AUSTIN, Texas — Eleven Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas have sent letters to federal and state health officials demanding immediate intervention to fix a ballooning backlog of Medicaid and SNAP (food stamp) applications that has left hundreds of thousands of low-income families without vital care and assistance.
In letters addressed to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) Commissioner Stephanie Muth, lawmakers called for a formal federal investigation into state administration, an audit of contracted vendors, and emergency state funding to clear administrative bottlenecks.
The delegation also urged Commissioner Muth to request emergency funding from the Texas Economic Stabilization Fund, commonly known as the “Rainy Day Fund,” to hire personnel and upgrade technology systems to process delayed applications.