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KLRD briefing: HR 1’s SNAP, Medicaid changes could expand work rules and shift costs to Kansas
Summary
Kansas Legislative Research Department told the Committee on Welfare Reform that HR 1 (the "Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025") tightens noncitizen eligibility, alters the Thrifty Food Plan and creates new state matching requirements tied to SNAP error rates — changes that could increase state administrative costs and expand who is subject to work requirements.
Natalie Nelson of the Kansas Legislative Research Department told the Committee on Welfare Reform that HR 1, the "Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025," makes multiple federal changes that will have measurable effects in Kansas, particularly for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and for Medicaid and CHIP administration.
“The act amends the Food and Nutrition Act to revise how the Thrifty Food Plan is updated,” Nelson said, summarizing a provision that limits future reevaluations of the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP), requires annual CPI-U adjustments each October and delays market-basket reevaluations until at least Oct. 1, 2027. KLRD noted that change could cause SNAP allotments to lag behind actual food costs over time.
Nelson also described revisions to SNAP work requirements. The act raises the upper-age…
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