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HHS staff outline potential effects of new federal legislation on SNAP and Medicaid in North Carolina
Summary
A Buncombe County HHS briefing flagged major unknowns in implementing recent federal legislation, including expanded SNAP work requirements, reduced federal administrative and benefit cost shares, and new Medicaid work requirements and payment changes that could affect enrollment and county budgets.
Bill (HHS staff) briefed the board on a recently enacted federal bill that, according to his presentation, contains many provisions that will affect SNAP (food assistance) and Medicaid but leaves significant implementation details unresolved.
On SNAP, staff said the bill expands work requirements for able‑bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs), narrows exemptions (homelessness would no longer be an automatic exemption), raises certain age thresholds for applicability, and requires verification of work or community service before benefits are approved. The presentation noted that administrative cost sharing will shift in October such that the federal share falls: staff described administration moving from a 50/50 federal/county match toward a model where federal support is reduced to 25% with the county…
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