CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf
PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For COLORADO BENEFITS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CBMS) UPDATE
JOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON JOINT TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Date Jan 13, 2020
Location SCR 352
Colorado Benefits Management System (CBMS) Update - Committee Discussion Only
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12:24:30 PM |
Herb Wilson, Director of Health Information
Services at OIT, Ki'i Powell, Director of Economic Security at the Department
of Human Services (CDHS), and Marivel Klueckman, Director of Eligibility
Division at the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) provided
an update on the Colorado Benefit Management System (CBMS) project using
a PowerPoint presentation (Attachment D).
Staff distributed a memorandum summarizing
the testimony given to the JBC by country representatives about CBMS at
the JBC meeting on January 7, 2020 (Attachment E).
Mr. Wilson stated that the project went live in August 26, 2019, and provided
an update on the project, including challenges post go-live.
Ms. Powell discussed the issues with
counties experiencing a backlog of applications within CBMS.
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12:48:51 PM |
Mr. Wilson, Ms. Powell, and Ms. Klueckman
responded to questions from the committee about application backlog, timeliness
of approving applications, utilizing the old system, outstanding help desk
tickets, original design problems, the timeline to improve design issues,
interoporability, continued work with counties, staff training, making
sure people are getting the services they need, and if Colorado Digital
Services is being used to help with the project.
Representative Singer asked for an additional CBMS update at the next JTC
meeting.
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