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The amendment covers the system that manages eligibility and ongoing enrollment for TennCare, known as TennCare Connect. Zane Sills, chief financial officer for the Division of TennCare, said the system was launched in 2019 and remained in operation during the federal public health emergency; the agency credited the system with helping avoid large operational pauses and with unwinding elevated enrollment levels.

“We strongly believe this system is well positioned to handle anything that comes,” Sills said, noting the system’s design and ownership by the state. He told members the state owns the system and that the contract is structured so another vendor could operate it if TennCare reprocures the work.

Committee members pressed the agency about the size and trajectory of the contract. Several members noted that the original maximum liability set at contract start (about $129 million) had grown over many years as option years were exercised and as the system moved from requirements gathering into active build and operations. Judge Yarbrough asked how long the contract has been in place; TennCare said the current contract is entering its 11th year.

TennCare said it delayed reprocurement during the three-year federal public health emergency to avoid disrupting the work of unwinding elevated enrollment, and that it expects to issue a competitive RFP around Thanksgiving. The department emphasized that the system was built so ownership remains with Tennessee and that multiple vendors should be able to bid when the RFP is released.

The committee approved the amendment by voice vote. Commissioner and committee members asked TennCare to return with procurement updates and to pursue a competitive solicitation this fall.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Tennessee Joint Committee - Fiscal Review Aug 13, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Fiscal Review Committee approved a 12-month extension and a substantial increase to the Deloitte contract that runs TennCare’s eligibility system, and TennCare said it plans to release a competitive reprocurement around Thanksgiving.","taxTitle","Fiscal Review, Joint, Committees, Legislative, Tennessee","taxId",28871,"location","Tennessee","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":42,"_43":44,"_45":46,"_47":48,"_49":50,"_51":79,"_53":80,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":81,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":82,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6506700,"Fiscal Review Committee: votes at a glance on contracts and extensions","/articles/6506700/Tennessee/Fiscal-Review-Committee-votes-at-a-glance-on-contracts-and-extensions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6506700-c0cfc4493f4c460e718ab0585ba4a77b/orig.mp4?Expires=1770500649&Signature=iSKdB8-kdXrgs31lktkfhTA8gG8vPZ-soyb4Wqd4YcRe~pCe634I7915Tv7OfMwCUimn0BWWHYs17dOrgXK03bHTCgjPLVkCNdhiWArvl8Yz0Ah85x-zQTeusaXDusq-30JOW7~FN~fJBnKJgyHWgjtNIMr-OAZuz-5T-AqjDXmuqQXozKc8khTgvx4kPi05YyF4ADRKjlJcc9vJKawsgR92HBl3b-Ux7WfLydGHDoDIALj87TIkT8PH8fvCjqfz9CxG18-7anQhGnnUUUZYWRmqTt2Mb9WT5hm65xaF6zJnUmwMrEAbOFPdz49MVi4Qv~O~KjreDTSMk7PLULPaog__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Fiscal Review Committee voted on multiple state contract amendments and extensions during its meeting. Several amendments were approved; two items were postponed for further information; and the committee asked staff to investigate a policy to bar firms with significant violations from receiving new contracts or extensions for five years.

Why it matters: The committee oversees multi-year and high-dollar state contracts and regularly adjusts approval terms to match a long-standing committee preference for three-year contracts with one- or two-year extensions. Today's votes affect health, corrections, eligibility systems and workforce training programs across state government.

The committee recorded the following formal actions at the meeting.

- Consent calendar (statewide contracts): Approved by voice vote. Outcome: approved. Notes: routine statewide contracts and agency terms advanced by voice vote.

- Department of Labor and Workforce Development — Fast Enterprises LLC (unemployment benefits system amendment): Approved. Motion to continue managed hosting services and increase maximum liability by $2,025,760, bringing the unemployment benefits contract maximum to $41,744,855. Outcome: approved. Notes: managed hosting covers cloud hosting, monitoring, security, disaster recovery and availability under the state's cloud tenant on AWS.

- Department of Labor and Workforce Development — Fast Enterprises LLC (unemployment tax system amendment): Approved. Amendment to add managed hosting services with no increase to maximum liability. Outcome: approved.

- Tennessee Department of Correction — unspecified contract: Postponed to next month. Motion by the chair to delay the item after staff questions remained unanswered; committee voted to send the contract back for fuller responses. Outcome: postponed; staff directed corrections to confer with committee staff and return with complete answers.

- Health Facilities Commission — bridge contract to cover a $25 applicant fee for CNA renewals: Postponed for one month to obtain legal clarification. The agency requested use of reserves to pay the $25 applicant fee pending the completion of a rule that would allow a private contractor to charge the fee. Outcome: postponed; agency to seek attorney general review and report back to the committee.

- TennCare — Deloitte Consulting amendment (TennCare Connect eligibility system): Approved. Amendment to extend the contract 12 months and increase maximum liability by about $152,000,000; the agency said the state share is roughly $28,000,000 with the balance matched by federal funds. Outcome: approved.

- TennCare — Kepro (medical appeals/call center): Approved. Exercised first of two renewal option years with no increase in maximum liability. Outcome: approved.

- TennCare — Maximus Health Services (provider data management system): Approved. Twelve-month extension and increase in maximum liability approved. Outcome: approved.

- Department of Human Resources — Lipscomb University (Accelerated Leadership Institute) amendment: The committee amended the agency request. The department asked to extend the contract through 2029 with increased funding; the committee instead approved a one-year extension with reduced additional funding (approximately $200,000) consistent with the committee's standard three-year-then-extensions preference. Outcome: approved as amended.

- Department of Disability and Aging — Harmony Health Foundation amendment: Approved. One-year extension and $110,000 increase to maximum liability for dental services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Outcome: approved.

- Other votes: routine voice votes approving contract items and agenda motions were taken throughout the meeting; those items advanced by voice vote with outcomes recorded as approved.

The committee also approved a concept in other business to review whether vendors that have been penalized by a state agency for “significant violations” should be ineligible for new contracts or extensions in the same service for a five-year period; the committee directed staff to pull a contract for review and to report back.","The Fiscal Review Committee approved a series of contract amendments and extensions, postponed two items for follow-up, and adopted a committee review of vendor eligibility after reports of prior violations.","actionData","errors"]

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Fiscal Review Committee: votes at a glance on contracts and extensions