Snap Back Inaccurate SNAP Payments Act

This bill changes the rules for how states handle mistakes when too much money is paid out in food assistance (SNAP) benefits. Right now, small overpayment errors below a certain dollar amount are ignored when calculating a state's error rate, but this bill would lower that cutoff to $0, meaning all errors would count starting in 2025. States would also be required to collect back any overpayments made to SNAP recipients. The bill increases the penalty states face for having high error rates but also gives states credit toward that penalty based on how much of the overpaid money they successfully recover.

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