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State health officials warn HR 1 will shift SNAP and Medicaid costs to Oregon, strain operations
Summary
Oregon Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority officials told a Senate committee that HR 1’s SNAP and Medicaid changes, effective in part July 2025, will increase state administrative costs, add verification and IT burdens, and could force benefit reductions for many residents.
Oregon health officials told the Senate Interim Committee on Health Care on Sept. 30 that federal HR 1 changes will shift costs and operational burdens for SNAP and Medicaid to the state and could deepen food insecurity and coverage losses if implementation proves difficult.
Dana Hittle, senior adviser at the Oregon Department of Human Services, described a shared ODHS–OHA governance structure and said some HR 1 SNAP provisions were effective July 4, 2025, even though federal guidance has been issued piecemeal. “HR 1 deeply undercuts the core purpose of SNAP, and that is to provide reliable food support to those in need,” Hittle said, listing likely impacts on children, older adults, lawfully present noncitizens and rural households.
Why it matters: SNAP covers roughly one in six Oregonians; agencies said the changes include narrower exemptions, new work requirements for able‑bodied adults without dependents and reductions in program supports that previously helped keep benefits and nutrition programs up to…
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