[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 113 (Friday, July 24, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. ELTON GALLEGLY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 23, 2009

  Mr. GALLEGLY. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 3293, the Department of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2010:
  Requesting Member: Representative Elton Gallegly
  Bill: H.R. 3293, the Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources 
and Services Administration--Health Facilities and Services
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: California State University Channel 
Islands
  Address of Requesting Entity: One University Drive, Camarillo, CA 
93012
  Description of Request: This request of $195,220 is to enhance 
nursing education and practice and improve health care quality by 
addressing technological competency in pre-licensure nursing education. 
Three areas of education are highlighted: faculty development, 
curriculum integration and infrastructure support. First, this project 
will strengthen faculty preparation in using health information 
technology through an intense week of training immersion prior to each 
fall semester and regularly updated thereafter. Second, health 
information technology theory and practice will be integrated into 
multiple courses and all levels of the nursing program and supported as 
a basic practice skill in the simulation lab under the direct 
supervision of an instructor. Lastly, the existing regional simulation 
laboratory will be augmented by twelve computerized hospital 
information systems work stations equipped with information systems 
used in local facilities. Health information technology integration 
throughout the curriculum will enable beginning students to tackle 
technology in their introductory courses and labs and then increasingly 
use health information technology throughout their nursing educational 
experience. By integrating health information technology into the 
nursing program curriculum, CSUCI is ensuring that future nurses will 
be able to access and retrieve electronic data necessary for 
technological advances in patient care. The bill provides $195,000 in 
funding for this project request.
  Requesting Member: Representative Elton Gallegly
  Bill: H.R. 3293, the Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on 
Aging
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: County of Ventura
  Address of Requesting Entity: 800 So. Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 
93009
  Description of Request: This request of $750,000 is for the formation 
by the County of Ventura Human Services Agency of a multidisciplinary 
``expert team'' to comprehensively address the diverse needs of victims 
of elder abuse. The team will be comprised of experts and would provide 
new perspectives in working with the elderly and the training of social 
workers, mandated reporters, the medical community and all other types 
of organizations that interface with seniors and the aged community. 
The unified expert team concept is a practical approach for the 
development of empirical data and outcomes regarding service 
strategies, intervention and assessment tools, training, and public 
awareness information. Existing systems that service the aged 
population largely rely on intergovernmental partnerships, service 
referral networks, and community organizations. However, this proposal 
brings diverse services together under a unified mission to more fully 
realize the best practice models of expert teams. The bill provides 
$654,000 in funding for this project.

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