A USDA report revealed Texas had a SNAP payment error rate of 9.34% and will be on the hook to pay $826M annually beginning in October 2027 under One Big Beautiful Bill.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins said in a press release that the error rates were “proof that state accountability is severely lacking in SNAP.”
“USDA has taken historic action to help interested states curb SNAP waste, and I hope other states, regardless of political leadership, prioritize needy families and the American taxpayer over politics.”
While Texas was able to beat the 10% threshold of errors that would have triggered severe federal fines, it remains above the 6% congressional limit. Texas performed better than the national average error rate of 10.62%.
The Texas SNAP error of 9.34% combines 6.99% in overpayments and 2.35% in underpayments. Approximately 64% of the errors were caused by Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) staff processing mistakes, rather than participant fraud.
Texas came in under the U.S. average of 10.62%; over payments averaged to 9.28% and under payments were at 1.33%.