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Health-care agency halves CBMS appropriation request; staff warn of federal-vendor deadline

2247415 · February 5, 2025
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Summary

The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing reduced its request for the Colorado Benefits Management System reprocurement from $9.6 million to $4.8 million split across two years; staff warned the project must select a vendor by June 30, 2029, to preserve federal funding.

The committee reviewed a budget amendment and reprocurement schedule for the Colorado Benefits Management System (CBMS). Samantha Falco, Legislative Council staff, said the department reduced its original request of $9.6 million to $4.8 million for 2025-26 and a second $4.8 million for 2026-27, with the revised general-fund portion totaling about $897,817 and federal funds of roughly…

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