• Arizona senator proposes bill to reduce SNAP payment errors • Bill requires monthly or quarterly reviews of recipients’ eligibility • Arizona’s SNAP error rate may cost the state $139 million by 2028

An Arizona senator is looking to decrease the state’s error rate for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments to avoid paying more money to the federal government in the future.

Sen. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, pre-filed a bill that would direct the Department of Economic Security to work with three state agencies and four federal agencies to conduct monthly or quarterly reviews of individuals’ eligibility information for changes in circumstances. Such reviews would include earnings of $3,000 or more from gambling, employment status, changes in residency, incarceration a

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