Department of Public Health and Human Services

Projects

Division HCSD/TSD
Project / Program purpose and objectives Implementation of CHIMES Public Assistance User Guide, Community Resource Referral Engine, Medicaid Autorenewal Enhancements, Work Number Integration Project and system critical enhancements.
IT Goal and Objective Reference Goal 2: Strategic IT investment empowering delivery of citizen services Goal 3: Citizen one-stop shop anywhere, anytime, any device Goal 4: All enterprise products and services are widely leveraged to provide maximum benefits
Estimated start date 10/1/2021
Estimated deliver date 6/30/2025
Estimated cost 4620000
HB 10 Request Yes
Funding Sources Federal: 4158000 State: 462000
Annual costs upon completion 462000
Status of the project as of March 31, even numbered years. Indicate % completed and status of funds expended. 20% - Resource Referral Engine 0% - Additional Enhancements

Division CFSD/TSD
Project / Program purpose and objectives Montana declared its intention to build a CCWIS-compliant system in 2018. The ability to achieve a modular implementation of a new system (as originally envisioned) is significantly limited by ACF interpretation of "modular" and the federal requirement to have one system of record. Existing funding is not sufficient to meet federal expectations or achieve full system replacement. The current system environment is unstable post-mid-tier conversion.
IT Goal and Objective Reference Goal 2: Strategic IT investment empowering delivery of citizen services Goal 3: Citizen one-stop shop anywhere, anytime, any device Goal 4: All enterprise products and services are widely leveraged to provide maximum benefits
Estimated start date 7/1/2019
Estimated deliver date 6/30/2026
Estimated cost 30000000
HB 10 Request Yes
Funding Sources Federal (Existing Appropriation): 2722619 State (Existing Appropriation): 2722619 Federal (Estimated Additional Funding Needed): 12277381 State ((Estimated Additional Funding Needed): 12277381
Annual costs upon completion 3000000
Status of the project as of March 31, even numbered years. Indicate % completed and status of funds expended. Not started - consolidation/replacement of CAPS/MFSIS was on hold during the mainframe to mid-tier transition.

Division CSSD/TSD
Project / Program purpose and objectives SEARCHS is Montana's solution to meet federal mandates and requirements from the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). Modernization/stabilization are needed to ensure compliance with PRWORA requirements for a certified child support system by the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement.
IT Goal and Objective Reference Goal 2: Strategic IT investment empowering delivery of citizen services Goal 3: Citizen one-stop shop anywhere, anytime, any device Goal 4: All enterprise products and services are widely leveraged to provide maximum benefits
Estimated start date 7/1/2023
Estimated deliver date 6/30/2026
Estimated cost 31500000
HB 10 Request Yes
Funding Sources Federal: 20790000 State: 10710000
Annual costs upon completion 3150000
Status of the project as of March 31, even numbered years. Indicate % completed and status of funds expended. not started

Division HCSD/ECFSD/TSD
Project / Program purpose and objectives SNAP Employment & Training/Enterprise EBT Solution
IT Goal and Objective Reference Goal 2: Strategic IT investment empowering delivery of citizen services Goal 3: Citizen one-stop shop anywhere, anytime, any device Goal 4: All enterprise products and services are widely leveraged to provide maximum benefits
Estimated start date 7/1/2023
Estimated deliver date 9/30/2025
Estimated cost 5000000
HB 10 Request Yes
Funding Sources Federal: 2500000 State: 2500000
Annual costs upon completion 1000000
Status of the project as of March 31, even numbered years. Indicate % completed and status of funds expended. not started

Division Facilities/TSD
Project / Program purpose and objectives Electronic Medical Records System and Facility Reimbursement System replacement.
IT Goal and Objective Reference Goal 2: Strategic IT investment empowering delivery of citizen services Goal 3: Citizen one-stop shop anywhere, anytime, any device Goal 4: All enterprise products and services are widely leveraged to provide maximum benefits
Estimated start date 7/1/2023
Estimated deliver date 6/30/2026
Estimated cost 12500000
HB 10 Request Yes
Funding Sources :
Annual costs upon completion 650000
Status of the project as of March 31, even numbered years. Indicate % completed and status of funds expended. not started

Division All
Project / Program purpose and objectives Improve, consolidate and modernize DPHHS shared enterprise services. This includes further adoption of the State's ServiceNow platform, pursuit of 100% digital initiative, document management and standardization of enterprise business tools.
IT Goal and Objective Reference Goal 2: Strategic IT investment empowering delivery of citizen services. Goal 4: All enterprise products and services are widely leveraged to provide maximum benefits
Estimated start date 7/1/2023
Estimated deliver date 6/30/2025
Estimated cost
HB 10 Request No
Funding Sources :
Annual costs upon completion
Status of the project as of March 31, even numbered years. Indicate % completed and status of funds expended. not started

Division HCSD/TSD
Project / Program purpose and objectives LIHEAP system replacement (end of life, end of support), automation/modernization of Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) reporting, weatherization system replacement (end of life/end of support).
IT Goal and Objective Reference Goal 2: Strategic IT investment empowering delivery of citizen services Goal 3: Citizen one-stop shop anywhere, anytime, any device Goal 4: All enterprise products and services are widely leveraged to provide maximum benefits
Estimated start date 5/1/2022
Estimated deliver date 12/31/2023
Estimated cost 8600000
HB 10 Request No
Funding Sources Federal: 8600000
Annual costs upon completion 1350000
Status of the project as of March 31, even numbered years. Indicate % completed and status of funds expended. project planning is underway, no funds expended

Division TSD
Project / Program purpose and objectives The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) continues design, development, and implement for Montana Program for Automating and Transforming Healthcare (MPATH). MPATH funding includes the procurement of software and services to replace the State’s aging legacy Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS). The MPATH team has successfully implemented Care Management Release 1, Provider Module and 39 integrations for System Integrator. The MPATH team will complete Care Management Releases 1-2, the transition from Vertica to Snowflake Data Cloud, Claims Module design, development and implementation, and Electronic Visit Verification over the next biennium.
IT Goal and Objective Reference Goal 2: Strategic IT investment empowering delivery of citizen services Goal 3: Citizen one-stop shop anywhere, anytime, any device Goal 4: All enterprise products and services are widely leveraged to provide maximum benefits Goal 5: The State’s information assets and citizens’ data are protected
Estimated start date 1/2/2017
Estimated deliver date 6/30/2025
Estimated cost 135675036
HB 10 Request Yes
Funding Sources Federal: 122107533 State: 13567504
Annual costs upon completion 40658831
Status of the project as of March 31, even numbered years. Indicate % completed and status of funds expended. 30% complete $54,066,067 expended

Division ECFSD
Project / Program purpose and objectives Requirements gathering, landscape scanning, and strategy development for the future of CCUBS. CCUBS modernization ranges from moving from Oracle Forms & Reports to a new development RFP.
IT Goal and Objective Reference Goal 2: Strategic IT investment empowering delivery of citizen services Goal 3: Citizen one-stop shop anywhere, anytime, any device Goal 4: All enterprise products and services are widely leveraged to provide maximum benefits
Estimated start date 7/1/2022
Estimated deliver date 12/31/2023
Estimated cost
HB 10 Request No
Funding Sources :
Annual costs upon completion
Status of the project as of March 31, even numbered years. Indicate % completed and status of funds expended. not started

Division All
Project / Program purpose and objectives Evaluating and updating legacy technology and applications to ensure continuity, system integrity, and modernization of mission critical services and operations. This effort is ongoing.
IT Goal and Objective Reference
Estimated start date
Estimated deliver date
Estimated cost
HB 10 Request No
Funding Sources :
Annual costs upon completion
Status of the project as of March 31, even numbered years. Indicate % completed and status of funds expended. ongoing

Agency Contact Information

Agency Director / Administrator
Adam Meier
406-444-5623
Adam.Meier@mt.gov
111 N. Roberts St. - 3rd Floor, Helena, MT 59601
Information Technology Contact
(CIO / IT Manager)
Carrie Albro
406-444-9407
Carrie.Albro@mt.gov
111 N. Roberts St. - 3rd Floor, Helena, MT 59601
Information Security Manager
Jackie Thiel
406-444-6983
JThiel@mt.gov
1100 N. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601