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DHHS seeks $15 million to retire mainframe; officials say full migration tied to child welfare and child support procurements
Summary
The department told the committee $15 million is requested to retire legacy mainframe systems and migrate associated data, but complete retirement depends on separate procurements for child welfare and child support that could extend 3–5 years.
The Department of Health and Human Services asked the Appropriations - Human Resources Division for $15,000,000 in the upcoming biennium to retire legacy mainframe technology and migrate data from feeder systems. Department IT officials and the deputy commissioner described the request as funding to address technical debt rather than to buy a new system.
Sarah Stolt, deputy commissioner, explained the purpose: “the 15,000,000 is not about purchasing a new system… The 15,000,000 is addressing existing systems where we have already, procured and are implementing a system. So for example, spaces is our integrated eligibility system but we have 4 to 6 different technologies that are…
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