Implementing Benefits Eligibility + Enrollment Systems: State Responses to H.R. 1

Throughout summer 2025, our team at the Digital Benefits Network at the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University conducted interviews with leaders from seven states. These states operate, or are building, integrated eligibility and enrollment (IEE) systems for core public benefit programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and child care. 

The interviews were conducted shortly after the passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025, following months of other federal changes. As part of our research, we asked state leaders a key question about how they were adapting their systems to federal changes. A majority of the leaders focused on impacts to SNAP and Medicaid from H.R. 1 which are facing historic coverage losses and increase in state costs. 

This publication summarizes seven key insights from our interviews with states, bolstered by additional research and supporting sources. These insights illustrate themes in how states are responding to H.R. 1 as they manage the policy and technology changes in their integrated eligibility and enrollment systems. 

States are: 

• Awaiting federal guidance
• Standing up collaborative work groups
• Putting placeholders on road maps
• Focused on SNAP payment error rate reduction
• Evaluating making changes in in end-of-life systems
• Rethinking data sharing
• Considering population impacts + experiences

Publication link: https://digitalgovernmenthub.org/publications/implementing-benefits-eligibility-enrollment-systems-state-responses-to-h-r-1/