HAFC staff flagged several IT and cybersecurity items in the committee’s C2 appropriations scenario and reauthorizations. The work group noted an increase in one‑time cybersecurity funding to $20,000,000, reauthorizations of roughly $5,500,000 and an additional reauthorization tranche that brings total cybersecurity new funding and reauthorizations to roughly $30.5 million across items discussed by staff.

Members pressed staff about long‑running reauthorizations for a child support enforcement replacement project administered by the Health Care Authority (HCA). Committee materials list multiple prior appropriations whose balances have been carried forward; HAFC staff called out three reauthorizations for the HCA child support replacement project that together represent roughly $16,000,000 in remaining balances across multiple fiscal years.

A Health Care Authority representative told the committee the project has proceeded in phases and that several major technical steps are already complete: the system was refactored and moved to the cloud and a mainframe migration went live in February 2022, electronic content management went live in 2024, and integration with the Yes New Mexico portal went live in 2023. The HCA representative said the next phase is to build out a user interface based on feasibility and requirements work with federal partners.

Committee members asked for clearer documentation of the reauthorization requests and said agencies requesting reauthorizations should show how prior appropriations were spent and how remaining funds will complete the project. HAFC and LFC staff said they will provide a project status update and more detailed breakdowns to members prior to Monday’s full committee consideration.

Ending: Work group members did not adopt final reauthorization actions at the meeting; staff and HCA officials agreed to provide updated project timelines, spending histories and a plan for the next phase of work.