Senate Bill 25-112

NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 2/27/2025.

BY SENATOR(S) Bridges, Amabile, Kirkmeyer;

also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Bird, Sirota, Taggart, Duran, Joseph, Story, Titone, McCluskie.

Concerning funding for capital construction information technology, and making supplemental appropriations in connection therewith.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1.Capital construction information technology appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024. In Session Laws of Colorado 2024, amend section 4 of chapter 519, (HB 24- 1430), as follows:

Section 4.  Capital Construction Information Technology Appropriation.

PART I

STATE AGENCIES

(1) OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR - OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Modernizing Aging IT Systems

15,000,000

15,000,000

(2) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE POLICY AND FINANCING

Social Health Information Exchange Project

11,031,650

1,539,359

9,492,291

(I)

Medicaid Enterprise Solutions Re-Procurement

36,865,695

4,239,554

32,626,141

(I)

Colorado Benefits Management System Re-Procurement

1,705,158

318,028

1,387,130

(I)

49,602,503

(3) DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

Leveraging Technology for Seamless Human Services

16,516,500

3,716,625

12,799,875

(I)

Office of Civil and Forensic Mental Health Information Management Systems & Data Reporting

2,205,218

2,205,218

18,721,718

(4) JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

Courts & Probation Case Management System

10,560,000

6,000,000

4,560,000

a

a This amount shall be from the Judicial Department Information Technology Cash Fund created in Section 13-32-114 (1), C.R.S.

(5) DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Colorado Division of Workers' Compensation (CoCo) Database Replacement System

8,626,812

8,626,812

a

Vocational Rehabilitation Case Management System

1,296,188

276,088

b

1,020,100

(I)

9,923,000

a This amount shall be from the Major Medical Insurance Fund created in Section 8-46-202 (1), C.R.S., the Subsequent Injury Fund created in Section 8-46-101 (1)(b)(I), C.R.S., or the Workers' Compensation Cash Fund created in Section 8-44-112 (7)(a), C.R.S.

bThis amount shall be from the State Share of Total District Funding line item in the Department of Education.

(6) DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL

Payroll Modernization

17,203,705

17,203,705

(7)DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

Colorado Management Information System for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Modernization (WIC MIS)

1,456,092

500,000

956,092

(I)

Health Facilities and Emergency Medical System Modernization

1,500,000

1,500,000

2,956,092

(8) PUBLIC SAFETY

Sex Offender Registry Overhaul

3,250,000

3,250,000

Records Utilization Upgrade

525,000

525,000

Victim Compensation Case Management System

1,575,000

1,575,000

5,350,000

(9) DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

Marijuana Enforcement Division Seed to Sale Tracking

1,000,000

1,000,000

Licensing and Case Management Software

9,000,000

9,000,000

Tax Systems Improvements Budget Amendments

1,500,000

1,500,000

11,500,000

a This amount shall be from the Marijuana Tax Cash Fund created in Section 39-28.8-501, C.R.S.

139,520,830

140,817,018

TOTALS PART I

(STATE AGENCIES)

$139,520,830

$69,072,489

$13,186,812

$57,261,529

$140,817,018

$276,088

$58,281,629

PART II

INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

(1) DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

(A) Auraria Higher Education Center

Network Infrastructure Modernization

4,232,691

4,232,691

(B) Metropolitan State University

Reimagining the Campus Digital Experience

9,256,163

8,406,163

850,000

a

a This amount shall be from unrestricted institutional reserves.

(C) University of Northern Colorado

Wireless First

5,344,448

5,125,326

219,122

a

a This amount shall be from unrestricted institutional reserves.

18,833,302

TOTALS PART II

(INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION)

$18,833,302

$17,764,180

$1,069,122

GRAND TOTALS

(INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS)

$158,354,132

$86,836,669

$14,255,934

$57,261,529

a

$159,650,320

$276,088

$58,281,629

a

a This amount contains an (I) notation.

SECTION 2. Capital construction information technology appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021. In Session Laws of Colorado 2021, section 4 of chapter 504, (SB 21-205), amend Part I (1); and add footnote 105b, as the affected totals are amended by Session Laws of Colorado 2022, section 1 of chapter 506, (HB 22-1185), and as the affected totals are amended by Session Laws of Colorado 2024, section 2 of chapter 518, (HB 24-1204), and section 6 of chapter 519, (HB24-1430), as follows:

Section 4.  Capital Construction Information Technology Appropriation.

PART I

STATE AGENCIES

(1) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE POLICY AND FINANCING

Rural ConnectivityConnectivity105b

6,498,000

1,081,800

5,416,200

(I)

TOTALS PART I

(STATE AGENCIES)

$44,317,848

$8,649,408

$28,422,240

$7,246,200

GRAND TOTALS

(INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS)

$68,027,188

$29,662,480

$31,118,508

$7,246,200

a

a This amount contains an (I) notation.

FOOTNOTES -- The following statements are referenced to the numbered footnotes throughout section 4.

105bInformation Technology Projects, State Agencies, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, Rural Connectivity -- This appropriation remains available for expenditure until the completion of the project or the close of the 2027-28 state fiscal year, whichever comes first.

SECTION 3. Capital construction information technology appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022. In Session Laws of Colorado 2022, section 4 of chapter 507, (HB 22-1329), amend Part I (4); and add footnote 113a, as section 4 is amended by section 83 of chapter 429, (HB 24-1466), and section 3 of chapter 518, (HB 24-1204), Session Laws of Colorado 2024, as follows:

Section 4.  Capital Construction Information Technology Appropriation.

PART I

STATE AGENCIES

(4) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE POLICY AND FINANCING

Rural ConnectivityConnectivity113a

10,978,008

5,489,004

5,489,004

(I)

TOTALS PART I

(STATE AGENCIES)

$111,052,435

$90,913,431

$20,139,004

GRAND TOTALS

(INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS)

$146,428,435

$109,102,442

$17,186,989

$20,139,004

a

a Of this amount, $5,489,004 contains an (I) notation.

FOOTNOTES -- The following statements are referenced to the numbered footnotes throughout section 4.

113aInformation Technology Projects, State Agencies, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, Rural Connectivity -- This appropriation remains available for expenditure until the completion of the project or the close of the 2027-28 state fiscal year, whichever comes first.

SECTION 4.  Safety clause. The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state institutions.

Signed By: James Rashad Coleman, Sr., President of the Senate

Signed By: Julie McCluskie, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Signed By: Esther van Mourik, Secretary of the Senate

Signed By: Vanessa Reilly, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives

Signed By: Jared S. Polis, Governor of the State of Colorado