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J_JTC_2024A 09/24/2024 09:38:01 AM Committee Summary

PUBLIC
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING
JOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON JOINT TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Date 09/24/2024
Attendance
Baisley E
Hansen X
Parenti X
Weinberg E
Priola X
Titone X
Time 09:38:01 AM to 01:00:36 PM
Place Old State Library
This Meeting was called to order by Titone
This Report was prepared by Dan Graeve
Hearing Items Action Taken
Panel on Colorado Benefits Management System Committee Discussion Only
Presentation from Contexture Committee Discussion Only

Presentation from the Office of Information Technology - Committee Discussion Only


09:38:09 AM  
Michael McReynolds,
Legislative Liaison, Office of Information Technology (OIT), introduced
presenters.

Meeting presentations can be accessed at
https://leg.colorado.gov/content/jjtc2024acommagenda.
09:39:05 AM  

Brandy Reitter, Executive Director, Colorado Broadband Office, introduced herself to the committee.

09:39:31 AM  
Jonas Durham, Senior
Manager, Broadband Program, Colorado Broadband Office, introduced himself
to the committee.
09:41:59 AM  
Ms. Reitter provided
updates to the committee on broadband funding and deployment in the state.
09:52:59 AM  
Mr. McReynolds provided
updates on work of the interim legislative cellular wireless committee
as related to OIT broadband efforts.  
09:54:29 AM  
Presenters responded to questions from the committee.



Presentation from the Office of Information Technology - Committee Discussion Only


10:04:09 AM  
David Edinger, Executive
Director, OIT, introduced Sarah Tuneberg as the new Director of Colorado
Digital Service. Ms. Tuneberg introduced herself to the committee.
10:07:37 AM  
Ms. Tuneberg presented
to the committee on the state of digital services provided by the State
of Colorado.
10:07:54 AM  
Presenters responded to questions from the committee.
10:17:49 AM  
Mr. McReynolds introduced
Mr. William Chumley, Chief Customer Officer, Mr. Jonathan Sibray, Senior
IT Director, and Mr. Davyd Smith, IT Director, to the committee. Mr. Chumly
presented to the committee on tech debt remediation.
10:24:36 AM  
Mr. Chumley responded to questions from the committee.
10:28:36 AM  
Mr. Sibray presented to the committee on the status of the Automated Child Support Enforcement System.
10:37:13 AM  
Mr. Smith presented to the committee on OIT efforts related to an artificial intelligence pilot project.
10:45:56 AM  
Mr. Smith responded to questions from the committee.
10:46:45 AM  
Mr. McReynolds presented to the committee on legislative updates from OIT.
10:54:29 AM  
Presenters responded to questions from the committee.



Panel on Colorado Benefits Management System - Committee Discussion Only


10:56:17 AM  
The committee took a brief recess.
11:27:39 AM  
The committee came back to order.
11:27:48 AM  
·Michelle Barnes, Executive Director Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS), provided an overview of the presentation to the committee regarding the Colorado Benefits Management System (CBMS).
11:29:27 AM  
Kim Bimestefer, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), presented to the committee.
11:32:05 AM  
Misgana Tesfaye,
Director of Business Innovation, Technology and Security, CDHS, presented
to the committee on CBMS modernization efforts.
11:33:35 AM  
Director Barnes provided an update to the committee on CBMS new hire planning.
11:34:08 AM  
Ralph Choate, Chief Operations Officer HCPF, presented to the committee on county CBMS concerns.
11:40:02 AM  
Mr. Choate responded to questions from the committee.
11:42:54 AM  
Jamie Ulrich, Weld County, Director of Human Services, and Mr. Choate responded to additional questions from the committee on county connectivity concerns.
11:44:00 AM  
Commissioner Scott James, Weld County, provided additional perspective on county connectivity.
11:49:43 AM  
Committee discussion continued.
11:51:27 AM  
Mr. Choate continued
to present updates on the Joint Agency Interoperability project as well
as CBMS Re-Procurement.
11:57:07 AM  
Committee discussion continued regarding CBMS outages.
12:01:56 PM  
Commissioner James
presented to the committee on the CBMS functionality from the perspective
of system eligibility technicians.
12:19:27 PM  
Commissioner James introduced a video of interview with CBMS eligibility technicians describing their experience with the system.
12:20:15 PM  
Director Ulrich provided
additional comments to the committee on collaboration with the state.
12:26:43 PM  
Presenters responded to questions from the committee.



Presentation from Contexture - Committee Discussion Only


12:31:17 PM  
Deanna Towne, CIO,
and Kristin Weissinger, VP External

Affairs, Contexture,
presented to the committee on the organization's work involving the Colorado
Health Information Exchange.
01:00:18 PM  
Presenters responded
to questions from the committee.


01:00:36 PM   The committee adjourned.






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