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Senate panel flags multiple IT project reauthorizations, asks staff for expenditure and timeline details
Summary
During the HB2 language review, senators questioned reauthorizing several multi‑year IT projects with large unspent balances (Medicaid IT, CYFD integrations, DPS intelligence-led policing), flagged items for removal or tighter oversight, and directed LFC/LLC to return with percent-expended figures and timelines before extending authorities.
The Senate Finance Committee paused its page-by-page language review to examine a bundle of IT reauthorizations in section 700 of the HB2 language packet. Charles (LFC staff) explained that many IT projects receive multiyear appropriations; some projects were delayed (COVID and integration problems) and staff recommended extensions rather than new appropriations where prior funds remain…
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