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Senators back $15 million plan to retire Medicaid legacy systems; funds split across divisions
Summary
Committee reviewed a plan to retire the Department of Health and Human Services’ Medicaid legacy mainframe systems and carry forward $15 million across several divisions to finish migration work; department staff said two large systems (child welfare, child support) remain scheduled to go live in 2028.
Lawmakers reviewed a department plan to retire a legacy Medicaid mainframe and finish transition work. Donna Auckland of the department told senators the $15,000,000 would be allocated across divisions: $10,000,000 in business operations, $2,000,000 in economic assistance, $2,000,000 in medical services and $1,000,000 in behavioral health.
Auckland said two large systems still reside on the mainframe—child welfare and child support—and the department is on a trajectory to bring those systems live in 2028. Department staff described the $15,000,000 request as funding to “clean it up to get all of the tails out except for those systems so we can be ready to get off of the mainframe as soon as those systems are commissioned and go live.”
Senators responded with support for retiring the systems and asked technical and scheduling questions about go‑live timing. The transcript shows the committee accepted the department’s explanation of the multi‑component transfer plan; no roll‑call appropriation vote is recorded in the meeting transcript.
