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Texas health agency asks lawmakers for additional funding to address growing Medicaid, SNAP backlogs

Texas health agency asks lawmakers for additional funding to address growing Medicaid, SNAP backlogs
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Texas Health and Human Services is asking the state Legislature for the funding to make more than 600 temporary eligibility worker positions into permanent jobs. The ask comes as Texas' backlog of Medicaid and Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, applications continues to grow.

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