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DHHS asks for efficiency investments: DocuSign, Medicaid recovery staff and contract reviews discussed
Summary
DHHS defended a DocuSign purchase as cost-saving, sought three additional staff for Medicaid recoveries with a strong return, and discussed contract eliminations and timing for opioid abatement and other grants; committee asked for surplus-statement adjustments tying savings to the requested investments.
Division III heard multiple DHHS operations requests and business cases intended to reduce long-term costs and improve administrative efficiency.
DHHS sought $344,000 for enterprise-wide DocuSign licensing. Ernie Gillen, DHHS IT director, and other department witnesses said DocuSign is already leveraged broadly across divisions for contract execution, AG approvals and Governor and Council reviews; they said electronic execution reduces travel, overtime and missed deadlines for time-sensitive federal funding. The…
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