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County officials warned federal SNAP/Medicaid proposals could shift costs and workloads to Chaffee County
Summary
A Department of Human Services briefing flagged possible federal-to-state cost shifts, new error-rate penalties, expanded work requirements and waiver changes that could raise administrative costs for counties; presenter cited a $57 million Colorado implementation estimate and urged caution pending state-level rules.
At a county meeting, the Department of Human Services director briefed commissioners on a set of federal proposals she referred to as the “Triple B” package that would change how SNAP and Medicaid are funded and administered. The director summarized several possible effects: a state share of some SNAP costs, an error-rate based penalty schedule that applies to state averages, expanded work requirements and shorter exemption windows, and changes to long-term care asset waivers.
“25% of our SNAP that gets passed through would then be the state of Colorado's responsibility to…
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