State agencies were unable to access the federal payment system for Medicaid Tuesday, adding to the chaos and confusion over which federal programs will have their funding cut as part of President Trump’s sweeping executive orders on government spending.

Maryland Health Secretary Laura Herrera Scott said during a legislative hearing in Annapolis the payment portal for Medicaid was not working and that when state employees tried to access federal funds they received an error message for “system maintenance.”

A spokesperson for the health department said Maryland had regained access to the portal by 4:30 p.m., but that it was still not working correctly. The payment system is critical for making sure payments for Medicaid patients are reimbursed in a timely fashion.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on social media that the Trump administration is aware of the issue and that no payments had been affected.

“They are still being processed and sent,” Leavitt wrote on social media.

CBS news reported that the Trump administration officials said the Medicaid portal outage was unrelated to the funding freeze.

Issues with the federal payment portal were widespread — Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, said his staff confirmed that all 50 states experienced the outage.

Herrera Scott said when state employees tried to access funding for other programs they were able to, but that the test for Medicaid “did not go through” earlier Tuesday.

Observers nationwide worried whether Medicaid would be among the federal programs on Donald Trump’s chopping block. The White House on Monday announced a massive freeze on federal grants and loans but offered little in the way of details.

Information remained sparse Tuesday. Updated guidance from the Trump administration suggested Medicaid would be spared, but Leavitt did not say with certainty at her afternoon press briefing — her first — which aided the confusion. Administration officials, in a memo, later confirmed Medicaid wasn’t included in the freeze.

The Maryland health department spokesperson said the agency was waiting for final guidance from the federal government to figure out the impact of Trump’s many directives.

If Medicaid funding were disrupted, it could cause problems for many, including pregnant women, mothers and children. Nearly 1.7 million state residents are enrolled in the state- and federally funded health care program.

It remains to be seen what other programs are on the chopping block. The Trump administration said Tuesday that direct assistance programs, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, would be spared, but other programs are less certain.

This is a developing story.