9960915A2BDFF8778725869C004BF614 Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For CONSIDERATION OF HCPF R-023 OPERATING BUDGET REQUESTJOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON JOINT TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEEDate Mar 18, 2021 Location SCR 352 Consideration of HCPF R-023 Operating Budget Request - Committee Discussion Only 07:49:44 AM Ms. Altmann came to the table to discuss the consideration of the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) R-023 Operating Budget Request. The Joint Budget Committee referred this request to the JTC for review. Kim Bimestefer, Executive Director of HCPF, presented on HCPF's R-023 Operating Budget Request. HCPF is requesting $7.5 million General Fund in FY 2021-22 and $2.1 million General Fund in FY 2022-23 to establish an eligibility system, a claims processing and submission system, and a data reporting system to serve all of the state's behavioral health programs. 08:01:56 AM Director Bimestefer, Camille Harding, Division Director for Community Behaviroal Health at the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS), Parrish Steinbrecher, Health Information Office Director of HCPF, and Chris Underwood, Deputy Chief of State at HCPF, responded to questions from the committee about federal fund matches, integration of this budget request with others from this fiscal year, state healthcare systems and programs, the Office of Behavioral Health, the Colorado Benefits Management System (CBMS), and House Bill 21-1097. Ms. Altmann came to the table to discuss the Office of Behavioral Health in CDHS's FY 2021-22 IT capital budget request, and the status of IT capital projects in the FY 2021-22 Long Bill. 08:53:47 AM Ms. Altmann discussed a future meeting date for the JTC.