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Joint Budget Committee approves some Office of Community Living requests; asks for comebacks on CBMS development and county admin model
Summary
The JBC approved targeted, smaller staff and software items but denied or delayed larger software and county-administration funding requests, requesting further departmental information and comebacks on Colorado Benefits Management System (CBMS) development and county-admin funding model.
The Joint Budget Committee (JBC) moved through a suite of figure-setting items for the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing’s Office of Community Living and related county-administration funding, approving several technical requests while declining or deferring larger, ongoing funding proposals.
Key outcomes: - County Escalation Resolution Unit (R7A): The committee approved staff’s narrower recommendation to provide $231,315 total funds, including $37,928 General Fund, to purchase Salesforce licenses so counties and case management agencies can access the complaint-tracking system. Motion carried with no objections. Justin Brackie summarized, “the counties need to be able to access it. If the counties can’t access this, they have no way to follow-up with the complaint.”
- SB 22‑235 implementation (R7B): Staff recommended denial of most of the…
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