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OHA and ODHS outline plan to move payments off the mainframe by 2029; project framed as multi‑biennium effort
Summary
Oregon Health Authority and Department of Human Services told the subcommittee they will prioritize financial systems modernization first, seek to launch a replacement by 2029 to move payments off the aging mainframe, and are building permanent staff and governance to manage procurement, testing and integration with statewide financial systems.
Chris Kautz, deputy director for administration at the Oregon Health Authority and executive sponsor of the Mainframe Modernization Project, told the subcommittee that the state remains reliant on legacy mainframe technology for high‑volume payments and eligibility functions and that work to modernize those systems is now underway. "Over 1,000,000 payments are made through the system," Kautz said, emphasizing the operational scale and the potential risk of continued dependence on aging code and personnel nearing retirement.
Oregon Department of Human Services CFO Rob Coduri and other agency technical leads described a phased approach that focuses first on financial applications: systems that generate payments, create treasury files, and produce summary interfaces used for federal grant…
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