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Lawmakers Warn MDHHS of SNAP Error‑Rate Penalties and MI Bridges Verification Gaps
Summary
Committee members pressed MDHHS Director Elizabeth Hertel about Michigan’s SNAP error rate, potential federal penalties beginning in 2026, and verification practices for the MI Bridges/Bridge Card application that lawmakers say leave the program vulnerable to fraud.
Representative Wolford and other lawmakers told Director Elizabeth Hertel the department’s SNAP error rate has been high enough in recent years to trigger large federal penalties under new rules that take effect in October 2026.
Wolford and members cited department figures presented at the hearing: Michigan’s SNAP error rate reached about 13% in 2022; it was roughly 10.72% in 2023 and about 9.53% in 2024. Committee members said federal penalties would start when the rate exceeds 6% under the federal standard and described possible chargebacks running into the hundreds of millions of dollars in the years cited. At the hearing representatives calculated potential fiscal exposures using department…
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