Department

Issue and Description

Projected Fiscal Impact First Year

Projected Fiscal Impact Five Years

Savings, Collections or Common Sense

Corrections

Recidivism Package and Reduced DOC Caseload: Gov. Ritter's efforts to reduce recidivism, coupled with reductions in prison caseloads, have yielded immediate savings. 

$5,100,000

TBD

Savings

Governor's Office of Information Technology

Statewide Price Agreements for IT: Governor's Office of Information Technology is increasing competition among vendors to secure better value for IT products and services.

TBD

TBD

Savings

Health Care Policy and Financing

Closed Office of CBMS:   In June, Gov. Ritter closed the Office of CBMS.

$100,500

TBD

Savings

Health Care Policy and Financing

Implement Preferred Drug List:   In January 2007, Gov. Ritter issued Executive Order D-004-07, directing the implementation of a Prefered Drug List.

$790,000

$7,500,000

Savings

Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF)

Use Technology to Reduce Medicaid Fraud: Provide HCPF's  Program Integrity Section with tools and personnel necessary to actively and effectively prevent, detect and deter fraud in the state's Medicaid Program.

$2,150,000

$47,400,000

Savings

Health Care Policy and Financing

Strengthen Provider Enrollment: Ensure  the state's Medicaid providers meet minimum fiscal standards and can provide necessary services by: requiring providers to reapply every three years, conducting site visits of new applicants; and conducting criminal background checks.

Savings included in line 6

Savings included in line 6

Savings

Human Services

Consolidate DHS Food Purchases: Consolidate functions related to developing menus, purchasing food and storing commodities. 

$150,000

$850,000

Savings

Personnel & Administration

Reduce State Government's Vehicle Fleet: Eliminate some commuter, agency and fleet management vehicles by revising commuter policies and authorization forms, encouraging ride-sharing and redistributing vehicles based on trip data.

$440,000

$2,200,000

Savings

Personnel & Administration

Capitalize on Fuel Card Account Management Tools: Use  timely fuel brand cost reports to inform state employees on the least expensive purchased fuel venues.

$200,000

$1,070,000

Savings

Transportation

Reduce Vehicle Maintenance Costs by Increasing State Maintenance Garage Use:  Add second and third shifts to agency maintenance garages to reduce the need for outsourced repairs and maintenance.

$75,000

$3,250,000

Savings

Transportation

Reduce Consultants by Replacing with CDOT Employees:   Shift consultant work to CDOT employees to reduce overhead and contract monitoring expenses.

$545,000

$2,700,000

Savings

Public Safety

ColoradoBureau of Investigations Identification Unit:   Update technology systems for CBI's fingerprint and criminal history check programs to provide more timely service and reduce inefficient personnel time.

($745,000)

$1,940,000

Savings

Public Safety

Run Vehicle and Equipment Leases Concurrently: Align vehicle leases and equipment replacement cycles so they run concurrently to save costs now incurred by removing and reinstalling equipment in State Patrol vehicles between leases.

$40,500

$560,000

Savings

Savings Total

$8,846,000

$67,470,000

Corrections

Implement Digital Signatures for Parole Board Actions: Eliminate  hard copy typed and handwritten forms for Parole Board actions.

N/A

N/A

Common

Sense

Human Services

Laundry Savings at Fort Logan Mental Health Institute: Tighter monitoring of laundry services will result in 5% reduction in pounds of laundry processed and yield minor ($4,500) ongoing annual savings.

N/A

N/A

Common

Sense

Human Services

Reduce or Eliminate 6-Signature Approval Process: Eliminate six- and seven-signature approval requirements for 33 different personnel actions and "spot awards."

N/A

N/A

Common

Sense

Personnel & Administration

Reduce the Cost of Travel and Meetings by Using Video-conferencing: Utilize new technologies such as video-conferencing and consolidate assets to achieve savings in vehicle costs and fuel, as well as reduce carbon emmissions.

N/A

N/A

Common

Sense

Revenue

Streamline Records Imaging:  Make better use of technology to retain records more safely and efficiently.

N/A

N/A

Common

Sense

Revenue

Portof Entries: Realign resources from personnel services to maintenance to increase enforcement and revenues and prevent damage on Colorado highways.

N/A

N/A

Common

Sense

Transportation

Excess Asphalt Under Guardrails: Spread excess asphalt from paving projects under guardrails to prevent weed growth and save on mowing.

N/A

N/A

Common

Sense

"Common Sense"

N/A

N/A

Education

Travel for School Finance Audit Unit: Increase audit capabilities to enhance enforcement and audit recoveries.

($13,700)

$2,000,000

Collections

Natural Resoures

Reposition State Trust Lands to Increase School Trust Funds:   Trade lands with the U.S. Forest Service to increase the value of the state's trust lands to increase available revenue for Colorado public schools.

TBD

$400,000

Collections

Public Health and Environment

Maximize Family Planning Money: Adjustment  income eligibility levels for family planning services to enable the state to receive additional federal dollars and serve more women in need of such services.

None

$36,000,000

Collections

Public Safety

Recover Audit Costs from Community Corrections Providers: Require  community corrections programs to pay the cost of state audits when the program's poor performance requires additional and more frequent audits.

$21,400

$107,000

Collections

Revenue

Improve Out-of-State Audits: Enhance audit capabilities to recover unpaid revenues owed the state from corporations that do business in Colorado but are not based here.

$2,200,000

$37,750,000

Collections

Collections Total

$2,207,700

$76,257,000

Grand Total

$11,053,700

 $143,727,000