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HR1’s SNAP changes raise state error‑rate exposure and could shift costs to Washington
Summary
DSHS and HCA officials told the Ways and Means Committee HR 1 immediately tightened SNAP work rules, ended some deductions and increased the state’s administrative match, creating potential immediate benefit reductions for households and multi‑million‑dollar fiscal exposure tied to the federal payment error rate.
State officials told the Ways and Means Committee on October 16 that HR 1 made immediate, substantive changes to the state’s food assistance programs that could reduce benefits for some households and create new fiscal exposure for Washington.
Carla Reyes, assistant secretary for the Economic Services Administration at DSHS, said HR 1 changed SNAP exemptions and programmatic rules effective on signing and that those changes require retroactive system updates. “These changes create changes we need to make retroactively, and we have to change our systems,” Reyes said, adding that doing so while operating existing releases puts pressure on the payment error rate.
Key changes described by DSHS and committee staff:
- Work and participation: HR 1 expands SNAP work requirements in ways…
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