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Texas
Health and Human Services Commission
- Payment error rate
- 9.34%
- Data year
- FY2025
- 2027 penalty exposure
- $709M+
- Added administrative costs (2027)
- ~$117M
Source: USDA FNS FY2025
30-minute call agenda
- 01Where Texas stands: 9.34% error rate (USDA FNS FY2025), #6 of 9 priority states.
- 02The gap: 3.34 points above the 6% H.R.1 threshold — which error categories drive it.
- 03Reporting puts Texas's combined 2027 total at approximately $826M: approximately $709M in SNAP error-rate penalties plus approximately $117M in added state administrative costs. The combined total is not an annual penalty.
- 04Systems: review HHSC's current eligibility stack and integration points.
- 05Next step: scope a 90-day, zero-upfront-cost pilot in one Texas county.