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Corrections committee recommends support for $1 million IT upgrades, flags $335,000 ADS invoice increase
Summary
The House Corrections & Institutions Committee on Jan. 22 recommended that Appropriations approve a governor’s budget adjustment that includes $1 million to upgrade Department of Corrections systems to implement the 11/15 Medicaid waiver and an additional Agency of Digital Services (ADS) invoice increase of roughly $335,000.
The House Corrections & Institutions Committee recommended on Jan. 22 that the Appropriations Committee approve a governor’s budget adjustment that includes $1,000,000 to upgrade Department of Corrections (DOC) information systems tied to the 11/15 Medicaid waiver and an additional roughly $300,000–$335,000 increase in the Department’s Agency of Digital Services (ADS) service-level agreement costs.
The committee’s recommendation (12–7 on the committee count) covers two related items in the governor’s midyear general fund budget adjustment: a $1,000,000 capacity-building request (listed in the document as $500,000 general fund and $500,000 federal funds) to enhance DOC’s offender management and electronic health-record systems for Medicaid billing under the 11/15 waiver; and an increase to the ADS SLA invoice that Deputy Commissioner Kristen Calvert said exceeds the department’s original estimate.
Why it matters: the 11/15 waiver allows DOC to bill Medicaid for eligible services beginning Jan. 1, 2026, and the committee was told the…
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