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SB 25-093

Department of Health Care Policy & Financing Supplemental

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Judy Amabile and 28 co-sponsors

Provides supplemental funding and technical budget tweaks to Colorado HCPF for FY 2024-25, mainly boosting Medicaid IT systems (MMIS/CBMS/APCD) and admin budgets.

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Bill Summary · SB 25-093

SB 25-093 — Department of Health Care Policy & Financing Supplemental

Status: Governor signed (Feb 27, 2025)
Introduced: Feb 3, 2025 — Fiscal year covered: beginning July 1, 2024
Primary sponsors: Jeff Bridges (Senate) and Shannon Bird (House) — many cosponsors

Purpose / Intent

SB 25-093 provides supplemental appropriations and technical budget adjustments to the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) for the FY 2024–25 appropriation enacted in HB 24‑1430. The bill updates line‑item funding levels, funding sources, transfers, and selected FTE counts for HCPF programs and operations (primarily administrative and IT systems supporting Medicaid and related programs).

Key provisions and changes

  • Amends Part VI of Session Laws of Colorado 2024 (HB 24‑1430) to revise FY 2024‑25 appropriations for HCPF.
  • Adjusts General Administration line items including Personal Services (noted amounts: $73,781,839 in one column; alternate/revised $72,759,160) and related operating and benefit costs; FTEs reported (787.5 → 790.1).
  • Increases or re‑allocates funding for major IT programs:
    • Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) maintenance and projects (example figures shown: $106,565,411 → $108,841,510).
    • Colorado Benefits Management System (CBMS) operating and contract expenses (e.g., $18,005,144 → $18,257,474).
    • All‑Payer Claims Database (APCD) — $5,435,778 (line item shown).
    • Colorado Benefits Management Systems — Health Care and Economic Security Staff Development Center and other eHealth/OIT line items.
  • Specifies funding sources and transfers: combines General Fund, cash funds (including the Healthcare Affordability and Sustainability Fee Cash Fund), federal funds, reappropriated funds, and transfers from other state agencies (Department of Human Services, Higher Education, Department of Early Childhood, Department of Public Health & Environment, Department of Personnel & Administration).
  • Identifies numerous dedicated cash funds used or increased, e.g. Home‑ and Community‑based Services Improvement Fund, Medicaid Nursing Facility Cash Fund, Adult Dental Fund, Children’s Basic Health Plan Trust, Primary Care Fund, Nursing Home Penalty Cash Fund, Service Fee Fund, Breast & Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Fund.
  • Includes specific interagency transfers and statewide indirect cost recoveries to support HCPF operations and IT work.

Who is affected

  • HCPF operations and staff (adjusted FTEs and administrative budgets).
  • Medicaid program administration (MMIS), CBMS (eligibility/benefit determination), and the APCD — affecting contractors and vendors supporting these systems.
  • Medicaid and related beneficiary programs indirectly (funding supports delivery/administration rather than changing eligibility or benefits).
  • Other state agencies that provide transfers or shared services to HCPF.

Fiscal and procedural notes

  • The bill functions as a supplemental appropriations/technical budget reconciliation for FY 2024–25; it primarily revises existing appropriation language rather than creating new program policy.
  • Funding totals across line items in the text run into multi‑millions to hundreds of millions for IT and program administration (examples in the bill text show line‑item amounts such as ~$108.8M for MMIS and total subsection figures exceeding $195M).
  • Legislative actions: passed both chambers with no floor amendments (Senate and House readings Feb 5–13, 2025), referred by Appropriations committees, signed by the Governor on Feb 27, 2025.

If you want, I can extract a consolidated table of the major line‑item changes and their funding sources (General Fund, cash funds, federal, reappropriated) from the bill text.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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