking HR 1 and other federal actions that could shift billions in costs to states and counties, and said the county has joined lawsuits and created a cross‑department work group to assess risks to grants and programs.
The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners was briefed on a new countywide Federal Impacts Work Group and the potential local effects of H.R. 1, a recently passed federal spending and policy package that county staff said will shift significant costs and administrative responsibilities to states and local governments.
The briefing opened with Justin Black, deputy chief operating officer, who introduced the work group and explained it will coordinate department-level monitoring, with legal review from the County Attorney’s Office and financial analysis from the CFO’s office. "We established the federal impacts work group and project team to lead across departmental efforts in tracking, assessing, and communicating risks from federal actions," Savannah Grama, senior strategic initiatives manager in the COO’s office, told the board.
County staff emphasized H.R. 1’s two central effects: stricter work and documentation requirements for Medicaid and SNAP recipients, and cuts or shifts in…
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