PUBLIC STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING JOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON JOINT TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Date |
12/13/2023 |
Attendance |
Baisley |
* |
Hansen |
X |
Parenti |
X |
Weinberg |
X |
Titone |
X |
Priola |
X |
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Time |
09:05:51 AM to 12:59:44 PM |
Place |
SCR 352 |
This Meeting was called to order by |
Priola |
This Report was prepared by |
Dan Graeve |
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Hearing Items |
Action Taken |
hColorado School of Mines Budget Request and Presentation |
Committee Discussion Only |
hDepartment of Health Care Policy and Financing Budget Request and Presentation |
Committee Discussion Only |
hDepartment of Labor and Employment Budget Request and Presentation |
Committee Discussion Only |
hDepartment of Human Services Budget Request and Presentation |
Committee Discussion Only |
hMetropolitan State University Denver Budget Request and Presentation |
Committee Discussion Only |
hDepartment of Early Childhood Quarterly Update |
Committee Discussion Only |
hOffice of the State Public Defender Quarterly Update |
Committee Discussion Only |
hSecretary of State Quarterly Update |
Committee Discussion Only |
hCommittee and Staff Discussion |
Committee Discussion Only |
hPublic Testimony |
Committee Discussion Only |
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Colorado School of Mines Budget Request and Presentation - Committee Discussion Only
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09:06:56 AM |
Ms. Kirsten Volpi,
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officerâ, and Mr. Andrew
Moore, Chief Information Officer, introduced themselves to the committee.
Ms. Volpi provided an overview of the institution and its budget.
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09:09:31 AM |
Mr. Moore presented to the committee regarding the FY 2024-25 IT capital budget request. The request is for one-time state funds to replace the network infrastructure.
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09:15:52 AM |
The committee provided comments regarding wifi connectivity challenges among various institutions and Mr. Moore provided additional comments on service provider difficulties.
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09:19:59 AM |
Mr. Moore and Ms.
Volpi responded to questions from the committee regarding student technology
fees, tuition costs, and the relationship to the budget request. Panelists
discussed a deferred maintenance technology fee as the source of the cash
funds of the request.
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Department of Health Care Policy and Financing Budget Request and Presentation - Committee Discussion Only
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09:26:19 AM |
Mr. Parrish Steinbrecher,
Health information Office Director, Department of Health Care Policy and
Financing (HCPF), introduced himself to the committee and provided an overview
of the department. Mr. Steinbrecher provided a quarterly update of previously
appropriated funding for Medicaid Enterprise System Procurement.
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09:40:22 AM |
Mr. Steinbrecher
provided an overview to the committee for the department's FY 2024-25 IT
capital budget request. The request is for state funding and federal funds
spending authority for phase two of a two-phase project to comply with
state procurement regulations and the Center for Medicaid Services (CMS)
procurement requirements for the departmentâs Medicaid Enterprise Solutions
(MES). The request is a continuation of last yearâs funded project.
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09:43:47 AM |
Mr. Ralph Choate, Chief Operations Officer, presented to the committee on the department's second FY 2024-25 IT capital budget request. The request is for state funds and federal funds spending authority to begin the re-procurement of the Colorado Benefits Management System.
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09:48:11 AM |
Mr. Choate responded to questions from the committee regarding similarities to previous requests by other departments.
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09:49:19 AM |
The committee took a brief recess.
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10:14:42 AM |
The committee came back to order.
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Department of Labor and Employment Budget Request and Presentation - Committee Discussion Only
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10:15:32 AM |
Ms. Cher Haavind,
Deputy Director and Chief Operations Officer, Department of Labor and Employment
(CDLE), introduced the panel to the committee. Paul Tauriello, Workersâ
Compensation Division Director, presented to the committee on the department's
FY 2024-25 IT capital budget request for cash funds spending authority
for phase one of a three-phase project to replace the workersâ compensation
computer system and database, commonly known as CoCo. Written materials
were provided to the committee and can be found in Attachment A.
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10:21:24 AM |
Mr. Tauriello responded to questions regarding the solvency of the workers' compensation cash fund and regarding the current budget year and projected out year requests.
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10:25:08 AM |
Mr. Tauriello responded
to questions on impact of the project on replacement of existing disparate
systems, as well as impact on staffing as a result of process improvements.
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10:30:09 AM |
Ms. Haavind introduced
Ms. Darcy Kennedy, Deputy Director and Chief Financial Officer, who presented
to the committee on quarterly updates on prior appropriated requests addressing
Vocation Rehabilitation and Employment and Training Connecting Colorado
Modernization.
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10:32:23 AM |
Ms. Haavind presented
a quarterly update of funding of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance
(FAMLI) benefits ad employer system, including the status of claims and
premium payments. Printed materials were provided to the committee and
can be found as Attachment B.
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10:35:19 AM |
Ms. Haavind responded
to questions regarding an overview of the FAMLI program as well as on the
process for claims submitted to the division.
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10:37:15 AM |
Ms. Haavind provided
an update of the MyUI Employer+ system including employer contributions.
Ms. Haavind also responded to questions regarding user experience.
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10:42:30 AM |
Ms. Haavind responded
to questions from the committee regarding fraudulent claims in the unemployment
system and to prior project funding.
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10:49:20 AM |
Ms. Haavind responded to additional committee questions regarding fraud and on convictions from enforcement of fraud prosecutions.
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10:50:48 AM |
Ms. Kennedy responded to questions regarding solvency of the unemployment insurance fund.
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Department of Human Services Budget Request and Presentation - Committee Discussion Only
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10:53:41 AM |
Mr. Pedro Almeida,
Deputy Executive Director, Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS)
introduced panel members and provided an overview of the department's presentation.
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10:55:01 AM |
Ms. Jagruti Shah, Deputy Director, Office of Civil and Forensic Mental Health, CDHS, responded to questions from the committee regarding the mission and work of the office.
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10:55:41 AM |
Ms. Shah presented
on the department's FY2024-25 IT capital budget request for state funding
for phase two of a three-phase project involving the purchase, development,
and enhancement of a range of different data and information systems for
the Office of Civil and Forensic Mental Health.
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11:01:57 AM |
Mr. Misgana Tesfaye, Director, Business Innovation, Technology & Security, CDHS, provided an overview of the previous phase of the project that was funded in a FY 2023-24 budget appropriation.
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11:08:15 AM |
Mr. Almeida provided
an overview of the department's second FY 2024-25 IT capital budget request
for one-time state funding over three fiscal years to leverage existing
human services program technologies to create a unified system, also referred
to as the leveraging technology request.
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11:10:25 AM |
Mr. Tesfaye presented to the committee on additional details of the leveraging technology request, including Joint Agency Interoperability and Unified County System.
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11:18:13 AM |
Mr.Almeida provided
final comments to the committee on the department's leveraging technology
request. Panelists responded to questions from the committee regarding
potential overlap with other requests from departments involving integrating
various systems and to questions on potential integration with the myColorado
mobile app or other modifications in future years related to the proposed
project.
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11:25:02 AM |
Ms. Emily Hanson,
Legislative Liaison, responded to questions from the committee regarding
previous federal funding for child welfare programs.
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11:26:39 AM |
Mr. Almeida indicated the department would follow-up with the committee on questions regarding discrepancies in previous federal funding and possible funding reversions.
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Metropolitan State University Denver Budget Request and Presentation - Committee Discussion Only
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11:29:37 AM |
Ms. Janine Davidson,
PhD, President, Metropolitan State University of Denver, introduced herself
to the committee and provided an overview of the FY 2024-25 IT capital
budget request. The request is for state funds and cash funds spending
authority to implement a Student Information System (SIS) transformation
as the culmination of a multi-phase digital transformation program.
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11:34:03 AM |
Mr. Kevin Taylor, Chief Information Officer, Metropolitan State University of Denver, presented to the committee on updates to a previously funded capital request addressing Network Modernization and on previous phases of the current continuation request regarding Reimagining the Campus Digital Experience.
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11:37:13 AM |
Mr. Long Huynh, DBA,
Chief Enrollment Officer, Metropolitan State University of Denver, presented
to the committee on additional details of the current budget request. Mr.
Taylor provided infomration on the timeline of he reqeust.
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11:41:46 AM |
Panelists responded to questions from the committee regarding previously funded projects and relationship to current request, as well as the campus wide tri-institutional element.
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Department of Early Childhood Quarterly Update - Committee Discussion Only
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11:49:56 AM |
The committee took a brief recess.
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12:03:00 PM |
The committee came back to order.
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12:03:08 PM |
Dawn Odean, Director,
Universal Preschool, Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC), presented
to the committee on a quarterly update on previous appropriations from
prior capital IT budget requests addressing the state universal preschool
technology system.
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12:06:08 PM |
Ms. Colleen Lynn, Business, Innovation, Technology and Security Director for CDEC, provided a quarterly update on prior appropriation addressing an integrated data system.
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12:17:23 PM |
Ms. Lynn responded
to questions regarding overlapping ID verification and cross match tools
among state agency budget requests. Ms. Lynn also responded to questions
regarding status of funds spent on previous reqeusts.
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Office of the State Public Defender Quarterly Update - Committee Discussion Only
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12:22:58 PM |
Mr. Kyle Hughes,
Chief Information Officer, State Public Defender, provided a quarterly
update to the committee on procurement and implementation of prior appropriations
from previous IT capital budget requests. Mr. Hughes responded to questions
from the committee on projected spending of existing funds.
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12:24:41 PM |
Mr. James Karbach,
Director of Legislative Policy and External Communications, Office of the
State Public Defender, responded to questions on file retention policies.
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Secretary of State Quarterly Update - Committee Discussion Only
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12:30:10 PM |
Mr. Christopher Beall,
Deputy Secretary of State, introduced himself and panelist members to the
committee and provided a quarterly update on two prior appropriated budget
requests. Mr. Beall discussed updates to systems addressing campaign finance
and money in politics systems.
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12:36:42 PM |
Mr. Beall responded to questions regarding the status of the project in the wake of failure to secure a vendor through the traditional procurement process.
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12:40:36 PM |
Panelists responded
to questions about timeliness in resolving challenges with instituting
a viable system. The panelists also responded to questions around any applicability
of the experience of the City of Denver in implementation of a similar
recent project.
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12:47:51 PM |
Mr. Rich Schliep,
Chief Information Officer, Secretary of State, presented to the committee
on quarterly updates of a website redesign project that was previously
appropriated funding though prior year budget request.
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12:50:05 PM |
Ms. Samantha Falco,
Legislative Council Staff, provided an outline of upcoming committee actions
and meeting schedule.
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Committee and Staff Discussion - Committee Discussion Only
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12:53:58 PM |
Representative Titone,
Senator Priola, and Ms. Falco discussed existing bill request status.
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Public Testimony - Committee Discussion Only
12:59:44 PM |
The committee adjourned. |