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California state agencies are moving quickly on digital transformation, but without the right controls, fraud, waste and abuse can scale just as fast. AI and automation can improve efficiency, but they also introduce new risks when oversight and accountability are missing.
H.R. 1 has significantly reshaped the operating environment for health and human services agencies, increasing both oversight and administrative demands across programs like SNAP and Medicaid. The legislation raises the stakes by tightening expectations around payment accuracy — placing SNAP agencies at risk of financial penalties if error rates exceed 6% by 2028 — while also expanding eligibility verification requirements, such as requiring certain Medicaid recipients to undergo recertification twice a year instead of annually.
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